# Clark County, Kansas: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Clark County is not a build-out site today. It feels the boom through the grid it shares, the utilities that serve it and the work nearby. Clark County is home to Appleton Township, Ashland and Minneola. Employers here counted 845 jobs in 2025, up 15.3% from 2019 (the 5th fastest growth of 105 Kansas counties). Next door, Ford County has 327 MW of planned generation. Unemployment was 3.7% in August 2026, against 2.6% in 2019. 199 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly wind. +15.3% total jobs since 2019, now 845 604 MW of operating power plants, mostly wind 11.86¢ per kWh for Victory Electric Coop Assn Inc residential customers, 2024 ## Cities and towns in Clark County Clark County is home to Appleton Township, Ashland and Minneola. Appleton Township852 residents Ashland744 residents Minneola711 residents Englewood Township97 residents Englewood52 residents Lexington Township51 residents Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Clark County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Kansas | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 1,976 | 1,900 | ▼ 3.8% | 100th of 105 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 733 | 845 | ▲ 15.3% | 5th of 105 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $37,960 | $50,273 | ▲ 32.4% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 2.6% | 3.7% | ▲ 1.1pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 199 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Its power plants have 604 MW of capacity, 99% of it wind, the 10th largest fleet in Kansas. Victory Electric Coop Assn Inc is the largest utility serving Clark County, one of 4 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 11.86¢/kWh in 2024, below the 13.97¢ median for Kansas utilities. 1,900 people live here, down 3.8% since 2020. ## Who powers Clark County ### Utilities with service territory in Clark County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Victory Electric Coop Assn Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 14,243 | 11.86¢ | 26% | | Southern Pioneer Electric Company | Cooperative | Bundled | 12,602 | 15.86¢ | 20% | | CMS Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 3,198 | 18.72¢ | 46% | | City of Ashland - (KS) | — | — | — | — | — | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Wind | 599 MW | 99% | | Petroleum | 4 MW | 1% | | Natural gas | 2 MW | 0% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Cimarron Bend Wind Project I, LLC | Cimarron Bend Wind Project I, LLC | Wind | 200 MW | 2016 | | Cimarron Bend Wind Project II, LLC | Cimarron Bend Wind Project II, LLC | Wind | 200 MW | 2017 | | Cimarron Bend III | Enel Kansas, LLC | Wind | 199 MW | 2020 | | Ashland | City of Ashland - (KS) | Petroleum | 6 MW | 1953 | ## The Clark County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 845 | $50,273 | 1.00 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Clark County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Clark County. Kansas has 24 local measures on record statewide. ## Clark County and its neighbors Of the 6 counties that border Clark County, Ford County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Clark County | 1,900 | ▲ 15.3% | 604 MW | — | — | — | | Beaver County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oklahoma/beaver-county) OK | 4,882 | ▼ 20.6% | 798 MW | — | — | — | | Comanche County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/comanche-county) | 1,673 | ▲ 3.8% | 2 MW | — | — | — | | Ford County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/ford-county) | 33,993 | ▲ 8.4% | 1,480 MW | 327 MW | — | — | | Harper County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/oklahoma/harper-county) OK | 3,172 | ▲ 1.9% | 237 MW | — | — | — | | Kiowa County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/kiowa-county) | 2,432 | ▼ 4.6% | 118 MW | — | — | — | | Meade County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/meade-county) | 3,852 | ▲ 1.2% | 8 MW | — | — | — | ## More of Kansas [All Kansas countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas)[Ford County33,993 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/ford-county)[Meade County3,852 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/meade-county)[Kiowa County2,432 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/kiowa-county)[Comanche County1,673 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/comanche-county) ## Clark County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Clark County, Kansas? 4 utilities have service territory in Clark County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Victory Electric Coop Assn Inc, Southern Pioneer Electric Company, CMS Electric Coop Inc, City of Ashland - (KS). The largest, Victory Electric Coop Assn Inc, charged residential customers 11.86¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Clark County? 4 operating plants with 604 MW of capacity. The largest is Cimarron Bend Wind Project I, LLC (200 MW, wind). ### Are there data centers in Clark County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Clark County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Ford County. ### Is Clark County adding jobs? Employers counted 845 jobs in 2025 against 733 in 2019 (+15.3%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Clark County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Clark County. Kansas has 24 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/kansas/clark-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).