Kansas · Census place 2038175
Lakin, Kansas
Lakin is a city in Kearny County, Kansas with an estimated 2,112 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 113th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,112
- #113 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -3.9%
- -86 people
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 2,223 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Lakin population, 2020 to 2024
Lakin lost 86 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.9%. In the latest year it moved by -2.
Lakin covers 0.95 square miles of land, for 2,223 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Lakin is denser than the typical town.
What county Lakin is in
All of Lakin's residents live in Kearny County, which had 3,808 residents in 2024. Lakin holds 55.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lakin
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lakin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67860. 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 Lakin is
The Census internal point of Lakin is at 37.940000, -101.258400. Topeka, the capital, is 311.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Holcomb, KS (2,242 people), 14.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pueblo, CO, 183.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.940000, -101.258400
- DMS
- 37°56'24.00"N 101°15'30.24"W
- UTM
- 14N 301544.4E 4201563.4N
- Geohash
- 9wxzzfcbs
- Plus code
- 859WWPRR+2J
Daylight in Lakin
At 37.94° N, Lakin gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lakin
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Holcomb, 14.8 miles away, with 2,242 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lakin, KS?
2,112 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 86 (3.9%) from 2,198 in July 2020.
What county is Lakin in?
Kearny County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lakin?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67860.
How far is Lakin from Topeka?
311.3 miles (500.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Lakin.
What is the nearest larger city to Lakin?
Holcomb, KS, with 2,242 residents, 14.8 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.