Population, Income, Education, and Employment
| Population |
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
1,066,719 |
1,297,517 |
2,364,236 |
| 1990 |
1,031,142 |
1,446,432 |
2,477,574 |
| 2000 |
1,044,126 |
1,644,292 |
2,688,418 |
| 2008 (latest estimates) |
1,016,475 |
1,785,659 |
2,802,134 |
More information on Kansas population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.
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Income
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Per-capita income (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
28,917 |
39,339 |
35,508 |
| 2007 |
30,330 |
40,085 |
36,525 |
| Percent change |
9.8 |
3.8 |
5.7 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
30,976 |
46,876 |
41,059 |
| 2007 |
32,369 |
47,033 |
41,694 |
| Percent change |
9.0 |
0.7 |
3.1 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
11.9 |
8.8 |
10.1 |
| 1989 |
13.8 |
9.9 |
11.5 |
| 1999 |
12.1 |
8.5 |
9.9 |
| 2007 (latest model-based estimates) |
13.0 |
10.2 |
11.2 |
More information on Kansas poverty rates
• County-level Poverty Data
• Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489
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Education (Persons 25 and older)
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Percent not completing high school |
| 1980 |
30.3 |
23.6 |
26.7 |
| 1990 |
22.3 |
16.2 |
18.7 |
| 2000 |
16.8 |
12.2 |
14.0 |
| |
| Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
40.0 |
38.4 |
39.2 |
| 1990 |
35.0 |
31.3 |
32.8 |
| 2000 |
33.0 |
27.9 |
29.8 |
| |
| Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
16.2 |
17.9 |
17.1 |
| 1990 |
27.2 |
27.4 |
27.3 |
| 2000 |
31.5 |
29.7 |
30.4 |
| |
| Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
13.4 |
20.1 |
17.0 |
| 1990 |
15.5 |
25.1 |
21.1 |
| 2000 |
18.7 |
30.3 |
25.8 |
More information on Kansas education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Employment
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Total number of jobs |
| 2006 |
666,271 |
1,155,122 |
1,821,393 |
| 2007 |
675,569 |
1,179,979 |
1,855,548 |
| |
| Unemployment rate (percent) |
| 2007 |
3.6 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
| 2008 |
3.9 |
4.7 |
4.4 |
More information on Kansas unemployment rates
• County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429
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| Percent employment change |
| 2005-2006 |
2.5 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
| 2006-2007 |
0.5 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
| 2007-2008 |
-0.4 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
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Farm Characteristics
| 1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture |
| |
| |
1997 |
2002 |
2007 |
| Approximate total land area (acres) |
52,366,735 |
52,361,520 |
52,320,102 |
| Total farmland (acres) |
46,650,618 |
47,227,944 |
46,345,827 |
| Percent of total land area |
89.1 |
90.2 |
88.6 |
| |
| Cropland (acres) |
31,064,605 |
29,542,022 |
28,216,064 |
| Percent of total farmland |
66.6 |
62.6 |
60.9 |
| Percent in pasture |
10.6 |
8.1 |
4.5 |
| Percent irrigated |
8.5 |
9.0 |
9.7 |
| |
| Harvested Cropland (acres) |
20,989,979 |
18,976,719 |
19,886,655 |
| |
| Woodland (acres) |
666,235 |
686,628 |
792,858 |
| Percent of total farmland |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
| Percent in pasture |
46.6 |
51.9 |
42.6 |
| |
| Pastureland (acres) |
13,604,152 |
15,504,008 |
15,932,985 |
| Percent of total farmland |
29.2 |
32.8 |
34.4 |
| |
Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc. (acres) |
1,315,626 |
1,495,286 |
1,403,920 |
| Percent of total farmland |
2.8 |
3.2 |
3.0 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(acres) |
2,478,601 |
2,566,762 |
3,281,157 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
712 |
733 |
707 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
29.2 |
30.2 |
32.2 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
35.4 |
35.2 |
36.9 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
14.5 |
13.4 |
12.1 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
11.9 |
11.4 |
9.5 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
9.1 |
9.8 |
9.3 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
39.7 |
48.3 |
48.5 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
28.3 |
24.8 |
21.3 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
11.4 |
9.8 |
8.6 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
17.5 |
14.3 |
15.5 |
| More than $500,000 |
3.1 |
2.8 |
6.1 |
| |
| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
31,453 |
36,925 |
38,452 |
| Percent of total |
48.0 |
57.3 |
58.7 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
25,801 |
22,300 |
22,030 |
| Percent of total |
39.4 |
34.6 |
33.6 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
8,222 |
5,189 |
5,049 |
| Percent of total |
12.6 |
8.1 |
7.7 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
56,736 |
57,238 |
55,706 |
| Percent of total |
86.7 |
88.9 |
85.0 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
2,444 |
2,074 |
2,531 |
| Percent of total |
3.7 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
5,444 |
4,062 |
5,549 |
| Percent of total |
8.3 |
6.3 |
8.5 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
180 |
168 |
243 |
| Percent of total |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
| |
Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
672 |
872 |
1,502 |
| Percent of total |
1.0 |
1.4 |
2.3 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
54.3 |
56.0 |
57.7 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
54.7 |
63.1 |
47.1 |
| Men |
61,204 |
58,754 |
57,588 |
| Women |
4,272 |
5,660 |
7,943 |
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More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Farm Financial Indicators
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2007 |
2008 |
| |
| Number of farms |
65,500 |
65,500 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
4,812,015 |
6,914,275 |
| + Final animal output |
7,462,331 |
6,914,616 |
| + Services and forestry |
1,383,343 |
1,651,993 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
13,657,689 |
15,480,884 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
9,809,330 |
9,538,960 |
| + Net government transactions |
143,927 |
218,837 |
| = Gross value added |
3,992,286 |
6,160,761 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
864,804 |
912,870 |
| |
| = Net value added |
3,127,482 |
5,247,891 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
1,430,220 |
1,564,224 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
496,089 |
506,712 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
342,927 |
491,600 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
591,204 |
565,912 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
1,697,262 |
3,683,667 |
| |
More information on farm income
• Farm Income Data
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Farm balance sheet |
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• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
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Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
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Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2008
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| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of state total
farm receipts |
Percent of US value |
| 1. Cattle and calves |
6,239,795 |
44.7 |
12.9 |
| 2. Wheat |
2,418,184 |
17.3 |
13.9 |
| 3. Corn |
2,047,699 |
14.7 |
4.0 |
| 4. Soybeans |
1,068,662 |
7.7 |
3.7 |
| 5. Sorghum grain |
747,798 |
5.4 |
40.8 |
| |
| All commodities |
13,967,496 |
|
4.3 |
| |
More information on Kansas's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities for cash receipts in a text file
• Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.
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| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2008 |
| |
Rank among states |
Value
million $ |
| 1. Wheat and products |
1 |
1,922.4 |
| 2. Feed grains and products |
5 |
1,318.4 |
| 3. Soybeans and products |
10 |
785.6 |
| 4. Live animals and meat |
4 |
688.6 |
| 5. Feeds and fodders |
1 |
562.6 |
| |
| Overall rank |
6 |
5,902.1 |
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More information on agricultural exports
• State Export Data
• Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.
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| Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007 |
| |
Percent of state total receipts |
Thousands $ |
| 1. Scott County |
5.3 |
762,693 |
| 2. Haskell County |
5.0 |
718,293 |
| 3. Finney County |
4.8 |
693,528 |
| 4. Gray County |
4.8 |
691,381 |
| 5. Grant County |
4.0 |
576,908 |
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| State total |
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14,413,182 |
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More information on agricultural sales
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Data Sources
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
- Regional Economic Information System, April 2008, Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau
of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room,
Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States
(FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, USDA.
Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.
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