Kansas · 193 places

Cities and towns in Kansas

Short answer

Kansas has 193 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people, home to 2,350,779 residents in 2024. Wichita is the largest with 400,991.
Places 1,000+
193
5,000+
63
Share of state
79%

Where the places are

Each dot is a place of 1,000+, sized by population. The median place of 5,000+ is Merriam with 11,560 people, and the smallest in that group is Louisburg with 5,266. 36 of the 63 places of 5,000+ grew between July 2020 and July 2024. 8 places cross a county line.

Largest places in Kansas

  1. 01Wichita400,991
  2. 02Overland Park202,893
  3. 03Kansas City156,752
  4. 04Olathe149,035
  5. 05Topeka125,467
  6. 06Lawrence97,271
  7. 07Shawnee69,724
  8. 08Lenexa59,427
  9. 09Manhattan54,700
  10. 10Salina46,109
  11. 11Hutchinson39,561
  12. 12Leavenworth37,370
  13. 13Leawood34,013
  14. 14Garden City27,996
  15. 15Dodge City27,663
  16. 16Derby26,604
  17. 17Gardner25,836
  18. 18Emporia24,354
  19. 19Prairie Village22,919
  20. 20Junction City22,053
July 1, 2024 estimates, Census Vintage 2024.

Fastest growth among places of 5,000+: Spring Hill (+24.2%), Maize (+21.4%), Bel Aire (+21.2%). Largest decline: Junction City (-3.9%).

All 193 places, A to Z

Places under 5,000 people have short profile pages that search engines do not index. Figures are July 1, 2024 estimates.

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Questions people ask

How many cities and towns are in Kansas?

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 193 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people in Kansas, and 63 of 5,000 or more. Smaller towns and census-designated places are not counted here.

What is the largest city in Kansas?

Wichita, with 400,991 residents on July 1, 2024.

Which Kansas town grew fastest since 2020?

Among places of 5,000+, Spring Hill grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, +24.2%, to 10,070.

What share of Kansas lives in incorporated places?

79%: 2,350,779 of the state's 2,970,606 residents live in the 193 places listed. The rest live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.