Kansas · Census place 2039000
Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth is a city in Leavenworth County, Kansas with an estimated 37,370 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 12th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 37,370
- #12 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- +0.1%
- +52 people
- Land area
- 24.4 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,535 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Leavenworth population, 2020 to 2024
Leavenworth added 52 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +237. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 35th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Leavenworth is 3.2 times that size.
Leavenworth covers 24.35 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,535 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Leavenworth is close to the typical town.
What county Leavenworth is in
All of Leavenworth's residents live in Leavenworth County, which had 84,670 residents in 2024. Leavenworth holds 44.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Leavenworth
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Leavenworth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66027, 66048. 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 Leavenworth is
The Census internal point of Leavenworth is at 39.322700, -94.925000. Topeka, the capital, is 44.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kansas City, KS (156,752 people), 17.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.322700, -94.925000
- DMS
- 39°19'21.72"N 94°55'30.00"W
- UTM
- 15N 334064.5E 4354354.7N
- Geohash
- 9yurxymxr
- Plus code
- 86F783FF+3X
Daylight in Leavenworth
At 39.32° N, Leavenworth gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Leavenworth
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Lansing, 5.7 miles away, with 11,316 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Leavenworth, KS?
37,370 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 52 (0.1%) from 37,318 in July 2020.
What county is Leavenworth in?
Leavenworth County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Leavenworth?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 66027, 66048.
How far is Leavenworth from Topeka?
44.6 miles (71.8 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Leavenworth.
What is the nearest larger city to Leavenworth?
Kansas City, KS, with 156,752 residents, 17.0 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.