Kansas · Census place 2003300

Augusta, Kansas

Augusta is a city in Butler County, Kansas with an estimated 9,103 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 41st largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,103
#41 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-138 people
Land area
4.2 sq mi
+ 0.63 sq mi water
Density
2,152 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Augusta. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Augusta population, 2020 to 2024

Augusta lost 138 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -143. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 50th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Augusta is 79% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,251. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Augusta covers 4.23 square miles of land and 0.63 of water, for 2,152 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Augusta is denser than the typical town.

What county Augusta is in

All of Augusta's residents live in Butler County, which had 69,158 residents in 2024. Augusta holds 13.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Augusta

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Augusta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67010. 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 Augusta is

The Census internal point of Augusta is at 37.698000, -96.973200. Topeka, the capital, is 116.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Andover, KS (17,000 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 20.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.698000, -96.973200
DMS
37°41'52.80"N 96°58'23.52"W
UTM
14N 678684.4E 4174241.4N
Geohash
9yen3qdqb
Plus code
8695M2XG+6P

Daylight in Augusta

At 37.70° N, Augusta gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Augusta

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Towanda, 6.6 miles away, with 1,424 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Augusta, KS?

9,103 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 138 (1.5%) from 9,241 in July 2020.

What county is Augusta in?

Butler County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Augusta?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67010.

How far is Augusta from Topeka?

116.7 miles (187.7 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Augusta.

What is the nearest larger city to Augusta?

Andover, KS, with 17,000 residents, 8.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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