Kearny County, in the far west reaches of Kansas, has fewer than five residents per square mile on average. By some estimates, its population dropped by roughly 140 over the past decade, to just over 3,800. With so few people, you would think getting residents to participate in the Census would be a straightforward task. Kearny actually has the lowest Census self-response rate among Kansas’s 105 counties, just 39.6 percent as of Aug. 13. Statewide, more than two-thirds of residents have responded so far.
Source: Wichita Eagle
