Finney County
Also known as Finney County, Kansas, Finney County, KS
county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 22, 1883
- Named after
- David W. Finney
- Seat
- Garden City
- Largest city
- Garden City
- Total
- 1,303 sq mi (3,370 km )
- Land
- 1,302 sq mi (3,370 km )
- Water
- 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km ) 0.05%
- Estimate 2025
- 37,505
- Density
- 29.5/sq mi (11.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
Article
Finney County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Garden City. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 38,470. The county was named for David Finney, the Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1881 to 1885. In 2020, 51.4 percent of the population in the county was Hispanic, one of a few counties in Kansas with a Hispanic majority population.
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