Who is the Butler County County Attorney?

Darrin C. Devinney is the County Attorney of Butler County, Kansas.

Who is the Butler County County Clerk?

Tatum Stafford is the County Clerk of Butler County, Kansas.

Who is the Butler County Register of Deeds?

Jacque Roberts is the Register of Deeds of Butler County, Kansas.

Who is the Butler County Sheriff?

Monty Hughey is the Sheriff of Butler County, Kansas.

Who is the Butler County County Treasurer?

Donna Farthing is the County Treasurer of Butler County, Kansas.

Who are the Butler County commissioners?

Jeff Masterson (District 1); Marc Murphy (District 2); Kelly Herzet (District 3); Darren Jackson (District 4); Dan Woydziak (District 5).

What is the population of Butler County?

About 68,287 people, with a median age of 38.4; the median household income is $81,610 and 8.5% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Butler County?

3.9% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,334 people unemployed in a labor force of 34,510, against 3.7% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Butler County?

68 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 13 municipal, 29 township, 10 school district and 15 special district governments.

Butler County, KS elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Butler County: 10 seats on 6 elected bodies. 3 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

Board of County Commissioners

Butler County Board of Commissioners

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
County Commissioner, District 1	Jeff Masterson source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 2	Marc Murphy source
County Commissioner, District 3	Kelly Herzet source
County Commissioner, District 4	Darren Jackson source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 5	Dan Woydziak source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

Official website

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
County Attorney	Darrin C. Devinney source
County Clerk	Tatum Stafford source
Register of Deeds	Jacque Roberts source
Sheriff	Monty Hughey source
County Treasurer	Donna Farthing source

How many local governments Butler County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 68 local governments in Butler County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships (13 municipal, 29 township)	42	0
School districts (school boards)	10	0
Special districts (elected boards)	15	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Butler County

68,287people

38.4median ageU.S.: 38.9

$81,610 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

8.5%below the U.S.: 12.5%

32.4%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$217,600median home valueU.S.: $332,700

3.4%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

4%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

8.7%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

6%U.S.: 8.4%

41.4%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

19.3%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 5.8% · White 85.7% · Black 1.9% · Asian 1.7% · Other or more than one race 4.9% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Butler County

3.9%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 3.7%. Kansas: 3.8%.

1,334people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

33,176people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

34,510in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	3.9%	1,334	33,176	34,510
August 2026	4.4%	1,536	33,241	34,777
July 2026	4.1%	1,440	33,363	34,803
June 2026	4.1%	1,428	33,341	34,769
May 2026	3.8%	1,290	33,061	34,351
April 2026	3.3%	1,141	33,355	34,496
March 2026	3.7%	1,280	33,359	34,639
February 2026	4.2%	1,462	33,463	34,925
January 2026	4.1%	1,424	33,234	34,658
December 2025	3.3%	1,159	33,777	34,936
November 2025	3.4%	1,200	33,939	35,139
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	3.7%	1,283	33,804	35,087
August 2025	4.3%	1,492	33,432	34,924
July 2025	4.4%	1,549	33,699	35,248
June 2025	4.1%	1,442	33,709	35,151
May 2025	3.7%	1,292	33,457	34,749
April 2025	3.6%	1,261	33,637	34,898
March 2025	3.8%	1,330	33,581	34,911
February 2025	4.1%	1,416	33,461	34,877
January 2025	3.9%	1,342	33,428	34,770
December 2024	3.4%	1,178	33,319	34,497
November 2024	3.6%	1,244	33,410	34,654
October 2024	3.8%	1,301	33,045	34,346

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	3.8%	1,342	33,629	34,971
2024	3.6%	1,251	33,259	34,510
2023	2.9%	976	33,079	34,055
2022	2.9%	966	32,585	33,551
2021	3.7%	1,216	31,980	33,196
2020	6.5%	2,128	30,754	32,882
2019	3.2%	1,056	32,142	33,198
2018	3.3%	1,090	31,485	32,575
2017	3.7%	1,200	31,084	32,284
2016	4.1%	1,351	31,218	32,569

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Kansas's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.8% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Butler County

178.6 per 100,0002020. Kansas: 425.0.

1,733.4 per 100,0002020. Kansas: 2,199.1.

2murders2020, 125 violent crimes in all.

2020 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2020	125	178.6	1,213	1,733.4
2019	117	167.5	1,320	1,889.5
2018	121	173.0	1,415	2,023.4

By police agency (7)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Butler County Sheriff's Office	2025	45	105	24,377
Andover Police Department	2024	12	213	16,108
El Dorado Police Department	2025	41	173	12,675
Augusta Police Department	2025	20	155	9,069
Rose Hill Police Department	2025	9	47	4,316
Benton Police Department	2024	1	6	945
Leon Police Department	2019	1	3	729

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Kansas · the U.S.

Police staffing

1.96 per 1,000 residents2024, 7 agencies serving 69,733 people.

137sworn officers2024, full-time, as of October 31.

23civilian staff2024, full-time.

2024 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (7), 2024

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Butler County Sheriff's Office	53	2	25,447
Andover Police Department	27	7	16,108
Augusta Police Department	24	9	9,247
El Dorado Police Department	22	3	12,941
Rose Hill Police Department	8	1	4,381
Leon Police Department	1	1	664
Benton Police Department	2	0	945

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2024	137	1.96	23	7
2017	145	2.16	61	7

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Butler County County Attorney?: Darrin C. Devinney is the County Attorney of Butler County, Kansas.
Who is the Butler County County Clerk?: Tatum Stafford is the County Clerk of Butler County, Kansas.
Who is the Butler County Register of Deeds?: Jacque Roberts is the Register of Deeds of Butler County, Kansas.
Who is the Butler County Sheriff?: Monty Hughey is the Sheriff of Butler County, Kansas.
Who is the Butler County County Treasurer?: Donna Farthing is the County Treasurer of Butler County, Kansas.
Who are the Butler County commissioners?: Jeff Masterson (District 1); Marc Murphy (District 2); Kelly Herzet (District 3); Darren Jackson (District 4); Dan Woydziak (District 5).
What is the population of Butler County?: About 68,287 people, with a median age of 38.4; the median household income is $81,610 and 8.5% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Butler County?: 3.9% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,334 people unemployed in a labor force of 34,510, against 3.7% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Butler County?: 68 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 13 municipal, 29 township, 10 school district and 15 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from each county's own website, the Secretary of State's list of county election officers (the county clerks) and its 2024 official vote totals (district attorneys); officials appointed since a page was updated may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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