Kansas · Census place 2017800

Derby, Kansas

Derby is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas with an estimated 26,604 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 16th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 26,604; #16 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020: +3.5%; +889 people
Land area: 11.1 sq mi; + 0.07 sq mi water
Density: 2,395 / sq mi; State median 1,527

Orange pin: Derby. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Derby population, 2020 to 2024

Derby added 889 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +281. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 15th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Derby is 2.3 times that size.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 25,660. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Derby covers 11.11 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 2,395 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Derby is denser than the typical town.

What county Derby is in

All of Derby's residents live in Sedgwick County, which had 536,081 residents in 2024. Derby holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Derby

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Derby by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67037. 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 Derby is

The Census internal point of Derby is at 37.559600, -97.255800. Topeka, the capital, is 133.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wichita, KS (400,991 people), 10.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 37.559600, -97.255800
DMS: 37°33'34.56"N 97°15'20.88"W
UTM: 14N 654053.5E 4158383.2N
Geohash: 9ydvdvs2x
Plus code: 8694HP5V+RM

Daylight in Derby

At 37.56° N, Derby gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Derby

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Haysville, 5.4 miles away, with 11,406 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Derby, KS?

26,604 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 889 (3.5%) from 25,715 in July 2020.

What county is Derby in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Derby?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67037.

How far is Derby from Topeka?

133.7 miles (215.2 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Derby.

What is the nearest larger city to Derby?

Wichita, KS, with 400,991 residents, 10.3 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.

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