City profile · Town
Emporia, Kansas
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Emporia, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Becky Smith
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 26,760
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourceemporiaks.gov/m/directory/employee?eid=51 ↗
- Official leadership pageemporiaks.gov/m/directory/employee?eid=51 ↗
- City websiteemporiaks.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Becky Smith CurrentMayor · added Aug 1, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
- Danny Shortridge FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 26,760
- Median household income
- $49,661
- Median age
- 29.7
- Land area
- 12.45 sq mi
- Population density
- 2,149.4 per sq mi
- County
- Lyon County
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