2002 Nursing to Population Ratio:
Registered Nurse (RN)
| County | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Allen | 763 | 803 | 814 | 745 | 766 | 769 | 767 | 827 | 724 | 887 | 871 |
| Anderson | 945 | 1007 | 926 | 831 | 896 | 926 | 1026 | 1002 | 1019 | 1151 | 1127 |
| Atchison | 685 | 695 | 698 | 674 | 689 | 699 | 677 | 684 | 729 | 700 | 643 |
| Barber | 1128 | 1201 | 1266 | 1298 | 1318 | 1232 | 1280 | 1311 | 1367 | 1442 | 1476 |
| Barton | 1191 | 1207 | 1209 | 1210 | 1153 | 1212 | 1217 | 1213 | 1210 | 1206 | 1170 |
| Bourbon | 1246 | 1293 | 1300 | 1205 | 1252 | 1326 | 1301 | 1407 | 1438 | 1574 | 1576 |
| Brown | 712 | 750 | 728 | 648 | 648 | 642 | 676 | 664 | 752 | 824 | 769 |
| Butler | 1282 | 1274 | 1322 | 1265 | 1239 | 1251 | 1266 | 1270 | 1261 | 1445 | 1411 |
| Chase | 685 | 433 | 66 | 811 | 819 | 772 | 750 | 682 | 619 | 833 | 963 |
| Chautauqua | 660 | 687 | 667 | 631 | 736 | 693 | 622 | 730 | 734 | 788 | 929 |
| Cherokee | 484 | 481 | 532 | 498 | 478 | 472 | 492 | 501 | 508 | 487 | 503 |
| Cheyenne | 767 | 622 | 696 | 669 | 640 | 711 | 671 | 713 | 687 | 714 | 729 |
| Clark | 1373 | 1409 | 1299 | 1503 | 1301 | 1629 | 1707 | 1796 | 1813 | 1910 | 1708 |
| Clay | 943 | 940 | 951 | 1016 | 1103 | 1143 | 1117 | 1205 | 1136 | 1105 | 1016 |
| Cloud | 1539 | 1561 | 1575 | 1490 | 1571 | 1562 | 1534 | 1476 | 1522 | 1567 | 1629 |
| Coffey | 833 | 769 | 788 | 746 | 775 | 817 | 788 | 841 | 850 | 863 | 821 |
| Comanche | 1029 | 896 | 1074 | 1005 | 1108 | 1305 | 1261 | 1292 | 1274 | 1377 | 1077 |
| Cowley | 829 | 892 | 901 | 848 | 846 | 839 | 855 | 884 | 919 | 972 | 928 |
| Crawford | 1125 | 1094 | 1143 | 1062 | 1117 | 1141 | 1159 | 1133 | 1164 | 1215 | 1160 |
| Decatur | 1008 | 1056 | 1127 | 1042 | 910 | 971 | 1038 | 1097 | 1282 | 1523 | 1236 |
| Dickinson | 911 | 926 | 965 | 973 | 998 | 1013 | 972 | 968 | 989 | 1102 | 1035 |
| Doniphan | 521 | 463 | 473 | 483 | 511 | 466 | 471 | 499 | 470 | 516 | 503 |
| Douglas | 743 | 777 | 789 | 741 | 757 | 786 | 806 | 842 | 771 | 861 | 859 |
| Edwards | 891 | 829 | 933 | 950 | 1079 | 1008 | 1088 | 972 | 1083 | 1352 | 1233 |
| Elk | 598 | 810 | 837 | 814 | 829 | 789 | 898 | 943 | 877 | 1020 | 919 |
| Ellis | 1562 | 1548 | 1604 | 1479 | 1481 | 1540 | 1596 | 1554 | 1582 | 1573 | 1522 |
| Ellsworth | 1027 | 1002 | 1026 | 1051 | 1091 | 1134 | 1134 | 1088 | 1153 | 1204 | 1216 |
| Finney | 803 | 344 | 603 | 753 | 750 | 756 | 761 | 739 | 760 | 796 | 724 |
| Ford | 731 | 744 | 709 | 648 | 637 | 621 | 622 | 619 | 633 | 615 | 637 |
| Franklin | 754 | 747 | 784 | 754 | 782 | 779 | 818 | 884 | 898 | 1001 | 1024 |
| Geary | 546 | 472 | 490 | 482 | 504 | 498 | 542 | 598 | 670 | 632 | 529 |
| Gove | 899 | 971 | 424 | 1024 | 1103 | 1203 | 1301 | 1231 | 1103 | 1251 | 1256 |
| Graham | 776 | 1000 | 1027 | 871 | 948 | 1033 | 1166 | 1213 | 1083 | 1227 | 1235 |
| Grant | 569 | 552 | 545 | 538 | 570 | 594 | 534 | 571 | 543 | 640 | 595 |
| Gray | 744 | 873 | 844 | 888 | 827 | 792 | 987 | 1007 | 923 | 1064 | 1090 |
| Greeley | 1134 | 715 | 713 | 783 | 951 | 986 | 1131 | 1038 | 1127 | 1311 | 1106 |
| Greenwood | 854 | 870 | 952 | 919 | 849 | 895 | 902 | 859 | 906 | 1030 | 962 |
| Hamilton | 940 | 973 | 938 | 896 | 941 | 938 | 904 | 883 | 848 | 798 | 874 |
| Harper | 950 | 911 | 953 | 855 | 844 | 854 | 914 | 921 | 1008 | 1151 | 1093 |
| Harvey | 1825 | 1850 | 1916 | 1788 | 1732 | 1734 | 1709 | 1640 | 1673 | 1845 | 1746 |
| Haskell | 866 | 893 | 834 | 834 | 886 | 730 | 726 | 780 | 839 | 868 | 944 |
| Hodgeman | 1146 | 1431 | 1390 | 1264 | 1256 | 1209 | 1197 | 1090 | 1159 | 1218 | 1335 |
| Jackson | 819 | 854 | 883 | 827 | 879 | 899 | 881 | 879 | 933 | 1103 | 1118 |
| Jefferson | 1034 | 1082 | 1078 | 981 | 980 | 958 | 984 | 968 | 971 | 1126 | 1156 |
| Jewell | 839 | 885 | 957 | 800 | 801 | 845 | 818 | 716 | 752 | 969 | 1082 |
| Johnson | 1241 | 1237 | 1239 | 1146 | 1126 | 1140 | 1148 | 1165 | 1194 | 1268 | 1261 |
| Kearny | 761 | 885 | 974 | 935 | 836 | 871 | 753 | 797 | 716 | 844 | 866 |
| Kingman | 1122 | 1054 | 1106 | 1179 | 1151 | 1241 | 1263 | 1359 | 1354 | 1342 | 1244 |
| Kiowa | 1315 | 1401 | 1321 | 1335 | 1287 | 1237 | 1297 | 1475 | 1650 | 1592 | 1495 |
| Labette | 1060 | 1138 | 1165 | 1158 | 1158 | 1168 | 1172 | 1240 | 1230 | 1161 | 1203 |
| Lane | 800 | 780 | 793 | 768 | 650 | 617 | 667 | 634 | 779 | 745 | 746 |
| Leavenworth | 855 | 838 | 862 | 826 | 824 | 830 | 802 | 808 | 824 | 923 | 911 |
| Lincoln | 1072 | 1145 | 1203 | 1119 | 1186 | 1258 | 1259 | 1261 | 1296 | 1218 | 1165 |
| Linn | 863 | 879 | 906 | 879 | 899 | 915 | 951 | 908 | 803 | 1055 | 1030 |
| Logan | 941 | 1086 | 1115 | 865 | 834 | 876 | 884 | 1038 | 1234 | 1294 | 1273 |
| Lyon | 738 | 744 | 742 | 707 | 730 | 729 | 756 | 758 | 780 | 798 | 765 |
| Marion | 498 | 496 | 524 | 532 | 541 | 535 | 544 | 562 | 555 | 623 | 592 |
| Marshall | 691 | 786 | 793 | 773 | 762 | 797 | 807 | 757 | 745 | 850 | 802 |
| McPherson | 2637 | 2753 | 2890 | 2831 | 2967 | 2965 | 3096 | 3277 | 3392 | 3691 | 3576 |
| Meade | 1113 | 808 | 970 | 1076 | 1147 | 1094 | 1241 | 1276 | 1316 | 1431 | 1491 |
| Miami | 903 | 943 | 930 | 914 | 972 | 956 | 946 | 974 | 958 | 1014 | 994 |
| Mitchell | 1417 | 1404 | 1490 | 1502 | 1509 | 1551 | 1706 | 1760 | 1746 | 1712 | 1589 |
| Montgomery | 877 | 2389 | 1660 | 894 | 875 | 887 | 904 | 963 | 948 | 994 | 939 |
| Morris | 705 | 623 | 638 | 639 | 658 | 717 | 719 | 694 | 744 | 687 | 613 |
| Morton | 1349 | 679 | 1147 | 1391 | 1488 | 1477 | 1407 | 1345 | 1530 | 1481 | 1377 |
| Nemaha | 1089 | 1196 | 1235 | 1174 | 1204 | 1181 | 1157 | 1187 | 1147 | 1255 | 1236 |
| Neosho | 1204 | 1217 | 1216 | 1105 | 1136 | 1116 | 1196 | 1210 | 1147 | 1226 | 1220 |
| Ness | 1546 | 1492 | 1569 | 1394 | 1448 | 1393 | 1461 | 1396 | 1358 | 1438 | 1562 |
| Norton | 864 | 926 | 907 | 987 | 987 | 932 | 914 | 1006 | 967 | 1107 | 1006 |
| Osage | 758 | 802 | 811 | 842 | 851 | 852 | 884 | 828 | 814 | 942 | 900 |
| Osborne | 763 | 779 | 744 | 899 | 944 | 933 | 902 | 1012 | 1006 | 956 | 973 |
| Ottawa | 1088 | 1114 | 1049 | 1005 | 954 | 1052 | 1101 | 1094 | 1135 | 1249 | 1045 |
| Pawnee | 1683 | 1651 | 1704 | 1549 | 1468 | 1530 | 1472 | 1469 | 1658 | 1621 | 1590 |
| Phillips | 934 | 1042 | 1100 | 1049 | 1090 | 1184 | 1164 | 1126 | 1102 | 1214 | 1217 |
| Pottawatomie | 884 | 837 | 826 | 850 | 887 | 898 | 901 | 941 | 957 | 1072 | 965 |
| Pratt | 1305 | 1337 | 1360 | 1389 | 1425 | 1420 | 1476 | 1422 | 1537 | 1506 | 1403 |
| Rawlins | 1099 | 1006 | 1081 | 1167 | 1316 | 1266 | 1338 | 1310 | 1362 | 1290 | 1318 |
| Reno | 951 | 1012 | 1039 | 1028 | 1052 | 1072 | 1088 | 1101 | 1114 | 1159 | 1135 |
| Republic | 1031 | 1034 | 1085 | 882 | 969 | 999 | 1053 | 930 | 954 | 1041 | 1101 |
| Rice | 887 | 797 | 866 | 821 | 762 | 807 | 743 | 737 | 826 | 893 | 964 |
| Riley | 623 | 618 | 631 | 599 | 579 | 599 | 609 | 649 | 665 | 646 | 591 |
| Rooks | 522 | 613 | 601 | 643 | 747 | 646 | 687 | 729 | 851 | 911 | 954 |
| Rush | 942 | 1085 | 1073 | 1021 | 1002 | 1083 | 1039 | 1086 | 1055 | 1277 | 1021 |
| Russell | 973 | 983 | 1034 | 965 | 992 | 970 | 1046 | 964 | 950 | 1054 | 1069 |
| Saline | 1235 | 1275 | 1246 | 1185 | 1187 | 1202 | 1222 | 1248 | 1259 | 1231 | 1215 |
| Scott | 889 | 195 | 726 | 809 | 792 | 832 | 917 | 913 | 840 | 941 | 874 |
| Sedgwick | 1027 | 1031 | 1029 | 958 | 946 | 951 | 957 | 992 | 1016 | 1063 | 1033 |
| Seward | 691 | 203 | 439 | 604 | 559 | 567 | 538 | 490 | 526 | 550 | 552 |
| Shawnee | 1243 | 1242 | 1238 | 1128 | 1129 | 1147 | 1152 | 1150 | 1177 | 1226 | 1203 |
| Sheridan | 594 | 599 | 642 | 629 | 682 | 751 | 765 | 926 | 885 | 1083 | 1036 |
| Sherman | 501 | 648 | 668 | 620 | 625 | 605 | 659 | 683 | 736 | 705 | 732 |
| Smith | 981 | 1222 | 1261 | 1012 | 1031 | 1052 | 957 | 1043 | 994 | 1291 | 974 |
| Stafford | 954 | 1089 | 923 | 906 | 965 | 959 | 1020 | 847 | 834 | 912 | 902 |
| Stanton | 792 | 750 | 707 | 750 | 788 | 832 | 758 | 757 | 538 | 740 | 791 |
| Stevens | 735 | 719 | 640 | 596 | 563 | 594 | 562 | 573 | 454 | 613 | 653 |
| Sumner | 1054 | 1009 | 1051 | 1017 | 1010 | 1053 | 1021 | 1061 | 1056 | 1231 | 1291 |
| Thomas | 875 | 917 | 942 | 896 | 865 | 807 | 820 | 864 | 991 | 1025 | 1058 |
| Trego | 1026 | 1059 | 1065 | 960 | 1051 | 1160 | 1140 | 1344 | 1370 | 1435 | 1666 |
| Wabaunsee | 817 | 903 | 960 | 870 | 834 | 842 | 850 | 752 | 783 | 961 | 896 |
| Wallace | 389 | 672 | 691 | 707 | 591 | 617 | 570 | 826 | 835 | 1030 | 855 |
| Washington | 1148 | 1199 | 1268 | 1216 | 1244 | 1305 | 1294 | 1281 | 1312 | 1558 | 1416 |
| Wichita | 885 | 869 | 912 | 989 | 919 | 899 | 890 | 1039 | 1005 | 1182 | 1071 |
| Wilson | 761 | 826 | 854 | 856 | 858 | 883 | 885 | 997 | 991 | 1060 | 1072 |
| Woodson | 589 | 646 | 664 | 739 | 654 | 661 | 675 | 756 | 770 | 814 | 791 |
| Wyandotte | 608 | 587 | 585 | 557 | 569 | 589 | 603 | 657 | 703 | 609 | 604 |
*Click here to learn how to print the blue background colors with the table.
| Demographic Group: | Kansas residents. |
| Data Source: | KIC – Kansas Information for Communities/KDHE http://kic.kdhe.state.ks.us/kic/index2.html |
| Numerator: | Number of Registered Nurses (RN) with active status who list a mailing address in the state of Kansas. |
| Denominator: | Estimated population of Kansas counties. - Table |
| Unit: | per 100,000 population |
| Notes: | Data will not match Kansas Board of Nursing Reports exactly as KSBN reports data by state fiscal year, and the data used in the table and chart above is based on calendar year. Colors for the chloropleth thematic map were obtained from the ColorBrewer website: http://www.personal.psu.edu/cab38/ColorBrewer/ColorBrewer.html |
| Change Log: | 5/28/2009
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