Kansas · Census place 2051500
Norton, Kansas
Norton is a city in Norton County, Kansas with an estimated 2,681 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 95th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,681
- #95 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -2.5%
- -70 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 1,404 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Norton population, 2020 to 2024
Norton lost 70 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +11.
Norton covers 1.91 square miles of land, for 1,404 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Norton is close to the typical town.
What county Norton is in
All of Norton's residents live in Norton County, which had 5,335 residents in 2024. Norton holds 50.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Norton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Norton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67654. 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 Norton is
The Census internal point of Norton is at 39.836200, -99.891600. Topeka, the capital, is 231.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McCook, NE (7,212 people), 46.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 182.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.836200, -99.891600
- DMS
- 39°50'10.32"N 99°53'29.76"W
- UTM
- 14N 423711.2E 4409957.5N
- Geohash
- 9z0fwgvnt
- Plus code
- 86F2R4P5+F9
Daylight in Norton
At 39.84° N, Norton gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Norton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Phillipsburg, 30.9 miles away, with 2,233 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Norton, KS?
2,681 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 70 (2.5%) from 2,751 in July 2020.
What county is Norton in?
Norton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Norton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67654.
How far is Norton from Topeka?
231.3 miles (372.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Norton.
What is the nearest larger city to Norton?
McCook, NE, with 7,212 residents, 46.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.