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Kansas

105 counties or equivalents, 629 places and 686 ZIP Codes with PLACES estimates; 2,940,546 residents.

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State figures are site aggregates: population-weighted county estimates, no interval

Kansas within the United States. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

These are model-based estimates, not measurements. CDC PLACES applies a statistical model to national survey responses and Census population data to estimate what share of an area's adults report each condition or behaviour. CDC: "We do not produce estimates for individuals; only aggregated results for counties, places, census tracts, or ZCTAs."

CDC on comparisons: "It is not adequate to simply compare point estimates. The confidence intervals should also be considered, and some are very broad." This site says higher or lower only when two 95% confidence intervals do not overlap, and similar when they do. CDC also advises that the data "should not be used for ranking the overall health of any county, place, census tract, or ZCTA" and that the model "cannot detect effects due to local interventions".

Source: CDC PLACES 2025 release, data updated 4 Dec 2025. What PLACES is · Reading the intervals · Methodology. Not medical advice.

36.5%obesity, adults (site aggregate)counties 26.4%–44.0%above US interval 32.4–33.1

11.4%diabetes, adults (site aggregate)counties 7.2%–15.8%below US interval 11.8–12.2

34.4%high blood pressure, adults (site aggregate)counties 23.2%–44.5%within US interval 34.0–34.7

18.0%fair or poor health, adults (site aggregate)counties 12.3%–26.9%below US interval 18.9–19.5

Kansas has 105 counties or equivalents, 629 places and 686 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas with PLACES estimates, covering 2,940,546 residents (2,246,209 adults).

PLACES does not publish state totals. The state figures here are population-weighted county estimates computed by this site, following CDC's published method for aggregating areas, and carry no interval. For the 2025 release that gives obesity at 36.5% (site aggregate) (age-adjusted 37.0%), above the national interval around 32.8%; county estimates range from 26.4% to 44.0%.

Diagnosed diabetes is 11.4% (site aggregate) by the same method (national 12.0%) and 9.9% (site aggregate) of adults aged 18–64 are estimated to lack health insurance (national 11.0%).

Report card: 40 measures by CDC category

Crude prevalence is the estimated share of all adults. Age-adjusted prevalence is standardised to the 2000 US standard population so that areas with different age structures can be compared. CDC: "Age-adjusted estimates are only available at the county and place-level."

estimate with 95% intervalUS estimate

Health outcomes (12)vs the US interval: 3 above · 4 below · 5 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

All teeth lost among adults aged ≥65 yearsBRFSS 2022 · Adults aged 65 years and older11.3%11.5%US ↓US ↓2025

Arthritis among adultsBRFSS 202325.5%22.8%US ≈US ↑2025

Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adultsBRFSS 20238.1%6.9%US ≈US ↑2025

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adultsBRFSS 20236.7%6.0%US ↑US ↑2025

Coronary heart disease among adultsBRFSS 20236.4%5.5%US ≈US ↑2025

Current asthma among adultsBRFSS 20239.9%10.0%US ≈US ≈2025

Depression among adultsBRFSS 202320.8%21.4%US ↑US ↑2025

Diagnosed diabetes among adultsBRFSS 202311.4%10.1%US ↓US ≈2025

High blood pressure among adultsBRFSS 202334.4%31.6%US ≈US ↑2025

High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screenedBRFSS 202336.7%32.5%US ↓US ≈2025

Obesity among adultsBRFSS 202336.5%37.0%US ↑US ↑2025

Stroke among adultsBRFSS 20233.2%2.8%US ↓US ≈2025

Prevention (7)vs the US interval: 2 above · 5 below · 0 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Cholesterol screening among adultsBRFSS 202384.1%83.1%US ↓US ↓2025

Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 yearsBRFSS 2022 · Adults aged 45–75 years63.5%58.1%US ↓US ↑2025

Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 yearsBRFSS 2023 · Adults aged 18–64 years9.9%10.3%US ↓US ↓2025

Mammography use among women aged 50-74 yearsBRFSS 2022 · Women aged 50–74 years74.6%73.8%US ↓US ↓2025

Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressureBRFSS 202377.6%59.8%US ↑US ↑2025

Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adultsBRFSS 202264.9%64.3%US ↑US ↑2025

Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adultsBRFSS 202376.6%75.1%US ↓US ↓2025

Health risk behaviors (4)vs the US interval: 3 above · 1 below · 0 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Binge drinking among adultsBRFSS 202316.3%17.4%US ↑US ↑2025

Current cigarette smoking among adultsBRFSS 202314.0%14.5%US ↑US ↑2025

No leisure-time physical activity among adultsBRFSS 202325.6%25.0%US ↑US ↑2025

Short sleep duration among adultsBRFSS 202234.3%35.3%US ↓US ↓2025

Disability (7)vs the US interval: 3 above · 2 below · 2 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Any disability among adultsBRFSS 202330.4%29.1%US ↑US ↑2025

Cognitive disability among adultsBRFSS 202314.4%14.8%US ↑US ↑2025

Hearing disability among adultsBRFSS 20237.4%6.6%US ↑US ↑2025

Independent living disability among adultsBRFSS 20237.7%7.6%US ≈US ≈2025

Mobility disability among adultsBRFSS 202313.4%12.1%US ≈US ↑2025

Self-care disability among adultsBRFSS 20233.5%3.3%US ↓US ≈2025

Vision disability among adultsBRFSS 20234.6%4.4%US ↓US ↓2025

Health status (3)vs the US interval: 1 above · 2 below · 0 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Fair or poor self-rated health status among adultsBRFSS 202318.0%17.5%US ↓US ↓2025

Frequent mental distress among adultsBRFSS 202316.0%16.6%US ↑US ≈2025

Frequent physical distress among adultsBRFSS 202312.3%11.8%US ↓US ≈2025

Health-related social needs (7)vs the US interval: 1 above · 6 below · 0 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 202313.0%13.5%US ↓US ↓2025

Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 202311.2%12.1%US ↓US ↓2025

Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 20237.1%7.4%US ↓US ↓2025

Lack of social and emotional support among adultsBRFSS 202321.1%21.6%US ↓US ↓2025

Loneliness among adultsBRFSS 202330.9%31.4%US ↓US ↓2025

Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 20237.4%7.8%US ↓US ↓2025

Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 20238.2%9.0%US ↑US ↑2025

State figures are population-weighted county estimates computed by this site and carry no interval, so the dot is a point and the US flag says whether the state figure falls above, below or within CDC's national 95% interval. Each measure links to its national and state tables.

Counties in Kansas

Order counties bycrude prevalence, highest point estimate first

Ordered by point estimate; intervals overlap for most neighbouring rows, so the order is not a ranking. The flag says whether each row's interval lies above, below or in line with the Kansas figure, which is a population-weighted county estimate computed by this site and carries no interval.

Counties	Population	Estimate	95% interval	vs the Kansas figure
Reno County	61,497	44.0%	38.4–49.5	above
Cherokee County	19,054	43.8%	36.4–51.4	in line
Norton County	5,330	42.7%	33.6–51.5	in line
Seward County	21,067	42.7%	35.2–50.7	in line
Harper County	5,435	41.9%	33.4–51.2	in line
Rawlins County	2,463	41.9%	33.4–50.5	in line
Haskell County	3,630	41.8%	33.7–50.4	in line
Osage County	15,824	41.8%	34.1–49.5	in line
Wichita County	2,082	41.7%	34.0–49.7	in line
Russell County	6,723	41.5%	33.6–49.7	in line
Cloud County	8,854	41.4%	33.2–49.8	in line
Labette County	19,728	41.3%	34.4–48.6	in line
Stevens County	5,077	41.3%	33.0–49.8	in line
Republic County	4,627	41.2%	32.2–49.9	in line
Saline County	53,098	41.1%	34.9–47.4	in line
Stafford County	3,909	41.0%	32.5–49.7	in line
Cowley County	34,157	40.9%	34.4–47.7	in line
Greenwood County	5,870	40.7%	32.4–49.1	in line
Wyandotte County	165,281	40.7%	36.6–45.2	above
Rooks County	4,778	40.6%	33.0–48.6	in line
Elk County	2,467	40.5%	32.3–49.8	in line
Phillips County	4,761	40.5%	32.5–49.2	in line
Trego County	2,731	40.5%	32.6–49.4	in line
Chautauqua County	3,347	40.4%	31.4–48.8	in line
Franklin County	26,125	40.3%	33.3–47.8	in line
Hamilton County	2,437	40.2%	31.3–48.5	in line
Lincoln County	2,920	40.2%	31.6–49.0	in line
Anderson County	7,838	40.1%	32.2–48.7	in line
Edwards County	2,733	39.9%	31.6–48.8	in line
Sumner County	22,334	39.9%	33.1–47.1	in line
Kingman County	7,066	39.8%	32.2–47.8	in line
Leavenworth County	83,518	39.8%	33.9–45.7	in line
Logan County	2,665	39.8%	31.8–48.4	in line
Wilson County	8,382	39.8%	31.7–48.1	in line
Brown County	9,250	39.6%	31.8–47.8	in line
Clay County	8,007	39.6%	31.5–48.1	in line
Woodson County	3,115	39.6%	31.1–48.5	in line
Dickinson County	18,445	39.5%	32.4–46.9	in line
Gray County	5,743	39.5%	31.6–47.5	in line
Neosho County	15,420	39.5%	32.1–47.3	in line
Rice County	9,260	39.5%	31.7–47.7	in line
Stanton County	1,901	39.5%	31.1–48.3	in line
Comanche County	1,655	39.2%	30.6–48.5	in line
Ellsworth County	6,357	39.1%	30.5–47.5	in line
Ford County	33,980	39.1%	32.8–46.0	in line
Jewell County	2,847	39.1%	30.8–47.9	in line
Butler County	68,632	39.0%	33.6–44.8	in line
Kiowa County	2,374	39.0%	30.8–47.9	in line
Mitchell County	5,719	39.0%	31.0–47.6	in line
Smith County	3,590	39.0%	31.3–47.0	in line
Montgomery County	30,568	38.9%	32.1–46.2	in line
Barton County	24,899	38.8%	33.1–44.7	in line
Osborne County	3,427	38.8%	31.0–47.1	in line
Marion County	11,690	38.7%	31.0–46.9	in line
Nemaha County	10,114	38.7%	30.8–47.2	in line
Rush County	2,830	38.7%	30.8–47.0	in line
Barber County	4,071	38.6%	30.7–46.6	in line
Sedgwick County	528,469	38.6%	34.7–42.6	in line
Ottawa County	5,818	38.3%	30.2–46.8	in line
Shawnee County	177,746	38.3%	34.6–42.1	in line
Chase County	2,579	38.2%	30.2–46.8	in line
Pawnee County	6,126	38.2%	30.5–45.9	in line
Sherman County	5,844	38.2%	30.9–45.9	in line
Scott County	4,922	38.1%	29.9–46.3	in line
Cheyenne County	2,636	38.0%	30.4–46.3	in line
Morton County	2,580	37.9%	29.8–47.6	in line
Jackson County	13,368	37.8%	30.5–45.3	in line
Lyon County	32,172	37.8%	31.5–44.4	in line
Kearny County	3,823	37.6%	29.5–46.0	in line
Doniphan County	7,493	37.5%	29.1–46.6	in line
Allen County	12,412	37.4%	29.8–44.9	in line
Gove County	2,735	37.4%	29.9–45.2	in line
Marshall County	9,933	37.4%	29.2–45.8	in line
Finney County	37,466	37.3%	31.3–43.7	in line
Linn County	9,860	37.2%	30.0–45.0	in line
Atchison County	16,016	37.0%	29.7–44.6	in line
McPherson County	30,091	37.0%	30.4–44.0	in line
Coffey County	8,251	36.9%	29.3–45.2	in line
Clark County	1,847	36.8%	28.8–46.0	in line
Crawford County	38,764	36.8%	30.8–43.0	in line
Greeley County	1,181	36.8%	28.5–45.2	in line
Meade County	3,911	36.8%	29.1–45.0	in line
Bourbon County	14,408	36.7%	29.3–44.7	in line
Graham County	2,376	36.7%	28.4–45.5	in line
Morris County	5,334	36.7%	28.8–44.7	in line
Decatur County	2,712	36.6%	29.1–45.3	in line
Lane County	1,529	36.6%	28.3–45.3	in line
Wallace County	1,509	36.6%	28.7–45.2	in line
Ellis County	28,810	36.5%	30.9–42.1	in line
Harvey County	33,504	36.5%	30.3–42.3	in line
Hodgeman County	1,655	36.5%	28.4–45.6	in line
Pratt County	9,082	36.5%	29.6–43.3	in line
Pottawatomie County	26,382	35.8%	29.1–43.0	in line
Grant County	7,147	35.4%	28.1–44.1	in line
Ness County	2,618	35.2%	27.9–43.5	in line
Wabaunsee County	7,057	35.1%	28.0–42.7	in line
Miami County	35,320	35.0%	28.4–42.0	in line
Thomas County	7,865	35.0%	28.1–42.5	in line
Jefferson County	18,327	34.7%	27.9–42.0	in line
Geary County	35,047	34.5%	28.2–41.1	in line
Sheridan County	2,423	34.0%	26.5–42.3	in line
Washington County	5,504	34.0%	26.4–42.2	in line
Johnson County	622,237	31.2%	27.7–34.6	below
Douglas County	120,553	30.5%	26.1–35.0	below
Riley County	71,402	26.4%	21.7–31.8	below

Largest places in Kansas

Wichita 397,532
Overland Park 197,238
Kansas City 156,607
Olathe 141,290
Topeka 126,587
Lawrence 94,934
Shawnee 67,311
Lenexa 57,434
Manhattan 54,100
Salina 46,889
Hutchinson 40,006
Leavenworth 37,351
Leawood 33,902
Garden City 28,151
Dodge City 27,788
Derby 25,625
Emporia 24,139
Gardner 23,287
Prairie Village 22,957
Junction City 22,932
Hays 21,116
Pittsburg 20,646
Liberal 19,825
Newton 18,602
Andover 14,892

The 25 most populous places; every county page lists all of its places and ZIP Codes.

Measures

State figures are population-weighted county estimates computed by this site and carry no interval; the word says whether each falls above, below or within CDC's national interval.

Health outcomes

All Teeth Lost 11.3% (site aggregate) · US 12.2% · below US interval
Arthritis 25.5% (site aggregate) · US 25.4% · within US interval
Cancer (non-skin) or Melanoma 8.1% (site aggregate) · US 7.9% · within US interval
COPD 6.7% (site aggregate) · US 6.2% · above US interval
Coronary Heart Disease 6.4% (site aggregate) · US 6.4% · within US interval
Current Asthma 9.9% (site aggregate) · US 9.8% · within US interval
Depression 20.8% (site aggregate) · US 20.2% · above US interval
Diabetes 11.4% (site aggregate) · US 12.0% · below US interval
High Blood Pressure 34.4% (site aggregate) · US 34.4% · within US interval
High Cholesterol 36.7% (site aggregate) · US 37.4% · below US interval
Obesity 36.5% (site aggregate) · US 32.8% · above US interval
Stroke 3.2% (site aggregate) · US 3.4% · below US interval

Prevention

Cholesterol Screening 84.1% (site aggregate) · US 87.5% · below US interval
Colorectal Cancer Screening 63.5% (site aggregate) · US 66.3% · below US interval
Health Insurance 9.9% (site aggregate) · US 11.0% · below US interval
Mammography 74.6% (site aggregate) · US 76.5% · below US interval
High Blood Pressure Medication 77.6% (site aggregate) · US 77.0% · above US interval
Dental Visit 64.9% (site aggregate) · US 63.9% · above US interval
Annual Checkup 76.6% (site aggregate) · US 77.7% · below US interval

Health risk behaviors

Binge Drinking 16.3% (site aggregate) · US 15.2% · above US interval
Current Cigarette Smoking 14.0% (site aggregate) · US 11.4% · above US interval
Physical Inactivity 25.6% (site aggregate) · US 24.5% · above US interval
Short Sleep Duration 34.3% (site aggregate) · US 36.0% · below US interval

Disability

Any Disability 30.4% (site aggregate) · US 30.0% · above US interval
Cognitive Disability 14.4% (site aggregate) · US 13.7% · above US interval
Hearing Disability 7.4% (site aggregate) · US 6.7% · above US interval
Independent Living Disability 7.7% (site aggregate) · US 7.9% · within US interval
Mobility Disability 13.4% (site aggregate) · US 13.5% · within US interval
Self-care Disability 3.5% (site aggregate) · US 3.8% · below US interval
Vision Disability 4.6% (site aggregate) · US 5.5% · below US interval

Health status

General Health 18.0% (site aggregate) · US 19.2% · below US interval
Frequent Mental Distress 16.0% (site aggregate) · US 15.6% · above US interval
Frequent Physical Distress 12.3% (site aggregate) · US 12.8% · below US interval

Health-related social needs

Food Insecurity 13.0% (site aggregate) · US 14.7% · below US interval
Housing Insecurity 11.2% (site aggregate) · US 11.7% · below US interval
Transportation Barriers 7.1% (site aggregate) · US 7.7% · below US interval
Lack of Social/Emotional Support 21.1% (site aggregate) · US 23.3% · below US interval
Loneliness 30.9% (site aggregate) · US 32.0% · below US interval
Food Stamps 7.4% (site aggregate) · US 11.2% · below US interval
Utility Services Threat 8.2% (site aggregate) · US 7.4% · above US interval

Questions and answers

How is the Kansas figure calculated?

PLACES publishes county, place, tract and ZCTA estimates but no state row. Following CDC's guidance for aggregating areas, this site multiplies each county's estimate by its adult population, sums across the state's 105 counties and divides by the total adult population. The result has no published confidence interval, so county pages describe their position against it as above, below or in line with the state figure.

Which Kansas counties have the highest obesity estimates?

The county table on this page can be sorted by any of the 40 measures. Estimates are listed with their 95% confidence intervals; adjacent counties often have overlapping intervals and cannot be told apart, so the order is by point estimate only and is not a ranking of health.

What is the difference between crude and age-adjusted figures?

Crude prevalence is the estimated share of all adults. Age-adjusted prevalence re-weights the estimate to the 2000 US standard population so areas with different age structures can be compared; CDC publishes age-adjusted figures for counties and places only. The toggle on this page switches between them.

Where does this data come from?

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release, data updated 4 Dec 2025; the state figure for obesity is 36.5% (site aggregate) in the 2025 release.

Provenance

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release (data updated 4 Dec 2025), with the 2022, 2023, 2024 releases for reference; US government work, public domain. Boundaries and ZIP-to-county relationships: US Census Bureau. Percentages are shown to one decimal as CDC publishes them; state figures are population-weighted means computed by this site. The Kansas figure for each measure is the sum over counties of estimate × adult population, divided by the state's adult population, per CDC's guidance for aggregating areas; measures defined on a subgroup (women 50–74, adults 18–64, adults 65 and over) are weighted by total adult population as an approximation. Processing errors are corrected at the next daily build; see corrections. Generated 1 Oct 2026.