George Zipf 1949

George Zipf 1949

A primate city is the largest city in a country that dominates in terms of population, economy, and politics. The rank-size rule is a sociological principle that states that the population of a city or town in a country will be inversely proportional to its rank in the urban hierarchy.

the size rank of Kansas is 34

Urban hierarchy refers to the arrangement of cities in a system based on population size and economic function, with larger cities exerting more influence over smaller ones. The rank-size rule is a pattern observed in some urban systems where the population of a city is inversely proportional to its rank in the urban hierarchy, meaning the second-largest city will have half the population of the largest city, the third-largest city will have one-third the population, and so on.