Kansas · Census place 2033425

Hugoton, Kansas

Hugoton is a city in Stevens County, Kansas with an estimated 3,583 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 78th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,583
#78 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-4.4%
-165 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
1,706 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Hugoton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Hugoton population, 2020 to 2024

Hugoton lost 165 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.4%. In the latest year it moved by -28.

3,74820203,78220213,67020223,61120233,5832024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,754. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hugoton covers 2.10 square miles of land, for 1,706 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Hugoton is denser than the typical town.

What county Hugoton is in

All of Hugoton's residents live in Stevens County, which had 5,035 residents in 2024. Hugoton holds 71.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hugoton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hugoton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67951. 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 Hugoton is

The Census internal point of Hugoton is at 37.174500, -101.344500. Topeka, the capital, is 334.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Liberal, KS (19,184 people), 24.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Amarillo, TX, 139.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.174500, -101.344500
DMS
37°10'28.20"N 101°20'40.20"W
UTM
14N 291857.5E 4116804.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
859W5MF4+R6

Daylight in Hugoton

At 37.17° N, Hugoton gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hugoton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Liberal, 24.6 miles away, with 19,184 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hugoton, KS?

3,583 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 165 (4.4%) from 3,748 in July 2020.

What county is Hugoton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hugoton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67951.

How far is Hugoton from Topeka?

334.0 miles (537.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Hugoton.

What is the nearest larger city to Hugoton?

Liberal, KS, with 19,184 residents, 24.6 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.