Kansas · Census place 2074450

WaKeeney, Kansas

WaKeeney is a city in Trego County, Kansas with an estimated 1,766 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 129th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,766
#129 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-22 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
992 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: WaKeeney. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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WaKeeney population, 2020 to 2024

WaKeeney lost 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,790. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

WaKeeney covers 1.78 square miles of land, for 992 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so WaKeeney is less dense than the typical town.

What county WaKeeney is in

All of WaKeeney's residents live in Trego County, which had 2,774 residents in 2024. WaKeeney holds 63.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in WaKeeney

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps WaKeeney by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67672. 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 WaKeeney is

The Census internal point of WaKeeney is at 39.023400, -99.881500. Topeka, the capital, is 225.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ellis, KS (1,918 people), 18.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 165.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.023400, -99.881500
DMS
39°01'24.24"N 99°52'53.40"W
UTM
14N 423693.9E 4319742.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86F224F9+99

Daylight in WaKeeney

At 39.02° N, WaKeeney 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.

Places near WaKeeney

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Ellis, 18.5 miles away, with 1,918 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of WaKeeney, KS?

1,766 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 22 (1.2%) from 1,788 in July 2020.

What county is WaKeeney in?

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

What ZIP codes cover WaKeeney?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67672.

How far is WaKeeney from Topeka?

225.6 miles (363.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from WaKeeney.

What is the nearest larger city to WaKeeney?

Ellis, KS, with 1,918 residents, 18.5 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.