McPherson, Kansas

McPherson population, 2020 to 2024

McPherson lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +82. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 38th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so McPherson is 1.2 times that size.

McPherson covers 8.19 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,718 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so McPherson is denser than the typical town.

What county McPherson is in

All of McPherson's residents live in McPherson County, which had 30,334 residents in 2024. McPherson holds 46.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in McPherson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps McPherson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67460. 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 McPherson is

The Census internal point of McPherson is at 38.369900, -97.664500. Topeka, the capital, is 116.9 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hutchinson, KS (39,561 people), 24.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 50.0 miles away.

Daylight in McPherson

At 38.37° N, McPherson gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 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 McPherson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Inman, 11.2 miles away, with 1,328 people.