6,946 people (2024 Census estimate, −6.4% since 2020)
863 square miles of land · 8 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
6 active community water systems list Kingman County in the area they serve, reporting 4,365 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| KINGMAN, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2009503 | 3,062 served |
| CUNNINGHAM, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2009501 | 462 served |
| NORWICH, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2009505 | 433 served |
| KINGMAN CO RWD 1 buys groundwater · local government · KS2009502 | 280 served |
| ZENDA, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2009506 | 69 served |
| SPIVEY, CITY OF buys groundwater · local government · KS2009504 | 59 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 11 people were held in Kingman County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 238 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 12.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
2 school districts have their office in Kingman County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $15.4 million — $15.1 million to run schools, about $15,806 per student, plus $309,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $10.3 million state, $1.9 million federal.
Spent $6.9 million — $3.8 million to run schools, about $16,816 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $2.6 million state, $210,000 federal. Long-term debt: $13.1 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Kingman County about $11.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
391 bridges in Kingman County: 188 in good condition, 179 fair, and 24 poor (6.1%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US54/US400 HWY WB over K14 HWY · built 1975 | 3,432 vehicles a day |
| NE 10 FF.7-6 over STREAM · built 1928 | 100 vehicles a day |
| NW 140 A. F.0-6.8 over S. FORK NINNESCAH RIVER · built 1974 | 80 vehicles a day |
| SE 150 S. W.4-22.0 over STREAM · built 1950 | 80 vehicles a day |
| SE 100 S. Y.4-17.0 over DUCK CREEK · built 1960 | 80 vehicles a day |
| SE 10 ST. AA.0-8.0 over STREAM · built 1945 | 80 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $987,229 of work in Kingman County in fiscal 2025, about $132 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Kansas are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Kingman County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Kingman County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Harper County (26 mi) · Reno County (28 mi) · Pratt County (33 mi) · Barber County (37 mi) · Sedgwick County (38 mi) · Sumner County (42 mi).