City profile · Town
Hays, Kansas
Reviewed Oct 17, 2026Who leads Hays, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Mason Ruder
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 20,013
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 17, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 17, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcehaysusa.com/269/City-Commission ↗
- Official leadership pagehaysusa.com/269/City-Commission ↗
- City websitehaysusa.com ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Mason Ruder CurrentMayor · added Oct 17, 2026 · verified Oct 17, 2026
- Ruder FormerMayor · added Aug 1, 2026
- Sandy Jacobs FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 20,013
- Median household income
- $55,349
- Median age
- 30.6
- Land area
- 8.74 sq mi
- Population density
- 2,289.8 per sq mi
- County
- Ellis County
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