Kansas · Census place 2080700
Yates Center, Kansas
Yates Center is a city in Woodson County, Kansas with an estimated 1,315 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 158th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,315
- #158 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -2.1%
- -28 people
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- + 0.43 sq mi water
- Density
- 520 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Yates Center population, 2020 to 2024
Yates Center lost 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -15.
Yates Center covers 2.53 square miles of land and 0.43 of water, for 520 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Yates Center is less dense than the typical town.
What county Yates Center is in
All of Yates Center's residents live in Woodson County, which had 3,111 residents in 2024. Yates Center holds 42.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Yates Center
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Yates Center by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66783. 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 Yates Center is
The Census internal point of Yates Center is at 37.867500, -95.754800. Topeka, the capital, is 81.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Humboldt, KS (1,817 people), 17.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Topeka, KS, 80.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.867500, -95.754800
- DMS
- 37°52'3.00"N 95°45'17.28"W
- UTM
- 15N 257678.2E 4194691.5N
- Geohash
- 9yezmj96p
- Plus code
- 8696V69W+23
Daylight in Yates Center
At 37.87° N, Yates Center gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Yates Center
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Humboldt, 17.8 miles away, with 1,817 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Yates Center, KS?
1,315 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 28 (2.1%) from 1,343 in July 2020.
What county is Yates Center in?
Woodson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Yates Center?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66783.
How far is Yates Center from Topeka?
81.6 miles (131.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Yates Center.
What is the nearest larger city to Yates Center?
Humboldt, KS, with 1,817 residents, 17.8 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.