How many people live in Greenwood County, KS?
Updated Apr. 6, 2026Refreshed annually
In 2024, there were about 5,900 people living in Greenwood County, KS. That makes Greenwood County the 57th-most populous county in Kansas. It is home to 0.2% of people living in the state.
5.87K
population of Greenwood County, KS (2024)
0.2%
County share of the Kansas population (2024)
About 5,900 people lived in Greenwood County, KS in 2024.
Population estimates, 2000–2024
What are Greenwood County, KS’s age demographics?
About 1,600 Greenwood County residents are aged 65 and older in 2024. That represents 27.5% of its population. For comparison, the age group represents 17.9% of Kansas’s population and 18% in the US overall.
Another 1,200 Greenwood County residents, or 21.1% of the population, were children under 18. For comparison, the age group represents 23.5% of Kansas’s population and 21.6% in the US overall.
A higher share of Greenwood County, KS's population is aged 65 or older than the US as a whole.
Population estimates by age group, (2024)
What are Greenwood County, KS’s racial and ethnic demographics?
Non-Hispanic white residents make up 90.5% of the Greenwood County, KS population, higher than the national share of 57.5%. Greenwood County, KS also has a larger share of people identifying as non-Hispanic two or more races (2.7%) than the US overall (2.5%).
In contrast, Greenwood County’s Hispanic population accounts for 4.2%, below the 20% nationwide, and the non-Hispanic Black or African American population makes up 0.87% of the county, compared with 12.6% nationally.
Racial and ethnic make up differ based on location. These figures reflect how people identified their race alone (not in combination with other races), and separate out Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, following Census reporting standards.
Greenwood County, KS has a higher share of a non-Hispanic white population than Kansas as a whole.
Population estimates by race and ethnicity, (2024)
The largest city or town in Greenwood County, KS is Eureka with about 2,200 residents in 2024.
Cities and towns in Greenwood County, KS ranked by population
Population (2024), includes only portions within county
| City or town | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eureka | 2,249 |
| 2. | Madison | 668 |
| 3. | Eureka | 361 |
| 4. | Bachelor | 200 |
| 5. | Severy | 197 |
| 6. | Hamilton | 179 |
| 7. | Otter Creek | 158 |
| 8. | Shell Rock | 132 |
| 9. | Fall River | 127 |
| 10. | Quincy | 123 |
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