Kansas - Facts and Figures.

Kansas - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Topeka January 29, 1861 the 34th state State nickname The Sunflower State Name for residents State motto Kansans Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulty) Abbreviation KS LAND Total area 213,096 sq km 82,277 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 15th 211,922 sq km 81,823 sq mi Highest point Mount Sunflower 1,231 m/4,039 ft Forested land as a share of total area Federally owned land as a share of land area 3 percent (2002) 1.1 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 2,775,997 (2007 estimate) 33rd 8.5 percent (1990-2000) 13 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 34 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 71.4 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) Wichita 357,698 (2006) Overland Park 166,722 (2006) Kansas City 144,210 (2005 estimate) Topeka 122,113 (2006) Olathe 114,662 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 86.1 percent (2000) Blacks 5.7 percent (2000) Asians 1.7 percent (2000) Native Americans Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders Mixed heritage or not reporting Hispanics (of any race) 0.9 percent (2000) less than 0.1 percent (2000) 5.5 percent (2000) 7 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 76.8 years (1989-1991) 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 453 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 272 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) Government spending per student (K-12) Share of students attending private school Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 12.3 percent (2006) 14.4 (2003) $8,268 (2002-2003) 9.1 percent (1999) 88.5 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Kathleen Sebelius (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 40 members House of Representatives, 125 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 4 Electoral votes 6 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $112 billion (2006) $31,003 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2.1 percent (2004) Industry Construction 4.2 percent (2004) Manufacturing 15.1 percent (2004) Mining 1.2 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 6.2 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 15.2 percent (2004) G overnment Information technology 14 percent (2004) 8 percent (2004) Retail trade 7.3 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 6.3 percent (2004) Other services 20.6 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 1,466,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 4.5 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 7 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind Share from hydroelectric 0.9 percent (2005 estimate) 0 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 19.2 percent (2005 estimate) Share from thermal 79.8 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people 139 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) Share of households with Internet access 54.3 percent (2003 estimate) Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 10.1 books per person (2002) 218,005 km (2005) 135,462 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 1,407 km (2005) 874 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 7,944 km (2004) 4,936 mi (2004) Airports 10 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.