Demographics of Stafford County, Kansas

Stafford County, Kansas had 4,005 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −55 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.

Stafford County, in four figures

4,005
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.4%
Change since July 2020: −55 people.; 42.3 ±1.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $64,226 ±$8,416
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.

Stafford County, Kansas's population shrank 1.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Stafford 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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Stafford County, Kansas's population shrank 1.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Stafford 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	4,060	100.0	100.0
2021	4,021	99.0	100.2
2022	3,987	98.2	100.7
2023	3,953	97.4	101.6
2024	3,919	96.5	102.5
2025	4,005	98.6	103.1

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Population of Stafford 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	4,060	−15	−13	0	−3
2021	4,021	−39	−12	−1	−27
2022	3,987	−34	−34	−2	+4
2023	3,953	−34	−16	+4	−22
2024	3,919	−34	+5	+3	−39
2025	4,005	+86	+5	+1	+81

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.3 ±1.0: for men 38.4 ±2.0 and for women 45.2 ±1.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Stafford County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Under 5	219 ±18	5.5% ±0.4	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	749 ±78	18.8% ±2.0	17.8% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	261 ±58	6.6% ±1.5	10.2% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	879 ±69	22.1% ±1.7	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	965 ±78	24.3% ±2.0	23.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	905 ±95	22.8% ±2.4	17.0% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $64,226 ±$8,416, and income per person $34,613 ±$2,276, 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 Stafford County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kansas	United States
Under $25,000	217 ±52	13.7% ±3.2	13.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	364 ±74	23.1% ±4.5	18.9% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	321 ±74	20.3% ±4.5	17.7% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	241 ±60	15.3% ±3.7	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	263 ±54	16.7% ±3.3	17.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	71 ±24	4.5% ±1.5	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	102 ±35	6.5% ±2.2	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 Stafford County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kansas	United States
All ages	406 ±96	10.5% ±2.5	11.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	147 ±49	15.3% ±4.9	13.1% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	177 ±56	9.8% ±3.1	11.5% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	82 ±30	7.4% ±2.6	9.0% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Stafford County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Stafford County	Kansas	United States
Housing units	2,093 ±16	1,293,635 ±880	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	75.4% ±4.4	90.8% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	24.6% ±4.2	9.2% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	82.3% ±1.8	67.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	17.7% ±3.5	32.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$97,600 ±$12,281	$217,200 ±$1,343	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$710 ±$47	$1,060 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1951 ±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 Stafford County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	533 ±0	13.4% ±<0.1	13.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	3,226 ±39	81.1% ±1.0	72.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 15	0% to 0.4%	5.2% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 11	0% to 0.3%	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	3 to 23	0.1% to 0.6%	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	0 to 29	0% to 0.7%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	186 ±38	4.7% ±1.0	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 Stafford County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Born in the state	2,956 ±91	74.3% ±2.3	59.2% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	829 ±94	20.8% ±2.4	32.4% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1 to 13	< 0.1% to 0.3%	1.1% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	186 ±50	4.7% ±1.3	7.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	9 to 51	0.2% to 1.3%	3.2% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	156 ±46	3.9% ±1.2	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%.

Stafford County among the counties of Kansas

72nd of 105 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Kansas page.

Counties of Kansas near Stafford County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Scott County	4,815	−6.3%
Phillips County	4,728	−4.9%
Rooks County	4,646	−4.9%
Republic County	4,640	−0.8%
Barber County	4,083	−2.9%
Stafford County	4,005	−1.4%
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%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Counties in Kansas by homeownership rate
No. 9 Counties in Kansas by median household income
No. 13 Counties in Kansas by poverty rate
No. 14 Counties in Kansas by per capita income
No. 20 Counties in Kansas by foreign-born share
No. 24 Counties in Kansas by median age

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