21,447 -2.8% Kansas City 20 Liberal 20,525 4.4% ‡ 21 Hays 20,510 2.5% ‡ 22 Pittsburg 20,233 5.1% ‡ 23 Newton 19,132 11.3% Wichita 24 Gardner 19,123 103.5% Kansas City 25 Great Bend 15,995 4.2% ‡ *2010 Census [ 41 ] **Growth rate 2000–2010 ‡Defined as a micropolitan area Kansas has