Kansas · Census place 2044750

Marion, Kansas

Marion is a city in Marion County, Kansas with an estimated 1,890 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 125th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,890; #125 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020: -1.6%; -31 people
Land area: 2.8 sq mi
Density: 685 / sq mi; State median 1,527

Orange pin: Marion. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Marion population, 2020 to 2024

Marion lost 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -21.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,928. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Marion covers 2.76 square miles of land, for 685 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Marion is less dense than the typical town.

What county Marion is in

All of Marion's residents live in Marion County, which had 11,670 residents in 2024. Marion holds 16.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Marion

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Marion by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66861. 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 Marion is

The Census internal point of Marion is at 38.353300, -97.007800. Topeka, the capital, is 86.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hillsboro, KS (2,673 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 49.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.353300, -97.007800
DMS: 38°21'11.88"N 97°00'28.08"W
UTM: 14N 674075.5E 4246893.9N
Geohash: 9yg40w104
Plus code: 86C49X3R+8V

Daylight in Marion

At 38.35° N, Marion gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Marion

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hillsboro, 10.4 miles away, with 2,673 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Marion, KS?

1,890 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 31 (1.6%) from 1,921 in July 2020.

What county is Marion in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Marion?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66861.

How far is Marion from Topeka?

86.2 miles (138.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Marion.

What is the nearest larger city to Marion?

Hillsboro, KS, with 2,673 residents, 10.4 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.