Kansas · Census place 2042875

Louisburg, Kansas

Louisburg is a city in Miami County, Kansas with an estimated 5,266 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 63rd largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,266
#63 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
+5.8%
+291 people
Land area
4.9 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
1,079 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Louisburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Louisburg population, 2020 to 2024

Louisburg added 291 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.8%. In the latest year it moved by +93. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Louisburg is 46% of it.

4,97520205,00920215,04720225,17320235,2662024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,965. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Louisburg covers 4.88 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 1,079 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Louisburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Louisburg is in

All of Louisburg's residents live in Miami County, which had 35,737 residents in 2024. Louisburg holds 14.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Louisburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Louisburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66053. 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 Louisburg is

The Census internal point of Louisburg is at 38.620500, -94.677100. Topeka, the capital, is 61.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Paola, KS (5,835 people), 10.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Overland Park, KS, 18.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.620500, -94.677100
DMS
38°37'13.80"N 94°40'37.56"W
UTM
15N 353999.8E 4275998.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86C7J8CF+65

Daylight in Louisburg

At 38.62° N, Louisburg gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Louisburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Paola, 10.3 miles away, with 5,835 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Louisburg, KS?

5,266 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 291 (5.8%) from 4,975 in July 2020.

What county is Louisburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Louisburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66053.

How far is Louisburg from Topeka?

61.4 miles (98.8 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Louisburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Louisburg?

Paola, KS, with 5,835 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.

  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.