Kansas Profile

Amazing view of the arena in downtown Wichita Kansas.

Bordered by Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado, it covers 82,282 sq mi (213,110 sq km); its capital is Topeka. It is located on the Great Plains, rising more than 3,000 ft (915 m) from its eastern prairies to the high plains of the west. The region was occupied by the Kansa, Osage, Pawnee, and Wichita Indians before European settlement. The first European explorer was Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, who came from Mexico in 1541 in search of gold. La Salle claimed the region for France in 1682. Kansas was acquired by the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In the early 19th century the federal government relocated displaced eastern Indians to Kansas. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the Kansas Territory and opened it to white settlement. It was the site of conflicts over slavery, including one spurred by John Brown (see Bleeding Kansas). It entered the Union as the 34th state in 1861. After the Civil War, the coming of the railroads promoted the growth of cow towns; Texas cattlemen drove herds to Wichita and Abilene to reach the railheads. Agriculture became important as farmers worked on the Great Plains. During and following World War II, airplane production expanded, and farm products remained strong.

Encyclopedia Britannica: Kansas (state, United States)

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Kansas Statistics

Population, 2007 estimate	2,775,997
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007	3.2%
Housing units, 2007	1,219,439
Median household income, 2007	$47,341
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	81,814.88
Persons per square mile, 2000	32.9

U.S. Census Bureau: Kansas QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

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Kansas Links

There's more information than I could possibly list here but I want to provide links to further your investigation if you so choose. So, here's a link the Official State Home Page of Kansas. The official tourism Web site of Kansas has a great deal of information for trip planning.

Weather information is also available by cities. Just visit Kansas Weather - Average Temperatures and Rainfall and then click on the name of the city you are interested in to find data for that specific city. And what state profile would be complete without a link to their Top Attractions and Oddities?!?

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