Parsons, Kansas

Parsons population, 2020 to 2024

Parsons lost 256 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -73. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 58th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Parsons is 81% of it.

Parsons covers 10.63 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 878 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Parsons is less dense than the typical town.

What county Parsons is in

All of Parsons's residents live in Labette County, which had 19,692 residents in 2024. Parsons holds 47.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Parsons

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Parsons by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67335, 67357. 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 Parsons is

The Census internal point of Parsons is at 37.334000, -95.265000. Topeka, the capital, is 120.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pittsburg, KS (20,547 people), 31.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tulsa, OK, 90.5 miles away.

Daylight in Parsons

At 37.33° N, Parsons gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Parsons

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Altamont, 10.4 miles away, with 1,047 people.