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.^[1] Kansas is divided into 105 counties and contains 627 municipalities consisting of cities.^[2]

This article needs to be updated. (April 2021)

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.^[3] 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.

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.

• 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.

• List of counties in Kansas
• List of townships in Kansas
• List of unincorporated communities in Kansas
• List of census-designated places in Kansas
• List of ghost towns in Kansas
• Lists of places in Kansas
• Kansas locations by per capita income
• Kansas census statistical areas
• Kansas license plate county codes