Kansas · Census place 2065925
Smith Center, Kansas
Smith Center is a city in Smith County, Kansas with an estimated 1,569 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 141st largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,569
- #141 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -0.3%
- -5 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,276 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Smith Center population, 2020 to 2024
Smith Center lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -1.
Smith Center covers 1.23 square miles of land, for 1,276 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Smith Center is less dense than the typical town.
What county Smith Center is in
All of Smith Center's residents live in Smith County, which had 3,541 residents in 2024. Smith Center holds 44.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Smith Center
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Smith Center by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66967. 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 Smith Center is
The Census internal point of Smith Center is at 39.773900, -98.783500. Topeka, the capital, is 173.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Phillipsburg, KS (2,233 people), 28.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 132.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.773900, -98.783500
- DMS
- 39°46'26.04"N 98°47'0.60"W
- UTM
- 14N 518541.2E 4402685.2N
- Geohash
- 9z1f20s5c
- Plus code
- 86F3Q6F8+HJ
Daylight in Smith Center
At 39.77° N, Smith Center 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 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Smith Center
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Osborne, 23.5 miles away, with 1,274 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Smith Center, KS?
1,569 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5 (0.3%) from 1,574 in July 2020.
What county is Smith Center in?
Smith County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Smith Center?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66967.
How far is Smith Center from Topeka?
173.2 miles (278.8 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Smith Center.
What is the nearest larger city to Smith Center?
Phillipsburg, KS, with 2,233 residents, 28.6 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.