Arkansas City, Kansas

Arkansas City population, 2020 to 2024

Arkansas City lost 203 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -36. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 54th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Arkansas City is 1.0 times that size.

Arkansas City covers 9.32 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,262 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Arkansas City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Arkansas City is in

All of Arkansas City's residents live in Cowley County, which had 34,186 residents in 2024. Arkansas City holds 34.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Arkansas City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Arkansas City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67005. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Arkansas City is

The Census internal point of Arkansas City is at 37.072500, -97.038400. Topeka, the capital, is 155.2 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ponca City, OK (24,234 people), 24.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 45.9 miles away.

Daylight in Arkansas City

At 37.07° N, Arkansas City gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Arkansas City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Winfield, 12.2 miles away, with 11,678 people.