Kansas · Census place 2053550

Ottawa, Kansas

Ottawa is a city in Franklin County, Kansas with an estimated 12,733 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,733
#28 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+100 people
Land area
10.3 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
1,234 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Ottawa. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Ottawa population, 2020 to 2024

Ottawa added 100 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +14. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 26th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Ottawa is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,625. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ottawa covers 10.32 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,234 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Ottawa is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ottawa is in

All of Ottawa's residents live in Franklin County, which had 26,273 residents in 2024. Ottawa holds 48.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ottawa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ottawa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66067. 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 Ottawa is

The Census internal point of Ottawa is at 38.600100, -95.262800. Topeka, the capital, is 38.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gardner, KS (25,836 people), 23.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Olathe, KS, 30.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.600100, -95.262800
DMS
38°36'0.36"N 95°15'46.08"W
UTM
15N 302950.6E 4274829.0N
Geohash
9yu784ztz
Plus code
86C6JP2P+2V

Daylight in Ottawa

At 38.60° N, Ottawa gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ottawa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Wellsville, 12.9 miles away, with 1,933 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ottawa, KS?

12,733 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 100 (0.8%) from 12,633 in July 2020.

What county is Ottawa in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ottawa?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66067.

How far is Ottawa from Topeka?

38.1 miles (61.3 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Ottawa.

What is the nearest larger city to Ottawa?

Gardner, KS, with 25,836 residents, 23.4 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.

  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.