Demographics of Greenwood County, Kansas

Greenwood County, Kansas had 5,826 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −135 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Greenwood County, in four figures

5,826
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −2.3%
Change since July 2020: −135 people.; 47.8 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $60,042 ±$4,368
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Greenwood County, Kansas's population shrank 2.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Greenwood County, Kansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Greenwood County, Kansas's population shrank 2.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Greenwood County, Kansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	5,961	100.0	100.0
2021	5,907	99.1	100.2
2022	5,899	99.0	100.7
2023	5,895	98.9	101.6
2024	5,846	98.1	102.5
2025	5,826	97.7	103.1

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Population of Greenwood County, Kansas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	5,961	−40	−13	0	−25
2021	5,907	−54	−59	0	+1
2022	5,899	−8	−73	+3	+61
2023	5,895	−4	−34	+3	+29
2024	5,846	−49	−35	+2	−14
2025	5,826	−20	−36	+2	+12

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 47.8 ±0.8: for men 47.2 ±1.6 and for women 49.3 ±1.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Greenwood County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Under 5	282 ±36	4.8% ±0.6	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	989 ±82	16.7% ±1.4	17.8% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	332 ±75	5.6% ±1.3	10.2% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,182 ±92	20.0% ±1.6	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,574 ±93	26.6% ±1.6	23.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,560 ±133	26.4% ±2.3	17.0% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $60,042 ±$4,368, and income per person $38,705 ±$7,079, in 2024 dollars. The median is $74,275 ±$475 in Kansas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Greenwood County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kansas	United States
Under $25,000	467 ±93	17.5% ±3.4	13.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	643 ±124	24.1% ±4.5	18.9% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	652 ±124	24.5% ±4.5	17.7% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	299 ±64	11.2% ±2.3	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	312 ±67	11.7% ±2.4	17.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	169 ±57	6.3% ±2.1	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	124 ±53	4.7% ±2.0	9.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Greenwood County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kansas	United States
All ages	812 ±191	13.9% ±3.3	11.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	253 ±88	20.0% ±6.6	13.1% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	349 ±95	14.0% ±3.7	11.5% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	210 ±62	10.1% ±2.9	9.0% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Greenwood County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Greenwood County	Kansas	United States
Housing units	3,666 ±22	1,293,635 ±880	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	72.7% ±3.7	90.8% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	27.3% ±3.9	9.2% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	80.5% ±2.5	67.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	19.5% ±4.0	32.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$88,700 ±$10,025	$217,200 ±$1,343	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$715 ±$116	$1,060 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1956 ±4	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Greenwood County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	234 ±0	4.0% ±<0.1	13.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	5,380 ±9	90.9% ±0.2	72.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	13 to 75	0.2% to 1.3%	5.2% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 16	0% to 0.3%	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	75 ±28	1.3% ±0.5	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 16	0% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 12	0% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	180 ±41	3.0% ±0.7	4.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Greenwood County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Born in the state	4,446 ±155	75.1% ±2.6	59.2% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,401 ±159	23.7% ±2.7	32.4% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	7 to 61	0.1% to 1.0%	1.1% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	16 to 60	0.3% to 1.0%	7.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 20	0% to 0.3%	3.2% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	6 to 50	0.1% to 0.8%	4.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Greenwood County among the counties of Kansas

57th of 105 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Kansas page.

Counties of Kansas near Greenwood County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Grant County	7,028	−4.1%
Wabaunsee County	7,018	+1.8%
Russell County	6,581	−1.4%
Ellsworth County	6,257	−1.7%
Pawnee County	5,991	−4.2%
Greenwood County	5,826	−2.3%
Sherman County	5,763	−2.4%
Ottawa County	5,744	+0.3%
Gray County	5,652	+0.1%
Mitchell County	5,590	−3.2%
Washington County	5,533	−0.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 2 Counties in Kansas by homeownership rate
No. 2 Counties in Kansas by median age
No. 2 Counties in Kansas by per capita income
No. 3 Counties in Kansas by poverty rate
No. 24 Counties in Kansas by median rent
No. 27 Counties in Kansas by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026