- Nickname: Sunflower State
- Motto: Ad astra per aspera (To the stars
through difficulties)
- Flower: Native sunflower
- Bird: Western meadowlark
- Area: 82,276 square miles (2000; U.S. rank: 15th)
- Elevation: Ranges from 680 feet to 4,039 feet
above sea level
- Climate: Temperate, but with seasonal extremes of
temperature as well as blizzards, tornadoes, and severe
thunderstorms; semi-arid in the west
- Admitted to Union: January 29, 1861
- Capital: Topeka
- Head Official: Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D)
(until 2007)
- Population
- 1980: 2,364,000
- 1990: 2,495,000
- 2000: 2,688,824
- 2004 estimate: 2,735,502
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 8.5%
- U.S. rank in 2004: 33rd
- Percent of residents born in state: 59.5% (2000)
- Density: 32.9 people per square mile (2000)
- 2002 FBI Crime Index Total: 110,997
- Racial and Ethnic Characteristics (2000)
- White: 2,313,944
- Black or African American: 154,198
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 24,936
- Asian: 46,806
- Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander: 1,313
- Hispanic or Latino (may be of any race): 188,252
- Other: 90,725
- Age Characteristics (2000)
- Population under 5 years old: 188,708
- Population 5 to 19 years old: 609,710
- Percent of population 65 years and over: 13.3%
- Median age: 35.2 years (2000)
- Vital Statistics
- Total number of births (2003): 40,609
- Total number of deaths (2003): 24,840 (infant
deaths, 261)
- AIDS cases reported through 2003: 1,123
- Economy
- Major industries: Agriculture, oil production,
mining, manufacturing
- Unemployment rate: 5.4% (March 2005)
- Per capita income: $29,545 (2003; U.S. rank:
27th)
- Median household income: $43,622 (3-year average,
2001-2003)
- Percentage of persons below poverty level: 10.3%
(3-year average, 2001-2003)
- Income tax rate: Ranges from 3.5% to 6.45%
- Sales tax rate: 5.3%
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