Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It grew by 19,100 between 2023 and 2024. That’s more than the population of the city of Bruno. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Kansas’s 0.65% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the state. In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Kansas’s population grew by 2%.

+19.1K

population change (2023 to 2024)

+0.65%

percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Kansas' population increased in 23 of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when it gained 26,100 residents. The state's largest decline during the 21st century occurred between 2021 and 2022 when it lost 1,000 residents.

Kansas gained 19,100 residents between 2023 and 2024.

Annual population change

A state’s population is influenced by three factors:
  • Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2023 to 2024 natural population change was positive in Kansas, with births exceeding deaths by 5,200.
  • Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a state. If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Kansas’s population change from immigration was positive, with about 18,500 more people coming from another country to Kansas than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between states:  Kansas’s population change from domestic migration was negative, with about 4,700 more people leaving for another state than moving in.

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Between 2023 and 2024, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in Kansas.

Components of population change

Among 105 county equivalents, Johnson County had the largest population growth in Kansas, welcoming 6,832 new residents. Montgomery County lost the most, with a loss of 297 residents.
Stanton County led Kansas in percent population increase between 2023 and 2024 at 2.9%. Morton County ranked last with a 4.1% decline.

Between 2023 and 2024, Stanton County gained 2.9% in population, the largest increase in Kansas.

Population change

Between 2014 and 2024, Kansas’s population has increased by 2%. During that same period, the US population grew by 6.5%. Kansas ranks 37th among states in population growth over that decade.

Kansas ranked 37th in population growth between 2014 and 2024.

Percent change in population

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Methodology

USAFacts standardizes data, in areas such as time and demographics, to make it easier to understand and compare.

The analysis was generated with the help of AI and reviewed by USAFacts for accuracy.

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