Atchison, Kansas

Atchison population, 2020 to 2024

Atchison lost 52 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +70. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 43rd; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Atchison is 94% of it.

Atchison covers 8.02 square miles of land and 0.46 of water, for 1,348 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Atchison is less dense than the typical town.

What county Atchison is in

All of Atchison's residents live in Atchison County, which had 16,249 residents in 2024. Atchison holds 66.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Atchison

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Atchison by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66002. 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 Atchison is

The Census internal point of Atchison is at 39.562600, -95.136600. Topeka, the capital, is 45.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Leavenworth, KS (37,370 people), 20.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kansas City, KS, 37.0 miles away.

Daylight in Atchison

At 39.56° N, Atchison gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Atchison

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Wathena, 17.7 miles away, with 1,260 people.