Dodge City, Kansas

Dodge City population, 2020 to 2024

Dodge City lost 76 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +87. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 41st; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Dodge City is 2.4 times that size.

Dodge City covers 15.01 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,843 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Dodge City is denser than the typical town.

What county Dodge City is in

All of Dodge City's residents live in Ford County, which had 34,072 residents in 2024. Dodge City holds 81.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dodge City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dodge City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67801. 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 Dodge City is

The Census internal point of Dodge City is at 37.760700, -100.017900. Topeka, the capital, is 251.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Garden City, KS (27,996 people), 47.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 146.1 miles away.

Daylight in Dodge City

At 37.76° N, Dodge City 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 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dodge City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Cimarron, 18.2 miles away, with 1,977 people.