Junction City, Kansas
Demographics
Table:
Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±

1860	217	—
1870	2,778	1,180.2%
1880	2,684	−3.4%
1890	4,502	67.7%
1900	4,695	4.3%
1910	5,598	19.2%
1920	7,533	34.6%
1930	7,407	−1.7%
1940	8,507	14.9%
1950	13,462	58.2%
1960	18,700	38.9%
1970	19,018	1.7%
1980	19,305	1.5%
1990	20,604	6.7%
2000	20,671	0.3%
2010	23,353	13.0%
2016 (est.)	24,180	[3]	3.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[13]
2012 Estimate[14]

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