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Caney, Kansas

Caney is a city in Montgomery County, Kansas with an estimated 1,726 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,726
#130 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-3.1%
-55 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,269 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Caney. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Caney population, 2020 to 2024

Caney lost 55 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -16.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,787. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Caney covers 1.36 square miles of land, for 1,269 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Caney is less dense than the typical town.

What county Caney is in

All of Caney's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 30,459 residents in 2024. Caney holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Caney

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Caney by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67333. 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 Caney is

The Census internal point of Caney is at 37.013600, -95.931900. Topeka, the capital, is 141.2 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dewey, OK (3,439 people), 15.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tulsa, OK, 61.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.013600, -95.931900
DMS
37°00'48.96"N 95°55'54.84"W
UTM
15N 239145.9E 4100400.9N
Geohash
9yef940eb
Plus code
86962379+C6

Daylight in Caney

At 37.01° N, Caney gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Caney

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Coffeyville, 15.5 miles away, with 8,545 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Caney, KS?

1,726 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 55 (3.1%) from 1,781 in July 2020.

What county is Caney in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Caney?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67333.

How far is Caney from Topeka?

141.2 miles (227.2 km) in a straight line, heading N from Caney.

What is the nearest larger city to Caney?

Dewey, OK, with 3,439 residents, 15.4 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.