Kansas · Census place 2049925

Ness City, Kansas

Ness City is a city in Ness County, Kansas with an estimated 1,310 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 160th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,310
#160 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-30 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
897 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Ness City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Ness City population, 2020 to 2024

Ness City lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,343. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ness City covers 1.46 square miles of land, for 897 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Ness City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ness City is in

All of Ness City's residents live in Ness County, which had 2,617 residents in 2024. Ness City holds 50.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ness City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ness City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67560. 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 Ness City is

The Census internal point of Ness City is at 38.454100, -99.904700. Topeka, the capital, is 231.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ellis, KS (1,918 people), 38.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 148.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.454100, -99.904700
DMS
38°27'14.76"N 99°54'16.92"W
UTM
14N 421061.3E 4256587.9N
Geohash
9ybfy87e7
Plus code
86C2F33W+J4

Daylight in Ness City

At 38.45° N, Ness City 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 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ness City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is La Crosse, 32.6 miles away, with 1,208 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ness City, KS?

1,310 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 30 (2.2%) from 1,340 in July 2020.

What county is Ness City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ness City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67560.

How far is Ness City from Topeka?

231.4 miles (372.4 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Ness City.

What is the nearest larger city to Ness City?

Ellis, KS, with 1,918 residents, 38.2 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.