Kansas · Census place 2061825
Russell, Kansas
Russell is a city in Russell County, Kansas with an estimated 4,325 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 69th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,325
- #69 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -1.5%
- -64 people
- Land area
- 4.9 sq mi
- Density
- 890 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Russell population, 2020 to 2024
Russell lost 64 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -51.
Russell covers 4.86 square miles of land, for 890 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Russell is less dense than the typical town.
What county Russell is in
All of Russell's residents live in Russell County, which had 6,620 residents in 2024. Russell holds 65.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Russell
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Russell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67665. 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 Russell is
The Census internal point of Russell is at 38.887500, -98.851400. Topeka, the capital, is 170.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hays, KS (21,213 people), 25.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 116.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.887500, -98.851400
- DMS
- 38°53'15.00"N 98°51'5.04"W
- UTM
- 14N 512887.9E 4304303.0N
- Geohash
- 9yctnx685
- Plus code
- 86C3V4PX+XC
Daylight in Russell
At 38.89° N, Russell gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Russell
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Victoria, 16.1 miles away, with 1,129 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Russell, KS?
4,325 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 64 (1.5%) from 4,389 in July 2020.
What county is Russell in?
Russell County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Russell?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67665.
How far is Russell from Topeka?
170.8 miles (274.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Russell.
What is the nearest larger city to Russell?
Hays, KS, with 21,213 residents, 25.3 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.