Larned has 147 acres of city parks, a municipal swimming pool, nine tennis courts, seven ball diamonds, a 9-hole golf course, and a racquetball court. The Larned Community Center has a 778 seat auditorium, a gymnasium with a kitchen and meeting facilities. Located adjacent to this facility is a quarter-mile walking course. The Larned Recreation Commission offers a year round recreation program. Our school and community have benefited from the benevolent dispersion of the Jordaan Foundation money left by an estate for charitable, educational, civic, and governmental purposes.
Agriculture is the number one employer in Pawnee County.
Major crops in Pawnee County include wheat, grain sorghum, corn, soybeans, and alfalfa. Custom cattle feeding provides added gross income, jobs and markets for grain, hay, and feeder cattle. Larned State Hospital and Youth Center at Larned, located 3 miles west of town, are the second largest employers in the county. Larned State Hospital is a psychiatric facility established in 1911. The hospital provides a full range of psychiatric services to patients in 51 counties of western Kansas.