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Kansas

Population2.9m
Counties105county-level areas on the 2024 Census map
Density13.9people per km² of land
Median household income$72,63940th percentile of states

How it has changed

The state’s own figures from 2010 to 2024. A measure published for only one year shows as a single point instead of a line.

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The state figure, and the range across its counties

The state figure is the one its own agency publishes. It is never an average of the counties. You cannot average medians (middle values) to get a new median, and a rate has to be worked out again from the added-up counts. The county range next to it shows what a single state number has to hide.

Sometimes fewer counties report than the state has. The missing ones were held back because their counts were too small to publish — mostly deaths. A range from only part of the state is not the state’s full range. It can even sit entirely above or below the state figure. So the number of counties reporting is shown next to it.

You can sort by any column. 47 of these 188 measures have a clear better end, and those are ranked best first. For example, the lowest infant death rate is first place, and so is the highest life expectancy. The rest have no better end, so they are ranked highest first, and the cell says “highest” instead of “best”. A state is not winning or losing by how much of its tax comes from severance taxes (taxes on oil, gas and minerals taken from the ground).

Alcohol-involved share of driving deaths0.21%5th best of 510%0.25%1%59
Always wears a seatbelt9330th best of 49————
Arrivals per 100 people staying3.1326th highest of 512.054.6624104
Arrivals per 100 staying, $200,000 or more1.936th highest of 51————
Arthritis2624th best of 46————
Binge drinking17.731st best of 49————
Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 50604th highest of 5232.867.333350
Black Protestant adherents2.0419th highest of 510015.1105
Black-white residential segregation58.735th highest of 514.4451.476.635
Business closing rate8.3341st highest of 5107.7714.6105
Business opening rate9.1838th highest of 5108.522.2105
Catholic adherents14.130th highest of 510.981149.1105
Checkup in the past year74.833rd highest of 49————
Child mortality57.931st best of 5131.666.898.325
Child poverty rate, ages 0-1713.1%22nd best of 514.9%14.7%24.8%105
Children in single-parent households0.212%37th highest of 510.0847%0.186%0.39%73
Congregations per 10,000 people15.715th highest of 516.073263.3105
Current asthma10.121st best of 47————
Current smoking15.736th best of 49————
Departures per 100 people staying3.3120th highest of 512.085.0726.9104
Departures per 100 staying, $200,000 or more2.2528th highest of 51————
Depression21.921st best of 49————
Diabetes14.226th best of 45————
Difficulty concentrating or deciding14.528th best of 49————
Difficulty running errands alone7.8729th best of 46————
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs15.527th best of 47————
Disability-free score-0.26528th highest of 47-0.7750.291.53105
Drug overdose deaths21.912th best of 517.8521.338.518
Effective general sales tax rate3.0312th highest of 51————
Effective individual income tax rate2.424th highest of 51————
Effective property tax rate1.314th highest of 520.9781.552.47103
Effective property tax rate on income2.9220th highest of 51————
Evangelical Protestant adherents17.420th highest of 512.8418.649105
Fair or poor health1717th best of 49————
Fine particulate matter7.326th best of 515.57.31198
Firearm fatalities15.930th best of 518.2315.731.726
Firearm share of suicides, standardised10624th highest of 5157.611116135
Firearm suicide rate10.920th highest of 515.4311.823.735
Flu vaccination among Medicare enrollees0.49%23rd best of 510.03%0.38%0.66%105
Gini index of income inequality0.45615th best of 520.3490.4240.553105
Has health insurance9130th highest of 49————
Health score-0.054527th highest of 49-0.662-0.05331.16105
High blood pressure34.831st best of 49————
High cholesterol36.133rd best of 49————
High school graduation0.889%12th best of 480.741%0.903%0.965%53
Homeownership rate66.9%31st highest of 5242.8%75.8%85%105
Homicide rate5.6524th best of 512.186.6623.910
Homicide rate, annual6.3325th highest of 512.5714.724.24
How much faster the top bracket arrives than everyone else-0.16431st highest of 51————
Income gap between arrivals and departures$-3,43130th highest of 51$-36,990$365$28,420103
Infant mortality6.0833rd best of 513.925.688.8815
Injury deaths85.418th best of 5143.998.118293
Life expectancy76.4 years33rd best of 5161 years75.5 years80.6 years102
Local income tax as a share of income0.0005413th highest of 130.000010.004490.024936
Mainline Protestant adherents9.629th highest of 513.1414.638.5105
Material security score0.33823rd highest of 51-0.3540.5021.29105
Mean adjusted gross income per return$85,77931st best of 51$53,840$67,040$130,900105
Mean income of arriving households$64,71440th highest of 51$34,550$47,760$80,260104
Mean income of departing households$68,14536th highest of 51$25,220$48,260$87,290104
Mean travel time to work19.8 min7th best of 5211.4 min18.3 min37.1 min105
Median age37.2 years44th highest of 5225.2 years41.3 years52.1 years105
Median gross rent$1,02937th highest of 52$497$758$1,385105
Median home value$203,40042nd highest of 52$59,900$118,800$366,000104
Median household income$72,63932nd best of 52$48,150$63,130$107,300104
Median household income (model-based)$70,31637th best of 51$40,330$62,430$103,100105
Median property tax bill2,64325th highest of 521,0121,8634,221105
Meets aerobic guidelines58.931st best of 49————
Membership organisations13.28th best of 51017.447.6105
Millionaire returns as a share of all returns0.36227th highest of 52————
Millionaires' share of all income11.733rd highest of 52————
Motor vehicle crash deaths14.333rd best of 515.5818.462.848
Net business formation rate0.85130th highest of 51-7.320.72212.3105
Net domestic migration rate-1.8238th highest of 51————
Net migration per 100 people staying-0.17739th highest of 51-3.39-0.1561.62103
Net migration per 100 staying, $200,000 or more-0.34232nd highest of 51————
Obesity36.636th best of 49————
Orthodox Christian adherents0.1135th highest of 51000.37105
Other religion adherents2.7637th highest of 5100.336.13105
People per tax return211th highest of 51222105
Per capita income$39,63831st best of 52$26,220$34,580$58,290105
Per capita personal income$63,51332nd best of 51$41,370$58,150$108,200105
Poverty rate11.5%23rd best of 524.08%11.4%22%98
Poverty rate (model-based)11.2%22nd best of 515.3%11.7%18%105
Premature mortality42430th best of 512454631,289104
Preventable hospital stays2,52923rd best of 517102,7375,916105
Private job growth1.9730th highest of 52-211.9540.8105
Religious adherents4631st highest of 5120.450.788105
Republican share of the two-party vote, 202458.219th highest of 5130.78193105
Returns claiming charitable contributions5.1%32nd highest of 510%2.94%9.6%105
Returns claiming the earned income credit12.9%26th highest of 510%13.1%21.3%105
Returns reporting capital gains19.6%22nd highest of 517.02%20.7%33.6%105
Returns reporting unemployment compensation1.51%39th highest of 510%0.767%4.08%105
Safety score-0.18826th highest of 51-0.8820.1521.1427
Share aged 65 and over16.6%36th highest of 528.66%20.7%30.6%105
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic0.426%18th highest of 510%0.435%6.68%32
Share Asian, not Hispanic2.88%25th highest of 520%0.607%5.16%40
Share Black, not Hispanic5.27%31st highest of 520%2.18%18.8%49
Share divorced11.2%27th highest of 526.03%11.7%17.1%103
Share foreign-born7.19%28th highest of 520.707%4.17%28.7%63
Share Hispanic or Latino, any race13.3%18th highest of 522.49%6.05%66.6%97
Share in the same house a year ago84.2%42nd highest of 5169%87.8%94.7%105
Share Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic0.0755%17th highest of 490%0%0.0869%76
Share never married30.7%43rd highest of 5216.2%24.9%50.7%105
Share now married52.5%5th highest of 5239.5%55.4%67.7%105
Share of births to unmarried women28.7%31st highest of 520%23.5%87.1%37
Share of some other race, not Hispanic0.381%30th highest of 520%0%0.583%34
Share of suicides by firearm57.3%23rd highest of 5128.9%59.7%90%35
Share of taxes from alcohol0.8696th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporate income8.0215th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporation licences0.08132nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from death and gift051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from gambling0.0035438th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from general sales and gross receipts29.220th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from individual income23.223rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from insurance premiums2.596th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from licences2.944th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor fuel2.3931st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor vehicle licences1.5220th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from occupation and business licences0.54442nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from other taxes0.44545th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property28.124th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property transfer0.00046840th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from public utilities1.0524th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from selective sales8.1141st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from severance0.36616th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from sports betting and pari-mutuels0.029926th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from tobacco0.57934th highest of 51————
Share of two or more races, not Hispanic4.34%12th highest of 521.3%3.56%8.12%88
Share separated1.28%34th highest of 520%1.39%4.04%35
Share White, not Hispanic73.4%20th highest of 5225.9%87.5%96.1%105
Share widowed5.61%26th highest of 522.87%7.37%17.8%104
Share with a bachelor's degree or higher35.2%21st best of 5212.7%23.4%56.9%105
State and local income tax as a share of income2.47th highest of 12————
State income tax as a share of income2.419th highest of 50————
State taxes as a share of income7.0115th highest of 50————
Suicide rate19.138th best of 5111.820.432.231
Top state income tax rate5.7%23rd highest of 50————
Total tax burden10.418th highest of 51————
Two weeks of poor mental health16.428th best of 49————
Two weeks of poor physical health12.420th best of 47————
Unemployment rate2.88%15th best of 522%2.7%4.2%105
Vacancy rate9.69%33rd highest of 523.96%15.8%33.4%104
Went without care over cost1232nd best of 49————
Years of potential life lost8,58927th best of 514,9779,68127,60076
Aggregate travel time to work25,568,000 min36th highest of 526,820 min62,020 min5,511,000 min105
Business establishments70,03932nd highest of 514319117,110105
Business establishments closed5,80733rd highest of 510161,621105
Business establishments opened6,40033rd highest of 510171,812105
Employed1,483,00033rd highest of 526083,009348,000105
Foreign-born population211,20031st highest of 524550055,67063
Gross domestic product$224,850,000k33rd highest of 51$88,710k$454,000k$65,030,000k105
Housing units1,285,20035th highest of 526223,375255,300105
Labour force1,527,10033rd highest of 526233,092357,500105
Local income tax collected$1,012k13th highest of 13$1k$11k$266k36
Millionaire tax returns4,95031st highest of 52————
Net domestic migration-5,35837th highest of 51————
Occupied housing units1,160,70034th highest of 525242,616244,800105
Owner-occupied housing units776,31034th highest of 524112,086167,800105
People covered by a tax return2,595,30033rd highest of 511,1506,400582,800105
People in households earning $200,000 or more who did not move237,84029th highest of 51————
People who did not move2,295,60033rd highest of 511,0125,757518,200105
Personal income$187,460,000k33rd highest of 51$93,030k$421,500k$57,290,000k105
Population2,951,50034th highest of 511,1747,073625,400105
Population2,940,50034th highest of 511,1817,057622,200105
Population (firearm measures)2,746,80035th highest of 519,14430,400567,90035
Population (WONDER)2,940,50034th highest of 51165,300353,100622,2004
Population aged 15 and over2,356,90036th highest of 529825,536494,800105
Population aged 25 and over1,933,30036th highest of 528304,868419,400105
Population aged 65 and over486,66035th highest of 522411,45795,270105
Population below the poverty line328,48036th highest of 529978172,48098
Population below the poverty line319,82035th highest of 5112879270,380105
Population for whom poverty status is determined2,850,40036th highest of 521,2706,755608,800105
Population for whom poverty status is determined2,855,50034th highest of 511,1536,811621,500105
Population in the same house one year ago2,473,80035th highest of 511,1125,969526,900105
Population with a bachelor's degree or higher679,66032nd highest of 522291,091238,500105
Population, decennial census2,937,90035th highest of 511,2846,877609,900105
Presidential votes cast, 20241,327,60033rd highest of 515933,301343,800105
Private jobs1,174,10033rd highest of 522881,762338,000105
State and local tax collections$19,463,000k33rd highest of 51————
State individual income tax collected$4,507,000k27th highest of 50————
State tax collected, all taxes$13,140,000k33rd highest of 50————
Tax returns filed1,366,00033rd highest of 515603,080306,800105
Total population2,937,60036th highest of 521,2966,961614,800105
Unemployed44,02934th highest of 5215889,491105
Vacant housing units124,51034th highest of 529760120,770104
Women aged 15 to 50666,18036th highest of 522191,328145,000105
Women who gave birth in the past year40,00431st highest of 52613228,00650
Workers aged 16 and over who commute1,294,00033rd highest of 525322,960265,700105

Links inside Kansas

These are the site’s strongest pairs nationwide, worked out again using only this state’s counties. The r column shows how closely two measures rise and fall together, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step); 0 means no link. A link that shows up nationally but disappears inside every state is really about differences between states. A link that also holds here is not.

These figures are before adjusting for anything. Unlike the national figures, they do not take out population density, income or education.

Pairr within KScounties
Median age × Share aged 65 and overInside Kansas, where Median age is higher, Share aged 65 and over tends to be higher: a strong link across 105 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.92105
Self-care disability × Material security scoreInside Kansas, where Self-care disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 105 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.80105
Stroke × Material security scoreInside Kansas, where Stroke is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 105 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.80105
Food insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Kansas, where Food insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a moderate link across 105 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.61105
Lack of reliable transportation × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Kansas, where Lack of reliable transportation is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a moderate link across 105 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.65105
Vision disability × Material security scoreInside Kansas, where Vision disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 105 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.73105
Housing insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Kansas, where Housing insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a moderate link across 105 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.58105
Received food stamps × Material security scoreInside Kansas, where Received food stamps is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 105 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.80105
Self-care disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Kansas, where Self-care disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a moderate link across 105 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.65105
Vision disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Kansas, where Vision disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a moderate link across 105 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.60105
Fair or poor self-rated health × Material security scoreInside Kansas, where Fair or poor self-rated health is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 105 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.73105
Independent-living disability × Material security scoreInside Kansas, where Independent-living disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 105 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.78105

What this state is divided into

105 county-level areas, largest first. Each one is compared with its peers — the counties across the country most like it — not with the rest of this state.

Johnson County · Sedgwick County · Shawnee County · Wyandotte County · Douglas County · Leavenworth County · Riley County · Butler County · Reno County · Saline County · Crawford County · Finney County · Geary County · Miami County · Cowley County · Ford County · Harvey County · Lyon County · Montgomery County · McPherson County · Ellis County · Franklin County · Pottawatomie County · Barton County · Sumner County · Seward County · Labette County · Cherokee County · Dickinson County · Jefferson County · Atchison County · Osage County · Neosho County · Bourbon County · Jackson County · Allen County · Marion County · Nemaha County · Marshall County · Linn County · Brown County · Rice County · Pratt County · Cloud County · Wilson County · Coffey County · Clay County · Thomas County · Anderson County · Doniphan County · Grant County · Kingman County · Wabaunsee County · Russell County · Ellsworth County · Pawnee County · Greenwood County · Sherman County · Ottawa County · Mitchell County · Gray County · Washington County · Harper County · Norton County · Morris County · Stevens County · Scott County · Phillips County · Rooks County · Republic County · Barber County · Stafford County · Meade County · Kearny County · Haskell County · Smith County · Osborne County · Chautauqua County · Woodson County · Rush County · Lincoln County · Jewell County · Edwards County · Gove County · Trego County · Decatur County · Logan County · Ness County · Morton County · Cheyenne County · Chase County · Rawlins County · Hamilton County · Elk County · Sheridan County · Kiowa County · Graham County · Wichita County · Stanton County · Clark County · Comanche County · Hodgeman County · Lane County · Wallace County · Greeley County