Kansas · Census place 2036000
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is a city in Wyandotte County, Kansas with an estimated 156,752 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 3rd largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 156,752
- #3 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- +0.3%
- +450 people
- Land area
- 124.7 sq mi
- + 3.57 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,257 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Kansas City population, 2020 to 2024
Kansas City added 450 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +2,284. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 34th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Kansas City is 13.6 times that size.
Kansas City covers 124.74 square miles of land and 3.57 of water, for 1,257 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Kansas City is less dense than the typical town.
What county Kansas City is in
All of Kansas City's residents live in Wyandotte County, which had 169,418 residents in 2024. Kansas City holds 92.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kansas City
12 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kansas City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66101, 66102, 66103, 66104, 66105, 66106, 66109, 66111, 66112, 66115, 66118, 66160. 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 Kansas City is
The Census internal point of Kansas City is at 39.122500, -94.741800. Topeka, the capital, is 50.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kansas City, MO (516,032 people), 10.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 298 m (978 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.122500, -94.741800
- DMS
- 39°07'21.00"N 94°44'30.48"W
- UTM
- 15N 349430.1E 4331815.0N
- Geohash
- 9yuws451h
- Plus code
- 86F747F5+27
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Kansas City
At 39.12° N, Kansas City gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Kansas City daylight page.
Places near Kansas City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Edwardsville, 5.1 miles away, with 4,748 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kansas City, KS?
156,752 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 450 (0.3%) from 156,302 in July 2020.
What county is Kansas City in?
Wyandotte County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kansas City?
12 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 66101, 66102, 66103, 66104, 66105, 66106, 66109, 66111, 66112, 66115, 66118, 66160.
How far is Kansas City from Topeka?
50.5 miles (81.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Kansas City.
What is the nearest larger city to Kansas City?
Kansas City, MO, with 516,032 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.
- 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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