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State Fact Sheets: Kansas

Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment
Federal Funds
Organic Agriculture
Farm Characteristics
Farm Financial Indicators
Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated January 17, 2012

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Population, Income, Food Insecurity, 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
    2010 1,031,070 1,822,048 2,853,118

More information on Kansas population
County-level Population Data
Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

Income
  Rural * Urban * Total
Per-capita income (2009 dollars)
    2008 35,367 42,411 39,863
    2009 35,220 41,385 39,173
    Percent change -0.4 -2.4 -1.7
 
Earnings per job (2009 dollars)
    2008 37,481 48,616 44,590
    2009 36,971 48,432 44,248
    Percent change -1.4 -0.4 -0.8
 
Poverty rate (percent)
    1979 11.9 8.8 10.1
    1989 13.8 9.9 11.5
    1999 12.1 8.5 9.9
    2010 (latest model-based estimates) 14.9 12.7 13.5

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

Household-level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
  2002-04 Avg. 2005-07 Avg. 2008-10 Avg.
Percent of households
    Food insecure 12.3 13.0 14.5
    Very low food security 4.8 4.7 5.0

More information on Food Insecurity
Food Security in the United States Briefing Room
Definitions of Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
• Comparisons of prevalence rates of food insecurity between States must take account of the margins of error, which are sizeable for many States. Margins of error are published along with State prevalence rates in each year’s Household Food Security in the United States report.
• Contact Alisha Coleman-Jensen, 202-694-5456.

Education (Persons 25 and older)
  Rural * Urban * Total
Percent not completing high school
    1980 (Census) 30.3 23.6 26.7
    1990 (Census) 22.3 16.2 18.7
    2000 (Census) 16.8 12.2 14.0
    2006-2010 (ACS) 13.3 9.4 10.8
 
Percent completing high school only
    1980 (Census) 40.0 38.4 39.2
    1990 (Census) 35.0 31.3 32.8
    2000 (Census) 33.0 27.9 29.8
    2006-2010 (ACS) 32.7 26.7 28.9
 
Percent completing some college
    1980 (Census) 16.2 17.9 17.1
    1990 (Census) 27.2 27.4 27.3
    2000 (Census) 31.5 29.7 30.4
    2006-2010 (ACS) 33.0 29.8 31.0
 
Percent completing college
    1980 (Census) 13.4 20.1 17.0
    1990 (Census) 15.5 25.1 21.1
    2000 (Census) 18.7 30.3 25.8
    2006-2010 (ACS) 20.9 34.1 29.3

More information on Kansas education
County-level Education Data
Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Alexander Marré, 202-694-5338

Employment
  Rural * Urban * Total
Total number of jobs
    2008 672,132 1,186,623 1,858,755
    2009 664,542 1,155,808 1,820,350
 
Percent employment change
    2007-2008 1.0 -0.0 0.4
    2008-2009 0.3 -2.3 -1.4
    2009-2010 0.3 -0.8 -0.4
 
Unemployment rate (percent)
    2009 5.9 7.8 7.1
    2010 5.9 7.7 7.0

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

Federal Funds, FY 2010
  Rural * Urban * Total
Federal funding, dollars per person
   All Federal funds 12,223 9,917 10,750
 
Federal funding by purpose (function codes)
      Agriculture and natural resources 841 51 336
      Community resources 904 1,555 1,320
      Defense and space 3,364 1,643 2,265
      Human resources 205 152 171
      Income security 5,973 4,914 5,296
      National functions 935 1,603 1,362
 
Federal funding by type of payments (object codes)
      Grants 1,295 1,033 1,128
      Direct loans 418 302 344
      Guaranteed/insured loans 672 1,492 1,196
      Retirement/disability payments 3,123 2,881 2,968
      Other direct payments to
      individuals
2,122 1,452 1,694
      Direct payments, not to
      individuals
743 74 315
      Procurement contracts 633 1,317 1,070
      Salaries and wages 3,217 1,367 2,035

Total does not include Statewide funds undistributed at the county level.

More information on Federal Funds
Program Function and Object Code Definitions
Federal Funds and Development Policy Briefing Room
Federal Funds Data
• Contact Richard Reeder, 202-694-5360


* The terms “rural” and “urban” here refer to data for nonmetro and metro areas, a county-level classification defined by the Office of Management and Budget. We use the June 2003 version of nonmetro and metro areas because it reflects conditions at the beginning of the decade. See Measuring Rurality: What is Rural? for a discussion of differences between metro-nonmetro categories and the Census Bureau’s rural-urban classification.
 
More information on socioeconomic conditions
Rural Emphasis Page
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.


Organic Agriculture

  2006 2007 2008
Number of certified operations 77 80 83
Crops (acres) 39,544 26,050 47,857
Pasture & rangeland (acres) 3,582 4,207 3,912
Total acres 43,126 30,257 51,769

More information on organic agriculture
Organic Production Data
Organic Agriculture Briefing Room
• Contact Catherine Greene, 202-694-5541.


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
 

More information on farm characteristics
Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.


Farm Financial Indicators

Farm income and value added data
  2009 2010
 
Number of farms 65,500 65,500
 
  Thousands $
       Final crop output 6,327,857 6,113,964
+     Final animal output 6,127,971 7,819,345
+     Services and forestry 1,443,272 1,192,728
=   Final agricultural sector output 13,899,100 15,126,037
 
-      Intermediate consumption outlays 8,899,618 9,696,276
+     Net government transactions 49,677 135,739
=   Gross value added 5,049,158 5,565,499
 
-      Capital consumption 952,645 970,358
 
=   Net value added 4,096,513 4,595,141
 
-    Factor payments 1,476,819 1,651,438
         Employee compensation (total hired labor) 412,559 369,393
         Net rent received by nonoperator landlords 475,746 723,384
         Real estate and nonreal estate interest 588,514 558,661
 
=   Net farm income 2,619,695 2,943,704
 

More information on farm income
Farm Income Data
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Timothy Park, 202-694-5446.

Farm balance sheet
 
• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
 


Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2010
  Value of receipts
thousand $
Percent of state total
farm receipts
Percent of US value
1. Cattle and calves 6,533,521 46.8 12.7
2. Corn 2,118,661 15.2 4.7
3. Wheat 1,724,662 12.4 15.9
4. Soybeans 1,470,992 10.5 4.4
5. Sorghum grain 673,287 4.8 50.4
 
All commodities 13,957,913   4.4
 

More information on Kansas's top agriculture commodities
Leading commodities by cash receipts in Excel.
Other cash receipts data.
• Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2010
  Rank among states Value
million $
1. Wheat and products 1 1,141.3
2. Soybeans and products 10 916.3
3. Feed grains and products 5 855.2
4. Live animals and meat 4 675.0
5. Feeds and fodders 1 653.0
 
Total export value 7 4,866.1
 

More information on agricultural exports
State Export Data
Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

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
 
State total   14,413,182
 

More information on agricultural sales
Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.




Data Sources

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker
Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov
Updated date: January 17, 2012