Topeka, Kansas

Topeka population, 2020 to 2024

Topeka lost 963 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +113. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 45th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Topeka is 10.9 times that size.

Topeka covers 61.90 square miles of land and 1.32 of water, for 2,027 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Topeka is denser than the typical town.

What county Topeka is in

All of Topeka's residents live in Shawnee County, which had 177,942 residents in 2024. Topeka holds 70.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Topeka

14 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Topeka by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66603, 66604, 66605, 66606, 66607, 66608, 66609, 66611, 66612, 66614, 66616, 66619, 66621, 66622. 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 Topeka is

The Census internal point of Topeka is at 39.034700, -95.696200. Topeka, the capital, is 1.3 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Olathe, KS (149,035 people), 48.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 293 m (961 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Topeka

At 39.03° N, Topeka gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Topeka daylight page.

Places near Topeka

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Silver Lake, 9.7 miles away, with 1,312 people.