Demographics of Osborne County, Kansas

Osborne County, Kansas had 3,285 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −202 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.

Osborne County, in four figures

3,285
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −5.8%
Change since July 2020: −202 people.; 46.4 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $63,011 ±$7,354
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.

Osborne County, Kansas's population shrank 5.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Osborne 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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Osborne County, Kansas's population shrank 5.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Osborne 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	3,487	100.0	100.0
2021	3,483	99.9	100.2
2022	3,485	99.9	100.7
2023	3,420	98.1	101.6
2024	3,341	95.8	102.5
2025	3,285	94.2	103.1

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Population of Osborne 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	3,487	−4	−5	0	+1
2021	3,483	−4	−13	0	+11
2022	3,485	+2	−20	0	+24
2023	3,420	−65	−36	+5	−35
2024	3,341	−79	−16	+2	−66
2025	3,285	−56	−16	+2	−42

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 46.4 ±0.8: for men 45.4 ±2.0 and for women 47.7 ±1.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Osborne County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Under 5	208 ±11	6.0% ±0.3	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	554 ±78	16.0% ±2.2	17.8% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	202 ±63	5.9% ±1.8	10.2% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	723 ±65	20.9% ±1.9	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	841 ±73	24.4% ±2.1	23.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	924 ±95	26.8% ±2.8	17.0% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $63,011 ±$7,354, and income per person $36,950 ±$2,659, 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 Osborne County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kansas	United States
Under $25,000	249 ±55	15.8% ±3.4	13.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	413 ±78	26.2% ±4.8	18.9% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	249 ±54	15.8% ±3.3	17.7% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	272 ±57	17.2% ±3.5	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	230 ±58	14.6% ±3.6	17.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	118 ±38	7.5% ±2.4	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	22 to 74	1.4% to 4.7%	9.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±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%.

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 Osborne County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kansas	United States
All ages	283 ±80	8.4% ±2.4	11.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	71 ±30	9.3% ±3.8	13.1% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	83 ±32	5.6% ±2.1	11.5% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	129 ±45	11.6% ±3.9	9.0% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Osborne County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Osborne County	Kansas	United States
Housing units	2,031 ±25	1,293,635 ±880	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	77.7% ±3.2	90.8% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	22.3% ±3.0	9.2% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	77.2% ±2.9	67.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	22.8% ±4.1	32.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$86,400 ±$5,654	$217,200 ±$1,343	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$595 ±$44	$1,060 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1952 ±3	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 Osborne County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	103 ±0	3.0% ±<0.1	13.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	3,169 ±22	91.8% ±0.6	72.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.7%	5.2% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1 to 33	< 0.1% to 1.0%	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 16	0% to 0.5%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 11	0% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	1 to 37	< 0.1% to 1.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	124 ±22	3.6% ±0.6	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 Osborne County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Born in the state	2,585 ±100	74.9% ±2.9	59.2% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	800 ±100	23.2% ±2.9	32.4% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	2 to 24	0.1% to 0.7%	1.1% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	54 ±24	1.6% ±0.7	7.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	6 to 32	0.2% to 0.9%	3.2% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	35 ±17	1.0% ±0.5	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%.

Osborne County among the counties of Kansas

78th of 105 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Kansas page.

Counties of Kansas near Osborne County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Kearny County	3,888	−2.0%
Meade County	3,852	−5.1%
Haskell County	3,599	−4.2%
Smith County	3,566	0%
Chautauqua County	3,321	−1.9%
Osborne County	3,285	−5.8%
Woodson County	3,118	+0.7%
Lincoln County	2,861	−3.0%
Rush County	2,845	−3.2%
Jewell County	2,830	−3.3%
Trego County	2,740	−2.5%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 78 Counties by population in Kansas
No. 100 Counties by population growth in Kansas

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