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Ellis, Kansas
Ellis is a city in Ellis County, Kansas with an estimated 1,918 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 124th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,918
- #124 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -2.2%
- -43 people
- Land area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Density
- 1,155 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Ellis population, 2020 to 2024
Ellis lost 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -9.
Ellis covers 1.66 square miles of land, for 1,155 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Ellis is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ellis is in
All of Ellis's residents live in Ellis County, which had 29,007 residents in 2024. Ellis holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ellis
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ellis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67637. 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 Ellis is
The Census internal point of Ellis is at 38.934700, -99.556800. Topeka, the capital, is 208.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hays, KS (21,213 people), 13.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 147.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.934700, -99.556800
- DMS
- 38°56'4.92"N 99°33'24.48"W
- UTM
- 14N 451741.3E 4309677.6N
- Geohash
- 9ycjqxbgn
- Plus code
- 86C2WCMV+V7
Daylight in Ellis
At 38.93° N, Ellis gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ellis
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hays, 13.1 miles away, with 21,213 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ellis, KS?
1,918 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 43 (2.2%) from 1,961 in July 2020.
What county is Ellis in?
Ellis County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ellis?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67637.
How far is Ellis from Topeka?
208.4 miles (335.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Ellis.
What is the nearest larger city to Ellis?
Hays, KS, with 21,213 residents, 13.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.