Kansas

Abstract

Demographics and Socioeconomics. With a populationa of 2.7 million people, Kansas was the eighteenth least populous state in the United States in 2005. From 2000 to 2005 the state’s population decreased by 25,802 people, but is projected to increase to 2.9 million by 2025. This 0.5 percent projected annual growth rate compares to the projected national average of 1.0 percent. In 2005 Kansas had a per capita personal income of $32,948, which was $1,547 below the national average and the twenty-third highest in the country. The state’s per capita income grew at an average annual rate of 3.5 percent from 2000 to 2005, compared to 2.9 percent nationally.