Scranton, Kansas

The 2000 Census showed that Scranton had a population of 724 people^<1>.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Scranton had 289 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Scranton has an area^<3> of 1.07 square miles [2.78 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Scranton had a 2000 population density of 675 people per square mile [260.7 people/km²].

Osage County

The city of Scranton is located in Osage County.

The county had a population of 16,758 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 724 people, Scranton contained 4.32% of the Osage County total.

In addition, where the community of Scranton has a population density of 675 people per square mile [260.7 people/km²], Osage County averages 23.82 people per square mile [9.2 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Osage County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Scranton and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Scranton. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Scranton.

A Census Quickfact is available for Osage County (QF-20139).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Osage County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Coffey	QF-20031	S	8,409	5.41% decrease
	Douglas	QF-20045	NE	114,748	14.43% increase
	Franklin	QF-20059	E	26,562	6.89% increase
	Lyon	QF-20111	SW	35,562	1.1% decrease
	Shawnee	QF-20177	N	174,709	2.74% increase
	Wabaunsee	QF-20197	NW	6,922	0.71% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Scranton:

Scranton is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Scranton.

The Commemorative Quarter for Kansas<5>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Scranton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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