Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, Kansas
City and county seat
Clockwise from top: Downtown skyline, Eck Stadium, The Keeper of the Plains sculpture, Campbell Castle in Wichita's Riverside neighborhood, Old Sedgwick County Courthouse.
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Nickname(s):  Air Capital of the World, ICT[1]
Interactive map of Wichita
Coordinates: 37°41′20″N 97°20′10″W / 37.68889°N 97.33611°W / 37.68889; -97.33611[2]
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Sedgwick
Founded	1868
Incorporated	1870
Named for	Wichita people
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• Mayor	Lily Wu (L)
• City Manager	Robert Layton
Area [3]
• Total	166.52 sq mi (431.29 km2)
• Land	161.99 sq mi (419.55 km2)
• Water	4.53 sq mi (11.74 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,302 ft (397 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	397,532
• Density	2,400/sq mi (920/km2)
Demonym	Wichitan
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	67201–67221, 67223, 67226–67228, 67230, 67232, 67235, 67260, 67275–67278[4]
Area code	316
FIPS code	20-79000[2]
GNIS ID	473862[2]
Major airport	Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport
Interstate highways
Public transportation	Wichita Transit
Website	wichita.gov

Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas. It is the county seat of Sedgwick County. It is the 51st largest city in the United States.^[5] In 2020, 397,532 people lived there.^[6] Wichita is the main city of the Wichita metropolitan area; it had an estimated 652,939 people living there in 2023.^[7] It is in Sedgwick County, which is in the south-central part of the state.

Many parts of airplanes are made in Wichita. Wichita State University is in the city.

1. ↑ "Travel Translator: Your guide to the local language in Wichita". VisitWichita.com. September 18, 2017.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Wichita, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
3. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
4. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
5. ↑ Cite error: The named reference PopEstCities was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
6. ↑ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Wichita city, Kansas; Kansas". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
7. ↑ "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.