Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety24#39/51
Economy54#24/51
Housing99#1/51
Health38#32/51
Healthcare48#27/51
Environment46#27/49
Education60#21/51
Infrastructure58#22/51
Community78#12/51
Leisure & amenities16#43/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Kansas ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low18.9%
100/100United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Home price to income ratio · low2.9×
96/100United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent as share of income · low27.1%
94/100United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low43.5%
94/100United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Loneliness · low31.5%
92/100United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Cost of buying a home today · low26.9%
92/100United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low3.4 /10k
4/100United States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Gyms and fitness centers · low1.0 /10k
8/100United States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Public transit commuters · low0.4%
12/100United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Violent crime rate · high457 /100k
12/100United States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Restaurants and bars · low7.9 /10k
18/100United States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Property crime rate · high1,797 /100k
20/100United States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

High ozone daysWorsening
0 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
+49,834%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drought exposureWorsening
17% (2021) → 28% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
8.4 /1k (2020) → 12.6 /1k (2025)
+51%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.8% (2015-2019) → 90.7% (2020-2024)
+8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
73.3% (2010 & 2021) → 80.3% (2022 & 2024)
+7 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
20.2% (Dec 2021) → 26.9% (Aug 2026)
+6.7 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Kansas improved on 13 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 12 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

New businesses+51%8.4 /1k → 12.6 /1k
Gyms+17%0.8 /10k → 1.0 /10k
Broadband+8.9 points81.8% → 90.7%
Child poverty−1.5 points14.3% → 12.8%
Arts & recreation+15%3.0 /10k → 3.4 /10k

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×2.5× → 2.9×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.0 /10k2020	3.4 /10k2025	+15%	Improved	48%
Average commute time	19.4 min2015-2019	19.7 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Little change	40%
Average weekly wage	$9902020	$1,2162025	+23%	Improved	40%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%2015-2019	35.6%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	3%
Broadband subscriptions	81.8%2015-2019	90.7%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Improved	64%
Child poverty rate	14.3%2019	12.8%2024	−1.5 points	Improved	63%
Distance to an airport	51 mi2020	51 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	15.1 /100k2020	15.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+1.3%	Within the margin of error	23%
Effective property tax rate	1.33%2015-2019	1.21%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	46%
Firearm deaths	16.8 /100k2020	16.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−3.6%	Within the margin of error	38%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+4.4%	Within the margin of error	81%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+17%	Improved	74%
High school diploma or higher	91.0%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+1 points	Improved	21%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	72%
Homicide rate	6.6 /100k2020	4.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−32%	Improved	44%
Income adjusted for local prices	$56,2432019	$73,1182024	+30%	Improved	28%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4562015-2019	0.4572020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	58%
Median household income	$62,0282019	$75,4022024	+22%	Improved	34%
New business applications	8.4 /1k2020	12.6 /1k2025	+51%	Improved	83%
Pharmacies	1.6 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−7.6%	Within the margin of error	48%
Poverty rate	11.3%2019	10.9%2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	−2%	Within the margin of error	66%
Public transit commuters	0.5%2015-2019	0.4%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	91%
Rent as share of income	27.2%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Rent-burdened households	43.4%2015-2019	43.5%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Restaurants and bars	7.9 /10k2020	7.9 /10k2025	−0%	Within the margin of error	40%
Students per teacher	13.7×2019	13.3×2024	−0.4×	Little change	30%
Suicide rate	18.1 /100k2020	18.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+1.7%	Within the margin of error	66%
Traffic deaths	14.1 /100k2015-2019	13.5 /100k2020-2024	−4.8%	Within the margin of error	91%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2020	3.8%2025	−2 points	Improved	17%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.7%2019	10.1%2024	−0.6 points	Improved	43%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Kansas itself moved −1.5 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,947,197 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,174,060 households (±4,246)

Kansas
United States share

Under $25k14%162,708
$25k–50k19%222,034
$50k–75k18%207,787

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,174,060 households (±4,246)

Kansas
United States share

Own67%788,409
Rent33%385,651

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.9 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,454,367 workers (±6,260)

Kansas
United States share

Drive alone75%1,096,103
Carpool8.7%126,157
Public transit0.4%5,670

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Kansas employ 310,070 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Kansas by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers47,140 jobs	47,140	$27,580US $31,200	−12%	1.32×
Registered Nurses33,800 jobs	33,800	$79,320US $97,550	−19%	1.08×
Retail Salespersons33,360 jobs	33,360	$32,180US $35,410	−9%	0.93×
Cashiers33,080 jobs	33,080	$28,800US $32,880	−12%	1.16×
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive32,120 jobs	32,120	$42,270US $47,540	−11%	2.04×
Customer Service Representatives29,200 jobs	29,200	$40,320US $44,770	−10%	1.22×
Stockers and Order Fillers26,750 jobs	26,750	$35,450US $37,330	−5%	1.02×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides25,350 jobs	25,350	$31,260US $35,800	−13%	0.64×
General and Operations Managers24,660 jobs	24,660	$92,840US $105,770	−12%	0.76×
Nursing Assistants24,610 jobs	24,610	$38,010US $42,260	−10%	1.84×

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Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Kansas.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Kansas has 76,139 employer establishments, 258 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248), with 1,248,825 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,950. The Census Bureau also counts 225,755 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 76,139; 225,755 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 258; US 248
Paid employees: 1,248,825
Average annual pay: $56,950; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Kansas by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	5,932	20.1	0.96×About typical	69,742	$67,861	9,225
Restaurants and other eating places	5,128	17.4	0.95×About typical	101,514	$19,842	928
Specialty trade contractors	4,922	16.7	1.08×About typical	46,888	$65,585	15,829
Lessors of real estate	3,128	10.6	0.86×About typical	11,802	$49,397	23,797
Religious organizations	2,609	8.8	1.59×More than typical	19,393	$23,741	—
Limited-service restaurants	2,231	7.6	0.94×About typical	47,993	$18,605	355
Full-service restaurants	2,197	7.4	0.97×About typical	45,439	$21,491	350
Offices of other health practitioners	2,134	7.2	1.19×About typical	11,355	$45,835	4,960
Insurance agencies and brokerages	2,072	7	1.60×More than typical	18,668	$83,396	3,983
Construction of buildings	2,051	7	0.92×About typical	13,248	$65,800	6,495
Services to buildings and dwellings	2,000	6.8	1.01×About typical	18,363	$37,633	12,993
Building equipment contractors	1,786	6.1	1.01×About typical	23,542	$70,867	2,592

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,949,749 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.2B on contracts performed in Kansas: $1,078 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.2B; −10% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,078; US $1,994
Sole-source: 62%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$1.9B58%
Federal Aviation Administration$467.7M15%
Department of the Army$258.5M8.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$228.7M7.1%
Agricultural Research Service$89.6M2.8%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$73.6M2.3%
Department of the Air Force$58.4M1.8%
Environmental Protection Agency$52.8M1.6%

Top recipients

ORACLE HEALTH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$1.6B51%
INDRA AIR TRAFFIC, INC.$382.3M12%
ENVISION XPRESS INC$99.4M3.1%
TEXTRON AVIATION INC$85.2M2.7%
FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION$71M2.2%

Spending by fiscal year

1.3BFY2017
1.8BFY2018
2.2BFY2019
3BFY2020
2.9BFY2021
4.2BFY2022
3BFY2023
3.3B

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$1.7B54%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$394.2M12%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$156.7M4.9%
Support activities for air transportation · 4881$108.8M3.4%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$72.5M2.3%
Couriers and express delivery services · 4921

Largest awards

EHRM WAVES K, L, M (VISN 23) AND N, O (VISN 15) DEPLOYMENTS$2.1B
ORACLE HEALTH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.· Wyandotte County, KS· IT & telecom· Sep 28, 2022 – Sep 24, 2026· 36C10B22N0051EHRM
TASK ORDER 36C10B18N0003 UNDER IDIQ CONTRACT 36C10B18D5000 FOR OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, TO INCLUDE HOSTING, FOR THE EHRM APPLICATIONS, APPLICATION SERVICES, AND ALL SUPPORTING EHRM DATA.$1.5B
ORACLE HEALTH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.· Wyandotte County, KS· IT & telecom· May 17, 2018 – Jul 15, 2026· 36C10B18N0003
EHRM OPERATIONS$736M
ORACLE HEALTH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.· Wyandotte County, KS· IT & telecom· Apr 28, 2022 – Jun 30, 2026· 36C10B22N0047EHRM

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $27B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Kansas: $9,063 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $27B; −1.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,063; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1.2B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 4.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$11.5B43%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$4.7B17%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$1.6B6.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$1.2B4.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$935M3.5%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$730.3M2.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$366.5M1.4%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$329.4M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT$5.3B19%
TOPEKA, KS
KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES$801.9M3.0%
TOPEKA, KS
KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$742.3M2.8%
TOPEKA, KS
KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$563.1M2.1%
TOPEKA, KS
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$14B52%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$5.5B20%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1.9B6.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$1B3.9%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

27.5BFY2021
23.2BFY2022
23.8BFY2023
24.5BFY2024
27.4BFY2025
27BFY2026

County aggregates

61%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Kansas, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Kansas
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kansas	United States
FY2017	$439	$1,436
FY2018	$614	$1,552
FY2019	$771	$1,654
FY2020	$1,031	$1,880
FY2021	$993	$1,810
FY2022	$1,431	$1,917
FY2023	$1,026	$2,079
FY2024	$1,122	$2,047
FY2025	$1,203	$2,165
FY2026	$1,078 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kansas	United States
FY2017	$77.82	$93.28
FY2018	$89.58	$105
FY2019	$93.02	$128
FY2020	$144	$145
FY2021	$192	$117
FY2022	$150

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kansas	United States
FY2021	$4,060	$5,748
FY2022	$3,806	$5,221
FY2023	$3,557	$5,364
FY2024	$3,652	$5,501
FY2025	$3,776	$5,732
FY2026	$3,857

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kansas	United States
FY2021	$220	$298
FY2022	$242	$357
FY2023	$264	$301
FY2024	$252	$319
FY2025	$245	$360
FY2026	$314 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kansas	United States
FY2021	$111	$239
FY2022	$81.94	$185
FY2023	$122	$229
FY2024	$93.05	$229
FY2025	$109	$249
FY2026	$75.86 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kansas	United States
FY2021	$1,665	$2,304
FY2022	$1,379	$2,197
FY2023	$1,606	$2,274
FY2024	$1,444	$2,267
FY2025	$1,720	$2,397
FY2026	$2,013 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kansas	United States
FY2021	$1,071	$1,186
FY2022	$334	$465
FY2023	$50.33	$76.52
FY2024	$97.66	$120
FY2025	$99.16	$148
FY2026	$74.95 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Kansas
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Kansas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Kansas	United States
2014	1.5%	2.0%
2015	0.8%	2.1%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Kansas whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Allen County, KSFederal contracts · FY2024$1,380 (7.2×)
Cherokee County, KSFederal contracts · FY2024$978 (5×)
Marion County, KSContracts and grants · FY2024$1,240 (2.7×)
Lyon County, KSTransportation grants · FY2024$314 (14×)
Ford County, KSTransportation grants · FY2023$1,981 (30×)
Osage County, KS

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/20

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Kansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Kansas

All 105 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Kansas

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Kansas, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Kansas

By population.

All 740 cities and towns in Kansas

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Kansas	United States
2014	−3.3%	−4.2%
2015	−0.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.2%	+3.3%
2018	+5.5%	+6.8%
2019	+8.8%	+10.5%
2020	+16.6%	+19.4%
2021	+21.0%	+26.1%
2022	+27.2%	+30.6%
2023	+32.3%	+35.0%
2024	+37.7%	+41.0%
2025	+43.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Kansas	United States
2014	−0.9%	−5.5%
2015	−0.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+4.1%
2018	+7.6%	+8.9%
2019	+11.6%	+13.5%
2020	+18.2%	+20.8%
2021	+26.7%	+32.1%
2022	+32.4%	+35.4%
2023	+36.0%	+42.9%
2024	+41.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Kansas	United States
2014	2.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.8/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Kansas	United States
2014	−4.4%	−6.9%
2015	−1.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+4.7%
2018	+6.1%	+7.5%
2019	+13.1%	+14.0%
2020	+15.3%	+16.9%
2021	+17.0%	+21.0%
2022	+25.5%	+29.7%
2023	+28.2%	+34.9%
2024	+37.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Kansas	United States
2014	13.5%	15.5%
2015	12.9%	14.7%
2016	12.2%	14.0%
2017	11.9%	13.4%
2018	11.9%	13.1%
2019	11.3%	12.3%
2020	10.6%	11.9%
2021	11.6%	12.8%
2022	11.9%	12.6%
2023	11.2%	12.5%
2024	10.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Kansas	United States
2014	4.5%	6.2%
2015	4.2%	5.3%
2016	4.0%	4.9%
2017	3.6%	4.4%
2018	3.3%	3.9%
2019	3.2%	3.7%
2020	5.8%	8.1%
2021	3.4%	5.4%
2022	2.8%	3.7%
2023	2.9%	3.6%
2024	3.5%	4.0%
2025	3.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Kansas	United States
2014	−8.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+27.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+42.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+57.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+63.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+73.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+78.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Kansas	United States
2014	11.7%	13.5%
2015	10.5%	10.9%
2016	9.9%	10.0%
2017	10.1%	10.2%
2018	10.1%	10.4%
2019	10.7%	10.8%
2020	10.3%	10.4%
2021	10.9%	10.2%
2022	10.2%	9.5%
2023	9.8%	9.5%
2024	10.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Kansas	United States
2014	6.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.6/1k	16.6/1k

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