City profile · Mid-size City
Topeka, Kansas
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Topeka, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Spencer Duncan
- Role
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 126,587
- 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 sourcetopeka.gov/government/mayor/index.php ↗
- Official leadership pagetopeka.gov/government/mayor/index.php ↗
- City websitetopeka.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Spencer Duncan CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 126,587
- Median household income
- $54,052
- Median age
- 37.9
- Land area
- 61.9 sq mi
- Population density
- 2,045 per sq mi
- County
- Shawnee County
- Metro area
- Topeka, KS
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