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Wichita, KS Metro Area Demographics

Wichita, KS Metro Area is the 90th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 647,610 residents across 4,148 square miles. That is about 156 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 647,610
Land area 4,148 sq mi
Density 156 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Wichita, KS Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
County Sedgwick 523,824 997.5 525
Butler County, KS 67,380 1,429.7 47
County Harvey 34,024 539.8 63
Sumner County 22,382 1,181.7 19

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