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State Fact Sheets: Kansas

• Population, Income, Education, and Employment
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated December 15, 2008

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
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.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
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
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 Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
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

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
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

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

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) defintions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information.

More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Farm Characteristics

	1992	1997	2002
1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture

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

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.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2006	2007
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	64,000	63,800

	Thousands $
Final crop output	3,025,476	4,810,943
+ Final animal output	6,768,754	7,473,281
+ Services and forestry	1,324,607	1,282,964
= Final agricultural sector output	11,118,836	13,567,188

- Intermediate consumption outlays	8,102,507	9,267,186
+ Net government transactions	285,116	145,417
= Gross value added	3,301,446	4,445,419

- Capital consumption	834,502	853,319

= Net value added	2,466,944	3,592,100

- Factor payments	1,293,827	1,436,363
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	364,245	435,017
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	383,217	410,504
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	546,365	590,842

= Net farm income	1,173,117	2,155,737

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

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

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2007
1. Cattle and calves	6,318,472	53.9	12.7
2. Wheat	1,458,985	12.4	13.7
3. Corn	1,388,918	11.8	4.1
4. Soybeans	697,155	5.9	3.3
5. Sorghum grain	582,575	5.0	40.9

All commodities	11,729,327		4.1

More information on Kansas's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2007
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

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

	Percent of state total receipts	Million $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
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		8,746.2

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

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.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: December 15, 2008