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List of cities in Kansas

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Kansas is a state located in the Midwestern United States. As of the 2020 census, 2,937,880 of the 2,970,606 residents of Kansas lived in a city in the 2024 estimate.

Kansas is the 34th-most populous state with 2,970,606 inhabitants but 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 626 municipalities, all known as cities.

City requirements

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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.[1] A city can disincorporate, but if citizens decide to reincorporate 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.

Cities

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  County seat
  State capital and county seat

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.[5][6][7]

Installation Population in quarters Active duty personnel County
Fort Riley 54,957 18,553 Riley and Geary[5]
McConnell Air Force Base 17,523 2,989 Sedgwick[6]
Fort Leavenworth 12,733 5,383 Leavenworth[7]

Fictional cities

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References

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  1. ↑ Census - Places; census.gov
  2. ↑ "2025 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kansas: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024 (SUB-IP-EST2024-POP-20)". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Population of Cities in Kansas, 1900–2020" (PDF). Institute for Policy & Social Research of the University of Kansas. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Military Installations (Fort Riley, Kansas)". Department of Defense. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Military Installations (McConnell AFB, Kansas)". Department of Defense. Archived from the original on October 14, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Military Installations (Fort Leavenworth, Kansas)". Department of Defense. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
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