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 |
| 2007 (latest estimates) |
1,008,407 |
1,767,590 |
2,775,997 |
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 (2006 dollars) |
| 2005 |
27,936 |
37,174 |
33,764 |
| 2006 |
28,656 |
38,349 |
34,799 |
| Percent change |
2.6 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2006 dollars) |
| 2005 |
30,227 |
44,533 |
39,285 |
| 2006 |
29,995 |
45,035 |
39,533 |
| Percent change |
-0.8 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
11.9 |
8.8 |
10.1 |
| 1989 |
13.8 |
9.9 |
11.5 |
| 1999 |
12.1 |
8.5 |
9.9 |
| 2005 (latest model-based estimates) |
13.6 |
10.6 |
11.7 |
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 Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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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 |
| 2005 |
662,386 |
1,143,323 |
1,805,709 |
| 2006 |
674,868 |
1,169,984 |
1,844,852 |
| |
| Unemployment rate (percent) |
| 2006 |
3.8 |
4.7 |
4.3 |
| 2007 |
3.6 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
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 |
| 2004-2005 |
-0.0 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
| 2005-2006 |
2.4 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
| 2006-2007 |
-0.5 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
| |
| Percent of 2002 employment in farm and farm-related jobs |
| Total |
24.1 |
13.2 |
17.3 |
| Production |
8.9 |
1.6 |
4.3 |
| Farm inputs |
1.1 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
| Processing & marketing |
4.5 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
| Wholesale & retail trade |
8.8 |
9.8 |
9.4 |
More information on farm employment
• Farm and Farm-Related Employment data
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435
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Farm Characteristics
| 1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture |
| |
| |
1992 |
1997 |
2002 |
| Total land area (million acres) |
52.37 |
52.37 |
52.36 |
| Total farmland (million acres) |
46.67 |
46.65 |
47.23 |
| Percent of total land area |
89.1 |
89.1 |
90.2 |
| |
| Cropland (million acres) |
31.12 |
31.06 |
29.54 |
| Percent of total farmland |
66.7 |
66.6 |
62.6 |
| Percent in pasture |
12.3 |
10.6 |
8.1 |
| Percent irrigated |
8.4 |
8.5 |
9.0 |
| |
Harvested Cropland
(million acres) |
18.79 |
20.99 |
18.98 |
| |
| Woodland (million acres) |
0.64 |
0.67 |
0.69 |
| Percent of total farmland |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
| Percent in pasture |
49.2 |
46.6 |
51.9 |
| |
| Pastureland (million acres) |
13.77 |
13.60 |
15.50 |
| Percent of total farmland |
29.5 |
29.2 |
32.8 |
| |
Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc.
(million acres) |
1.14 |
1.32 |
1.50 |
| Percent of total farmland |
2.5 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(million acres) |
2.28 |
2.48 |
2.57 |
| Percent of total farmland |
4.9 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
738 |
712 |
733 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
23.2 |
29.2 |
30.2 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
37.0 |
35.4 |
35.2 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
17.1 |
14.5 |
13.4 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
13.9 |
11.9 |
11.4 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
8.8 |
9.1 |
9.8 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
34.5 |
39.7 |
48.3 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
34.0 |
28.0 |
24.8 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
13.1 |
11.4 |
9.8 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
16.1 |
17.5 |
14.3 |
| More than $500,000 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
2.8 |
| |
| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
26,947 |
31,453 |
36,925 |
| Percent of total |
42.6 |
48.0 |
57.3 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
27,243 |
25,801 |
22,300 |
| Percent of total |
43.1 |
39.4 |
34.6 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
9,088 |
8,222 |
5,189 |
| Percent of total |
14.4 |
12.6 |
8.1 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
54,952 |
56,736 |
57,238 |
| Percent of total |
86.8 |
86.7 |
88.9 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
2,036 |
2,444 |
2,074 |
| Percent of total |
3.2 |
3.7 |
3.2 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
5,686 |
5,444 |
4,062 |
| Percent of total |
9.0 |
8.3 |
6.3 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
186 |
180 |
168 |
| Percent of total |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
| |
Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
418 |
672 |
872 |
| Percent of total |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
53.2 |
54.3 |
56.0 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
62.1 |
54.7 |
63.1 |
| Men (persons) |
60,094 |
61,204 |
58,754 |
| Women (persons) |
3,184 |
4,272 |
5,660 |
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More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.
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Farm Financial Indicators
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2005 |
2006 |
| |
| Number of farms |
64,500 |
64,000 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
3,222,239 |
3,081,912 |
| + Final animal output |
6,924,275 |
6,763,218 |
| + Services and forestry |
1,112,424 |
1,293,112 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
11,258,938 |
11,138,242 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
7,446,082 |
7,667,578 |
| + Net government transactions |
742,216 |
285,974 |
| = Gross value added |
4,555,072 |
3,756,638 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
809,198 |
836,325 |
| |
| = Net value added |
3,745,874 |
2,920,313 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
1,286,615 |
1,306,015 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
361,227 |
341,915 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
414,949 |
386,177 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
510,439 |
577,923 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
2,459,259 |
1,614,298 |
| |
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, 2006
|
| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of state total
farm receipts |
Percent of US value |
| 1. Cattle and calves |
6,246,561 |
60.4 |
12.7 |
| 2. Wheat |
1,273,499 |
12.3 |
17.4 |
| 3. Corn |
861,233 |
8.3 |
4.0 |
| 4. Soybeans |
550,253 |
5.3 |
3.3 |
| 5. Hogs |
374,311 |
3.6 |
2.7 |
| |
| All commodities |
10,335,795 |
|
4.3 |
| |
More information on Kansas's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2007 |
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Rank among states |
Value
million $ |
| 1. Wheat and products |
2 |
1,012.8 |
| 2. Feed grains and products |
6 |
752.8 |
| 3. Live animals and meat |
3 |
596.2 |
| 4. Feeds and fodders |
1 |
469.8 |
| 5. Hides and skins |
1 |
419.5 |
| |
| Overall rank |
6 |
3,834.8 |
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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 2002 |
| |
Percent of state total receipts |
Million $ |
| 1. Finney County |
5.6 |
487.7 |
| 2. Haskell County |
5.5 |
482.2 |
| 3. Gray County |
4.0 |
353.5 |
| 4. Scott County |
3.8 |
335.4 |
| 5. Grant County |
3.6 |
316.5 |
| |
| State total |
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8,746.2 |
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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 2006, 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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