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Kansas in United States
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Kansas is a state located in the Midwestern United States. According to the 2023 United States Census estimate its population is 2,940,546 and Kansas has a growth rate of 0.09% annually, which ranks 31st among all 50 states. Kansas is the 13th largest by land area spanning 81,758.72 square miles (211,754.1 km2) of land. Kansas is divided into 105 counties and contains 627 municipalities consisting of cities.

City requirements

All incorporated communities in Kansas are called cities, unlike in some states where some are called towns or villages. (11 of 50 states only have cities).

Once a city is incorporated in Kansas, it will continue to be a city even after falling below the minimum required to become a city, and even if the minimum is later raised. A city can de-incorporate, but if citizens decide to re-incorporate at a later date, then new minimum requirements must be met.

By State law, cities in Kansas are divided into three classes.

  • Cities of the 3rd Class - When a city incorporates, it becomes a city of the 3rd class. To incorporate, a city must generally have either 300 inhabitants or 300 or more platted lots served by water and sewer lines. This minimum requirement has increased since older historical minimum requirements.
  • Cities of the 2nd Class - A city may petition to become a city of the 2nd class when its population is more than 2,000 but less than 15,000. A city whose population is between 2,000 and 15,000 may elect to remain a city of the 3rd class, but must become a city of the 2nd class when it reaches 15,000 population.
  • Cities of the 1st Class - A city may petition to become a city of the 1st class when its population reaches 15,000. A city whose population is between 15,000 and 25,000 may elect to remain a city of the 2nd class but must become a city of the 1st class when it reaches 25,000 population.

Highest population listing

Population data based on 2020 census and 2022 estimate with over 4,000 people. The city of Topeka, in addition to being the county seat for Shawnee County, is the state capital.

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Wichita, most populous city in Kansas
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Topeka, Kansas
Topeka, capital of Kansas
2022 Rank City 2022 Estimate 2020 Census Change County
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01 Wichita † 396,192 397,532 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.34% Sedgwick
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 Overland Park 197,726 197,238 &10000000000000000247416+0.25% Johnson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03 Kansas City † 153,345 156,607 Template:Number table sorting/negative−2.08% Wyandotte
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04 Olathe † 145,616 141,290 &10000000000000003061787+3.06% Johnson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05 Topeka †† 125,449 126,587 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.90% Shawnee
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&06.&&&&&06 Lawrence † 95,794 94,934 &10000000000000000905892+0.91% Douglas
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&07.&&&&&07 Shawnee 69,198 67,311 &10000000000000002803405+2.80% Johnson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08 Lenexa 58,617 57,434 &10000000000000002059755+2.06% Johnson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&09.&&&&&09 Manhattan † 53,829 54,100 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.50% Riley
Pottawatomie
&&&&&&&&&&&&&010.&&&&&010 Salina † 46,231 46,889 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.40% Saline
&&&&&&&&&&&&&011.&&&&&011 Hutchinson † 39,699 40,006 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.77% Reno
&&&&&&&&&&&&&012.&&&&&012 Leavenworth † 37,081 37,351 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.72% Leavenworth
&&&&&&&&&&&&&013.&&&&&013 Leawood 33,713 33,902 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.56% Johnson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&014.&&&&&014 Garden City † 27,519 28,151 Template:Number table sorting/negative−2.25% Finney
&&&&&&&&&&&&&015.&&&&&015 Dodge City † 27,422 27,788 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.32% Ford
&&&&&&&&&&&&&016.&&&&&016 Derby 25,939 25,625 &10000000000000001225365+1.23% Sedgwick
&&&&&&&&&&&&&017.&&&&&017 Gardner 24,206 23,287 &10000000000000003946407+3.95% Johnson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&018.&&&&&018 Emporia † 23,941 24,139 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.82% Lyon
&&&&&&&&&&&&&019.&&&&&019 Prairie Village 22,947 22,957 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.04% Johnson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&020.&&&&&020 Junction City † 22,264 22,932 Template:Number table sorting/negative−2.91% Geary
&&&&&&&&&&&&&021.&&&&&021 Hays † 21,136 21,116 &10000000000000000094714+0.09% Ellis
&&&&&&&&&&&&&022.&&&&&022 Pittsburg 20,658 20,646 &10000000000000000058122+0.06% Crawford
&&&&&&&&&&&&&023.&&&&&023 Liberal † 19,274 19,825 Template:Number table sorting/negative−2.78% Seward
&&&&&&&&&&&&&024.&&&&&024 Newton † 18,392 18,602 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.13% Harvey
&&&&&&&&&&&&&025.&&&&&025 Andover 15,628 14,892 &10000000000000004942250+4.94% Butler
&&&&&&&&&&&&&026.&&&&&026 Great Bend † 14,489 14,733 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.66% Barton
&&&&&&&&&&&&&027.&&&&&027 McPherson † 13,865 14,082 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.54% McPherson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&028.&&&&&028 El Dorado † 12,865 12,870 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.04% Butler
&&&&&&&&&&&&&029.&&&&&029 Ottawa † 12,613 12,625 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.10% Franklin
&&&&&&&&&&&&&030.&&&&&030 Arkansas City 11,923 11,974 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.43% Cowley
&&&&&&&&&&&&&031.&&&&&031 Winfield † 11,701 11,777 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.65% Cowley
&&&&&&&&&&&&&032.&&&&&032 Haysville 11,287 11,262 &10000000000000000221985+0.22% Sedgwick
&&&&&&&&&&&&&033.&&&&&033 Lansing 11,187 11,239 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.46% Leavenworth
&&&&&&&&&&&&&034.&&&&&034 Merriam 10,966 11,098 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.19% Johnson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&035.&&&&&035 Atchison † 10,730 10,885 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.42% Atchison
&&&&&&&&&&&&&036.&&&&&036 Mission 9,813 9,954 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.42% Johnson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&037.&&&&&037 Parsons 9,382 9,600 Template:Number table sorting/negative−2.27% Labette
&&&&&&&&&&&&&038.&&&&&038 Spring Hill 9,242 7,952 &10000000000000016222334+16.22% Johnson
Miami
&&&&&&&&&&&&&039.&&&&&039 Augusta 9,222 9,256 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.37% Butler
&&&&&&&&&&&&&040.&&&&&040 Bel Aire 8,822 8,262 &10000000000000006778019+6.78% Sedgwick
&&&&&&&&&&&&&041.&&&&&041 Coffeyville 8,690 8,826 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.54% Montgomery
&&&&&&&&&&&&&042.&&&&&042 Park City 8,656 8,333 &10000000000000003876155+3.88% Sedgwick
&&&&&&&&&&&&&043.&&&&&043 Chanute 8,568 8,722 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.77% Neosho
&&&&&&&&&&&&&044.&&&&&044 Independence † 8,436 8,548 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.31% Montgomery
&&&&&&&&&&&&&045.&&&&&045 Bonner Springs 7,666 7,837 Template:Number table sorting/negative−2.18% Wyandotte
Johnson
Leavenworth
&&&&&&&&&&&&&046.&&&&&046 Wellington † 7,640 7,715 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.97% Sumner
&&&&&&&&&&&&&047.&&&&&047 Fort Scott † 7,615 7,552 &10000000000000000834216+0.83% Bourbon
&&&&&&&&&&&&&048.&&&&&048 Basehor 7,544 6,896 &10000000000000009396751+9.40% Leavenworth
&&&&&&&&&&&&&049.&&&&&049 Valley Center 7,348 7,340 &10000000000000000108991+0.11% Sedgwick
&&&&&&&&&&&&&050.&&&&&050 Roeland Park 6,771 6,871 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.46% Johnson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&051.&&&&&051 Mulvane 6,763 6,286 &10000000000000007588291+7.59% Sumner
Sedgwick
&&&&&&&&&&&&&052.&&&&&052 Pratt † 6,534 6,603 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.04% Pratt
&&&&&&&&&&&&&053.&&&&&053 De Soto 6,478 6,118 &10000000000000005884275+5.88% Johnson
Leavenworth
&&&&&&&&&&&&&054.&&&&&054 Abilene † 6,441 6,460 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.29% Dickinson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&055.&&&&&055 Eudora 6,426 6,408 &10000000000000000280898+0.28% Douglas
&&&&&&&&&&&&&056.&&&&&056 Maize 6,405 5,735 &10000000000000011682650+11.68% Sedgwick
&&&&&&&&&&&&&057.&&&&&057 Tonganoxie 5,850 5,573 &10000000000000004970392+4.97% Leavenworth
&&&&&&&&&&&&&058.&&&&&058 Paola † 5,738 5,768 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.52% Miami
&&&&&&&&&&&&&059.&&&&&059 Ulysses † 5,659 5,788 Template:Number table sorting/negative−2.23% Grant
&&&&&&&&&&&&&060.&&&&&060 Goddard 5,559 5,084 &10000000000000009343036+9.34% Sedgwick
&&&&&&&&&&&&&061.&&&&&061 Colby † 5,542 5,570 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.50% Thomas
&&&&&&&&&&&&&062.&&&&&062 Iola † 5,401 5,396 &10000000000000000092661+0.09% Allen
&&&&&&&&&&&&&063.&&&&&063 Louisburg 5,057 4,969 &10000000000000001770980+1.77% Miami
&&&&&&&&&&&&&064.&&&&&064 Concordia † 5,054 5,111 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.12% Cloud
&&&&&&&&&&&&&065.&&&&&065 Baldwin City 4,906 4,826 &10000000000000001657687+1.66% Douglas
&&&&&&&&&&&&&066.&&&&&066 Wamego 4,880 4,841 &10000000000000000805618+0.81% Pottawatomie
Wabaunsee
&&&&&&&&&&&&&067.&&&&&067 Edwardsville 4,648 4,717 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.46% Wyandotte
&&&&&&&&&&&&&068.&&&&&068 Goodland † 4,392 4,465 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.63% Sherman
&&&&&&&&&&&&&069.&&&&&069 Russell † 4,351 4,401 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.14% Russell
&&&&&&&&&&&&&070.&&&&&070 Rose Hill 4,294 4,185 &10000000000000002604540+2.60% Butler
&&&&&&&&&&&&&071.&&&&&071 Osawatomie 4,238 4,255 Template:Number table sorting/negative−0.40% Miami
&&&&&&&&&&&&&072.&&&&&072 Fairway 4,170 4,170 0.00% Johnson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&073.&&&&&073 Clay Center † 4,123 4,199 Template:Number table sorting/negative−1.81% Clay
&&&&&&&&&&&&&074.&&&&&074 Scott City † 4,008 4,113 Template:Number table sorting/negative−2.55% Scott


Military installations

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Grant Hall, the headquarters and symbol of Fort Leavenworth
See Kansas forts and posts for a historical list

As a supplement to the list of cities, the following military installations are provided because of their relative size in active duty and/or service members living on the post and their location within the borders of the state of Kansas. The table values for "Population in Quarters" includes reported totals of active duty, family, civilians, reservists, and retired personnel living on the installation.

As of 2016, over 85,000 people live on military installations in Kansas—including over 25,000 active duty personnel. Although not considered "cities", these military installations certainly should be considered as population centers of note.

Installation Population in quarters Active duty personnel County
Fort Riley 54,957 18,553 Riley and Geary
McConnell Air Force Base 17,523 2,989 Sedgwick
Fort Leavenworth 12,733 5,383 Leavenworth

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Fictional cities

  • Flowers, Kansas, from the book The Van Gogh Cafe, located on I-70 interstate.
  • Jericho, Kansas, setting of the 2006 TV series Jericho, located approximately where the real cities of Colby and Oakley are located in northwest Kansas.
  • Rustwater, Kansas, the setting of the 1992 film Leap of Faith.
  • Smallville, Kansas, childhood hometown of fictional character Superman.
  • Stubbville, Kansas, the town the "people train" passes through near Wichita in the film Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
  • Nowhere, Kansas, the nearest town to the main farmhouse in the 1999 animated series Courage the Cowardly Dog.
  • Rachel, Kansas, the setting of the 1966 film, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.
  • Pork Corners, Kansas, hometown of Sgt. Orville Snorkel of Beetle Bailey comics.

See also

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