Finney County, Kansas

**Finney County** (county code **FI**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 38,470 people lived there. Its county seat is Garden City. Its biggest city is also Garden City.

## History

Finney County was created around 1880. It was called Buffalo County and Sequoyah County. They were named after Sequoyah, the Cherokee Indian responsible for the creation of the Cherokee alphabet. The two counties were renamed Finney County. It was named after Lieutenant Governor David Wesley Finney.

Charles "Buffalo" Jones was the first member of the Kansas House of Representatives from Finney County. He tried to stop the buffalo from extinction.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.05%) is water. It is the second-largest county in Kansas by area.

## Demographics

Finney County is included in the Garden City, KS Micropolitan Statistical Area.

### 2020 Census

The 2020 census says that there were 38,470 people living in Finney County. They made up 13,064 households. Of the people in the county, 51.7% were Hispanic or Latino, 37.7% were non-Hispanic White, 3.9% were non-Hispanic Asian, 3.5% were non-Hispanic Black, and 3.1% were other races or ethnicities.

### Presidential election results

Finney County has often supported Republican presidential candidates. The last time it supported a Democrat was in 1976. This was when Jimmy Carter won the county by only 102 votes.

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.1%** _7,236_|style="text-align:center;"|36.5% _4,325_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _285_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.7%** _6,350_|style="text-align:center;"|31.1% _3,195_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.2% _740_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.5%** _6,219_|style="text-align:center;"|29.5% _2,682_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _183_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.9%** _6,926_|style="text-align:center;"|31.6% _3,275_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _153_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.3%** _7,479_|style="text-align:center;"|23.7% _2,351_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _103_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.4%** _6,442_|style="text-align:center;"|26.6% _2,431_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.0% _277_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.4%** _6,188_|style="text-align:center;"|25.6% _2,420_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.0% _849_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**48.3%** _5,278_|style="text-align:center;"|23.9% _2,612_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|27.8% _3,043_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.1%** _5,381_|style="text-align:center;"|38.1% _3,408_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _158_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.1%** _6,938_|style="text-align:center;"|25.9% _2,458_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _98_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.6%** _4,831_|style="text-align:center;"|32.6% _2,689_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.8% _726_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|48.4% _3,711_|style="text-align:center;"|**49.7%** _3,813_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _143_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.7%** _4,335_|style="text-align:center;"|31.2% _2,062_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% _205_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.1%** _3,295_|style="text-align:center;"|39.9% _2,521_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.0% _507_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|37.4% _2,201_|style="text-align:center;"|**61.9%** _3,639_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _43_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.6%** _3,720_|style="text-align:center;"|39.9% _2,490_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _30_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.9%** _3,576_|style="text-align:center;"|32.8% _1,752_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _20_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.3%** _4,290_|style="text-align:center;"|26.9% _1,597_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _45_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.0%** _2,508_|style="text-align:center;"|47.2% _2,367_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% _140_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.2%** _2,366_|style="text-align:center;"|41.0% _1,667_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.4%** _2,349_|style="text-align:center;"|46.1% _2,027_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _24_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|40.9% _1,863_|style="text-align:center;"|**58.8%** _2,682_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _13_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|47.0% _2,116_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.1%** _2,300_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _84_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.7%** _2,433_|style="text-align:center;"|22.3% _709_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.7%** _1,753_|style="text-align:center;"|21.6% _614_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|16.7% _476_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.0%** _1,573_|style="text-align:center;"|27.1% _619_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.9% _89_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|42.8% _1,238_|style="text-align:center;"|**47.3%** _1,370_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.0% _288_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|18.0% _283_|style="text-align:center;"|36.4% _573_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**45.7%** _719_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.5%** _1,000_|style="text-align:center;"|33.9% _551_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.7% _76_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.8%** _598_|style="text-align:center;"|24.0% _215_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.2% _82_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.9%** _525_|style="text-align:center;"|38.3% _336_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.9%** _505_|style="text-align:center;"|41.9% _366_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _2_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.3%** _478_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|41.7% _342_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.0%** _694_|style="text-align:center;"|31.6% _348_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.5% _60_|

### Unified school districts

- Holcomb USD 363
- Garden City USD 457

### Cities

- Garden City
- Holcomb

## References

- Notes

## More reading

- _Plat Book of Finney County, Kansas_; Western Publishing Company; 50 pages; 1910.

## Other websites

- County
- Finney County - Directory of Public Officials
- Other
- Finney County Public Library
- Maps
- Finney County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

## Infobox (u.s. county)

- **county**: Finney County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Finney County, Kansas courthouse from NE 1.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Finney County Courthouse in Garden City, Kansas, Garden City (2015)
- **founded**: February 22, 1883
- **named for**: David Wesley Finney, David W. Finney
- **seat wl**: Garden City
- **largest city wl**: Garden City
- **area total sq mi**: 1303
- **area land sq mi**: 1302
- **area water sq mi**: 0.7
- **area percentage**: 0.05%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 38470
- **population density sq mi**: 29.5
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central