Kansas · Census place 2045325

Meade, Kansas

Meade is a city in Meade County, Kansas with an estimated 1,436 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 147th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,436
#147 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-4.3%
-64 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
984 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Meade. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Meade population, 2020 to 2024

Meade lost 64 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.3%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,501. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Meade covers 1.46 square miles of land, for 984 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Meade is less dense than the typical town.

What county Meade is in

All of Meade's residents live in Meade County, which had 3,892 residents in 2024. Meade holds 36.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Meade

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Meade by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67864. 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 Meade is

The Census internal point of Meade is at 37.283600, -100.343000. Topeka, the capital, is 281.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Liberal, KS (19,184 people), 36.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Amarillo, TX, 166.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.283600, -100.343000
DMS
37°17'0.96"N 100°20'34.80"W
UTM
14N 380947.5E 4127179.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
859X7MM4+CQ

Daylight in Meade

At 37.28° N, Meade gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Meade

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Plains, 13.6 miles away, with 1,006 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Meade, KS?

1,436 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 64 (4.3%) from 1,500 in July 2020.

What county is Meade in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Meade?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67864.

How far is Meade from Topeka?

281.1 miles (452.4 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Meade.

What is the nearest larger city to Meade?

Liberal, KS, with 19,184 residents, 36.2 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.