Question: Which has a larger population, Hays, Kansas or Ellis County, Kansas?

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City of Brisbane: The City of Brisbane is a local government area that has jurisdiction over the inner portion of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia.  Brisbane is located in the county of Stanley and is the largest city followed by Ipswich with bounds in part of the county.  Unlike LGAs in the other mainland state capitals (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide), which are generally responsible only for the central business districts and inner neighbourhoods of those cities, the City of Brisbane administers a significant portion of the Brisbane metropolitan area, serving almost half of the population of the Brisbane Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA, formerly statistical division).  As such, it has a larger population than any other local government area in Australia.  The City of Brisbane was the first Australian LGA to reach a population of more than one million.  Its population is roughly equivalent to the populations of Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory combined.  In 2016-2017, the council administers a budget of over $3 billion.

Hays Field (airport): Hays Field was an airport located about 1.5 mi east of Hays, a city in Ellis County, Kansas, United States.  It was closed shortly after World War II and is now redeveloped as part of the urban area of the city.

Statistical inference: Statistical inference is the process of deducing properties of an underlying probability distribution by analysis of data.  Inferential statistical analysis infers properties about a population: this includes testing hypotheses and deriving estimates.  The population is assumed to be larger than the observed data set; in other words, the observed data is assumed to be sampled from a larger population.

Hays, Kansas: Hays is a city in and the county seat of Ellis County, Kansas, United States.  The largest city in northwestern Kansas, it is the economic and cultural center of the region.  It is also a college town, home to Fort Hays State University.  As of the 2010 census, the city population was 20,510.

Ellis County, Kansas: Ellis County (county code EL) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.  As of the 2010 census, the county population was 28,452.  Its county seat and most populous city is Hays.

Hays County, Texas: Hays County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas.  Hays County is part of the Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.  As of the 2010 census, its official population had reached 157,107.  The county seat is San Marcos.  Hays, along with Comal and Kendall counties, was listed in 2017 of the nation's ten fastest-growing large counties with a population of at least ten thousand.  From 2015 to 2016, Hays County, third on the national list, had nearly ten thousand new residents during the year.  Comal County, sixth on the list, grew by 5,675 newcomers, or 4.4 percent.  Kendall County, the second-fastest-growing county in the nation, grew by 5.16 percent.  As a result of this growth, the counties have experienced new home construction, traffic congestion, and greater demand for public services.  Bexar County.  which includes San Antonio, grew by 1.75 percent during the year, but its sheer number of new residents exceeded 33,000.

Hays Regional Airport: Hays Regional Airport (IATA: HYS, ICAO: KHYS, FAA LID: HYS) is three miles southeast of Hays, in Ellis County, Kansas.  It is used for general aviation and sees one airline, (United Express).

Riverview, New Brunswick: Riverview is a Canadian town in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.  Riverview is located on the south side of the Petitcodiac River, across from the larger cities of Moncton and Dieppe.  Riverview has an area of 34 km2 , and a population density of 564.6 PD/km2 .  Riverview's slogan is "A Great Place To Grow".  With a population of 19,667, Riverview is the fifth largest municipality in New Brunswick, having a larger population than the cities of Edmundston, Bathurst, Campbellton, and Miramichi, despite its designation of "town".

Walpole (CDP), Massachusetts: Walpole is a small census-designated place (CDP) located within the much larger town (21 square miles in size) of Walpole in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.  Walpole Town as it is called by the US Census Bureau, also includes a much larger population (24,070 in 2010).  The population of the Census Designated Place was 5,918 at the 2010 census.

Shia Muslims in the Arab world: Islam is historically divided into two major sects, Sunni and Shia Islam, each with its own sub-sects.  Large numbers of Shia Arab Muslims live in some Arab countries including Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, the UAE, and Qatar.  Shia Muslims are a numerical majority in Iraq and Bahrain.  Approximately half of the population in Yemen are Shia Muslims.  Exactly half of Muslims in Lebanon are Shia Muslims.  There is also a very large population of Shia Muslims living in the Arab Persian Gulf countries especially in Saudi Arabia.  Approximately the whole population of East Saudi Arabia, the Eastern Province are Shia Muslims.  Although government statistics claim that roughly only 20-40% of the Muslim population are Shia Muslims, there has been dispute to the authenticity of this figure and recent reports and investigations indicate that there is in fact a much larger population of Shia Muslims present, with estimate figures over 45% or even making the majority of Muslim population.  Saudi Arabia follows a strict recently established sect of Islam, Wahhabism, there is little freedom of religion between the different sects even whilst all of the population are Muslims.  Smaller Shia groups are present in Egypt and Jordan.  Despite the heavy presence of Shia Muslims in some Arab countries, particularly among the population of the Persian Gulf Arab countries, they have been treated poorly throughout history.  Additionally, in recent times, Shia Muslims along with Kurds have faced genocide by the pan-Arabist regime of Saddam Hussein.  For both historical and political reasons, the Shia have fared rather poorly in much of the Arab world, and the topic of Shi‘ism and Shia groups is one of the most sensitive issues for the Sunni elite.  This article discusses both the history of Shī‘a Islam in the Arab world from the dawn of Islam and their current situation in the Arabic-speaking world.

Supporting paragraphs: Hays, Kansas Ellis County, Kansas
Answer: Ellis County, Kansas