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The Census Bureau estimates 2,970,606 residents in Kansas on July 1, 2024. Every one of its 105 county-equivalents has a data page built from federal sources, each figure carrying its publisher and the period it describes.

Population, July 1, 2024
2,970,606
Households
1,174,060
Median household income
$74,275
Gross domestic product, 2025
$241.38 bn
Unemployment rate
3.8 percent

Kansas statutes and Kansas agency publications

What changes the underwriting in Kansas?

Classified property tax

A Kansas commercial or industrial building's property tax bill is calculated on an assessed value equal to 25% of the property's value, under the state's classified property tax system.

  • Commercial and industrial assessment ratio25 percent

Source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes, L. 2012, ch. 180, § 1; November 6, 2012, retrieved 26 September 2026.

STAR bond financing

Kansas law authorizes cities and counties to acquire certain property and to issue sales tax and revenue (STAR) bonds for the financing of STAR bond projects.

Source: Kansas Legislature, L. 2007, ch. 179, § 1; July 1, retrieved 26 September 2026.

Revenue neutral rate hearing

A Kansas taxing subdivision may not levy a tax rate above its revenue neutral rate unless its governing body first approves a resolution or ordinance to do so. The public hearing on exceeding the revenue neutral rate must be held not sooner than August 20 and not later than September 20.

Source: Kansas Legislature, L. 2025, ch. 128, § 6; May 8, retrieved 26 September 2026.

Kansas statutes

What drives the Kansas economy, and how is business taxed?

Corporate income tax

Kansas imposes a corporate income tax on Kansas taxable income: a normal tax of 4%, plus a surtax of 3% on Kansas taxable income in excess of $50,000.

  • Normal corporate tax rate4 percent
  • Surtax rate3 percent
  • Surtax threshold$50,000

Source: Kansas Legislature, L. 2025, ch. 116, § 4; July 1, retrieved 26 September 2026.

State and local sales tax rates

Kansas levies a state retailers' sales tax at a rate of 6.5%. A city retailers' sales tax is fixed in increments of 0.05%, up to 2% for general purposes and 1% for special purposes, and a special purpose city tax expires after 10 years. A countywide retailers' sales tax is fixed in increments of 0.25%, up to 1% for general purposes, unless a statutory exception applies to a specific county.

  • State sales tax rate6.5 percent
  • City general purpose sales tax cap2 percent
  • City special purpose sales tax cap1 percent
  • City special purpose tax sunset10 years
  • County general purpose sales tax cap1 percent

Source: Kansas Legislature, L. 2022, ch. 89, § 6; January 1, 2023, retrieved 26 September 2026.

Census Bureau population estimates and 2020 Census

How many people live in Kansas, and is the population growing?

  • Population, July 1, 20242,970,606
  • Population, April 1, 2020 estimates base2,937,745
  • Change since the 2020 base1.12 percent
  • Rank by population among the 50 states and DC34th of 51
  • Rank by growth since 2020 among the 50 states and DC37th of 51
  • Share of residents in urban areas, 202072.3 percent

Net domestic and international migration, by year to July 1

  • 2021: domestic -4,854, international +2,072
  • 2022: domestic -7,128, international +6,062
  • 2023: domestic -5,358, international +15,340
  • 2024: domestic -4,701, international +18,530

Change since 2020 is MMCG Analytics arithmetic on the two published estimates; ranks order the 50 states and the District of Columbia by the published figure; the urban share divides the published urban count by the published total.

US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024. US Census Bureau, 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics, table P2. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Kansas.

Census Bureau American Community Survey

Who lives in Kansas?

  • Households1,174,060
  • Median household income$74,275
  • Median age37.4 years
  • Residents under 1823.8 percent
  • Residents 65 and over17.0 percent
  • Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's degree or higher35.6 percent
  • Median home value$217,200
  • Median gross rent, per month$1,060

The three shares are MMCG Analytics arithmetic on published counts: the survey's age groups under 18 and 65 and over, and its degree counts, each divided by the published total.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Kansas.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics

How many people are working in Kansas?

  • Labor force1,553,281
  • Employed1,494,369
  • Unemployed58,912
  • Unemployment rate3.8 percent

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, August 2026, preliminary. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Kansas.

Bureau of Economic Analysis, gross domestic product by state

How large is the Kansas economy?

  • Gross domestic product, 2025$241.38 bn
  • Gross domestic product, 2024$230.52 bn
  • Gross domestic product, 2023$224.85 bn
  • Gross domestic product, 2022$213.37 bn
  • Gross domestic product, 2021$188.99 bn
  • Rank by 2025 gross domestic product among the 50 states and DC33rd of 51

The rank orders the 50 states and the District of Columbia by the published figure.

US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional accounts, table SAGDP2, 2021 to 2025. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Kansas.

SBA 7(a) and 504 loan records

How active is SBA lending in Kansas?

  • 7(a) loans approved, FY2020 to FY20262,912
  • 7(a) approval dollars, FY2020 to FY2026$1.48 bn
  • Rank by 7(a) loan count among the 50 states and DC, FY2020 to FY202632nd of 51
  • 504 loans approved, FY2010 to FY2026806
  • 504 approval dollars, FY2010 to FY2026$580.8 m
  • Rank by 504 loan count among the 50 states and DC, FY2010 to FY202633rd of 51

Most active 7(a) lenders, by loans approved, FY2020 to FY2026

  • Emprise Bank: 172 loans
  • U.S. Bank, National Association: 145 loans
  • Bank of Hays: 131 loans
  • The Huntington National Bank: 89 loans
  • Equity Bank: 85 loans

Most active Certified Development Companies, by 504 loans, FY2010 to FY2026

  • Rural Missouri, Inc.: 211 loans
  • Frontier Financial Partners, Inc.: 191 loans
  • Heartland Business Capital, Inc.: 150 loans
  • Wakarusa Valley Development, Inc.: 149 loans
  • South Central Kansas Economic Development District, Inc.: 43 loans

Industries with the most 7(a) loans, FY2020 to FY2026

  • Full-Service Restaurants: 104 loans
  • Limited-Service Restaurants: 97 loans
  • Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels: 80 loans
  • Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers: 72 loans
  • Landscaping Services: 68 loans

Every figure here is MMCG Analytics arithmetic over the SBA's loan-level records whose project state is Kansas: counts of records, sums of the gross approval amount, and ranks among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. These are approvals, not disbursements or balances.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA loan records, FY2020 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA loan records, FY2010 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Kansas.

FEMA NFIP Community Status Book and EPA radon zones

How do flood insurance and radon screening stand in Kansas?

  • Communities participating in the NFIP483
  • Communities earning a Community Rating System discount, classes 1 to 944
  • Counties in EPA radon zone 1, the highest predicted level65
  • Counties in EPA radon zone 240
  • Counties in EPA radon zone 30

Communities by Community Rating System class (class 1 earns the largest discount, class 10 none)

  • Class 5: 1
  • Class 6: 3
  • Class 7: 9
  • Class 8: 15
  • Class 9: 16
  • Class 10: 6

Every figure here is MMCG Analytics counting over the agency's own list: FEMA's community rows for the state, and the state's county records by EPA radon zone. Radon zones are county-wide predictions, never a site measurement.

FEMA, NFIP Community Status Book, as of 2026-09-26. US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001. Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics; the rest are the agency's own figures for Kansas.

What do jobs in Kansas pay, county by county?

  • Combined county product, 2024$230.52 bn
  • Covered employment, summed over counties1,409,547
  • Average annual pay, weighted by county employment$60,373

The average annual pay of $60,373 is weighted by each county's covered employment, not averaged across counties, so a large labor market counts for more than a small one.

US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, through 2024. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

How many businesses are in Kansas?

  • Business establishments, summed over counties75,464
  • Establishments per 1,000 residents of those counties25.6
  • Employment at those establishments1,194,585
  • Annual payroll$68.13 bn

US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

Building permits in Kansas

  • Housing units permitted, summed over counties9,063
  • Permitted construction value$2.58 bn
  • Units permitted per 1,000 households7.7

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

SBA loan charge-off rates in Kansas

  • 7(a) charge-off rate over resolved loans3.70 percent
  • Resolved 7(a) loans behind that rate699
  • 7(a) loans charged off26
  • 504 charge-off rate over resolved loans3.80 percent
  • Resolved 504 loans behind that rate289
  • 504 loans charged off11

Of the 699 Kansas 7(a) loans that have reached a final outcome, 3.70 percent were charged off. The rate is taken over loans resolved in a window starting in FY2020, so it leans toward early outcomes and is not a lifetime loss rate.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates →

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

How large is Kansas?

  • Land area, summed over counties81,759 sq mi
  • County-equivalents105
  • People per square mile, county records36

US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices, TIGER county boundaries. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year. Every figure in this section is computed by MMCG Analytics from the county records on this site.

Which are the largest counties in Kansas?

Kansas county-equivalents by population, with the figures a site search compares them on
GeographyPopulationMedian incomeEstablishmentsCounty GDPSBA approvals
Johnson County620,631$109,20818,999$67.01 bn1,260
Sedgwick County528,226$69,36512,710$41.52 bn690
Shawnee County178,025$67,1043,959$14.58 bn169
Wyandotte County167,654$63,6313,141$15.52 bn156
Douglas County120,302$69,7462,774$7.03 bn161
Leavenworth County83,123$89,2181,332$4.05 bn82
Riley County71,946$61,0981,620$3.81 bn82
Butler County68,287$81,6101,396$3.84 bn88
Reno County61,553$60,6451,590$3.43 bn30
Saline County53,668$65,4221,489$3.88 bn24

Counties

All 105 Kansas county-equivalents, resolved locally.

Kansas counties. Select a county to open its site intelligence page.Clay CountyCloud CountyDecatur CountyElk CountyGraham CountyHamilton CountyJackson CountyKingman CountyLincoln CountyMarion CountyMorris CountyNess CountyPawnee CountyReno CountyRooks CountySedgwick CountyStafford CountyTrego CountyWichita CountyWilson CountyAtchison CountyButler CountyFranklin CountyJohnson CountyKiowa CountyLabette CountyLeavenworth CountyLogan CountyMcPherson CountyMeade CountyMontgomery CountyNemaha CountyOsborne CountyOttawa CountyRepublic CountyRush CountyRussell CountyScott CountyShawnee CountySherman CountyAnderson CountyBarton CountyChase CountyChautauqua CountySmith CountyStanton CountyStevens CountyWabaunsee CountyWoodson CountyCowley CountyDickinson CountyEdwards CountyEllis CountyEllsworth CountyFord CountyGove CountyGreenwood CountyHarper CountyHarvey CountyJefferson CountyBrown CountyCheyenne CountyClark CountyCoffey CountyComanche CountyDouglas CountyFinney CountyGray CountyHaskell CountyKearny CountyLane CountyLyon CountyMitchell CountyNeosho CountyOsage CountyPratt CountyRice CountySaline CountySheridan CountySumner CountyWyandotte CountyMiami CountyMorton CountyNorton CountyPhillips CountyRawlins CountyRiley CountySeward CountyAllen CountyBarber CountyBourbon CountyCherokee CountyLinn CountyMarshall CountyPottawatomie CountyThomas CountyWallace CountyWashington CountyCrawford CountyDoniphan CountyGeary CountyGrant CountyGreeley CountyHodgeman CountyJewell County

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Every county opens a page carrying its own demographics, growth and migration, economic output, employment and wages, business establishments by industry, construction, SBA lending and charge off record, geography and hazard.

Kansas counties: population, income, establishments and SBA activity
GeographyPopulationMedian incomeEstablishmentsCounty GDPSBA approvalsLand area, sq mi
Allen County12,483$60,689353$703.0 m11500
Anderson County7,834$70,614198$500.5 m3580
Atchison County16,208$61,112364$845.3 m6431
Barber County4,069$61,926172$228.6 m61,134
Barton County25,097$58,851866$1.62 bn40895
Bourbon County14,394$59,238363$748.5 m18635
Brown County9,343$62,233277$702.1 m4571
Butler County68,287$81,6101,396$3.84 bn881,430
Chase County2,561$56,48460$146.8 m1773
Chautauqua County3,370$56,43869$101.0 m4639
Cherokee County19,151$57,668325$1.09 bn7588
Cheyenne County2,628$55,429105$173.7 m61,020
Clark County1,974$63,04360$279.4 m1975
Clay County8,048$66,176261$352.3 m4645
Cloud County8,898$58,770287$516.4 m4715
Coffey County8,308$70,346203$927.7 m4627
Comanche County1,729$54,54570$70.7 mNone recorded788
Cowley County34,411$57,878719$1.70 bn181,126
Crawford County39,008$52,844901$2.16 bn34590
Decatur County2,726$53,87098$222.5 m7894
Dickinson County18,445$68,417461$853.8 m11847
Doniphan County7,503$74,028160$352.3 m3393
Douglas County120,302$69,7462,774$7.03 bn161456
Edwards County2,779$52,69272$236.0 m9622
Elk County2,453$64,60954$102.3 mNone recorded644
Ellis County28,920$63,0841,110$2.05 bn128900
Ellsworth County6,360$65,560152$310.3 m4716
Finney County38,084$73,0091,044$3.11 bn611,302
Ford County34,074$70,781803$3.22 bn171,098
Franklin County26,106$77,207533$1.17 bn28572
Geary County35,815$59,317566$3.75 bn20385
Gove County2,799$66,029127$280.6 m61,072
Graham County2,389$50,65091$185.6 m4899
Grant County7,229$66,476210$641.6 m14575
Gray County5,701$79,122228$997.5 m5869
Greeley County1,304$80,56542$280.7 mNone recorded778
Greenwood County5,919$60,042160$208.9 m51,143
Hamilton County2,471$70,25074$422.9 m5997
Harper County5,400$53,488185$420.9 m6801
Harvey County33,756$74,368778$1.76 bn18540
Haskell County3,641$66,162129$519.8 m5578
Hodgeman County1,652$59,95544$199.4 m1860
Jackson County13,341$75,215260$507.8 m5656
Jefferson County18,349$81,278316$501.0 m23533
Jewell County2,916$52,63481$142.5 mNone recorded910
Johnson County620,631$109,20818,999$67.01 bn1,260473
Kearny County3,864$89,13583$265.4 m7871
Kingman County7,186$59,842210$333.9 m9863
Kiowa County2,422$75,53973$135.0 m3723
Labette County19,869$56,325443$1.08 bn14645
Lane County1,461$54,52673$173.9 m1717
Leavenworth County83,123$89,2181,332$4.05 bn82463
Lincoln County2,923$57,50085$148.0 m1719
Linn County9,767$59,069201$575.6 m11594
Logan County2,707$75,662103$224.8 m51,073
Lyon County32,186$59,912839$1.98 bn43847
Marion County11,754$64,695283$520.6 m4944
Marshall County9,993$68,419364$704.3 m6900
McPherson County30,205$78,851876$2.64 bn27898
Meade County3,903$71,852124$318.2 m4978
Miami County34,938$89,000777$1.43 bn37576
Mitchell County5,779$64,246237$614.5 m8702
Montgomery County30,940$55,697705$3.00 bn20644
Morris County5,340$58,686147$233.5 m2695
Morton County2,611$66,44766$219.4 m1730
Nemaha County10,160$77,348371$666.8 m13717
Neosho County15,656$56,618417$787.6 m12571
Ness County2,653$68,616122$227.1 m81,075
Norton County5,359$54,050169$357.3 m14878
Osage County15,744$74,467261$417.5 m5706
Osborne County3,452$63,011134$183.8 m2893
Ottawa County5,819$74,018135$150.0 mNone recorded721
Pawnee County6,144$63,517140$352.8 m17754
Phillips County4,813$62,123211$604.5 m6886
Pottawatomie County26,204$92,325703$1.59 bn18841
Pratt County9,127$66,022372$745.5 m6735
Rawlins County2,516$67,74288$179.5 m51,069
Reno County61,553$60,6451,590$3.43 bn301,255
Republic County4,646$56,833175$395.6 m9717
Rice County9,350$63,925265$949.4 m4726
Riley County71,946$61,0981,620$3.81 bn82610
Rooks County4,813$62,500165$230.4 m8891
Rush County2,947$59,97098$195.6 m5718
Russell County6,679$62,392246$357.0 m10886
Saline County53,668$65,4221,489$3.88 bn24720
Scott County5,027$68,839206$551.2 m1718
Sedgwick County528,226$69,36512,710$41.52 bn690998
Seward County21,486$63,827556$1.72 bn8639
Shawnee County178,025$67,1043,959$14.58 bn169544
Sheridan County2,426$73,750104$224.2 m2896
Sherman County5,858$61,750259$404.8 m71,056
Smith County3,552$59,135126$220.8 mNone recorded895
Stafford County3,978$64,226117$289.4 m2792
Stanton County2,038$71,70054$233.9 m6680
Stevens County5,162$64,178139$496.7 m10727
Sumner County22,353$63,951483$878.1 m111,182
Thomas County7,885$71,325332$904.7 m141,075
Trego County2,777$81,528127$178.0 m3889
Wabaunsee County7,009$76,908131$176.5 m3794
Wallace County1,417$63,20762$146.5 m1914
Washington County5,533$65,482199$292.8 mNone recorded895
Wichita County2,091$79,06387$353.8 m1719
Wilson County8,505$60,677202$389.0 m6570
Woodson County3,109$50,32678$96.9 mNone recorded498
Wyandotte County167,654$63,6313,141$15.52 bn156152

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Questions

Kansas questions, answered from this page.

What is the population of Kansas?

The Census Bureau estimates 2,970,606 residents on July 1, 2024 (Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024).

What is the unemployment rate in Kansas?

3.8 percent in August 2026, preliminary, seasonally adjusted, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

How many SBA 7(a) loans were approved in Kansas?

2,912 loans with a project in Kansas, counted by MMCG Analytics from the SBA's 7(a) loan records, FY2020 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30.

How many counties does Kansas have?

105. Each has a page on this site covering population, income, business establishments, employment and wages, building permits, SBA lending and hazard records.

The register

Every source behind this page and its 105 county pages.

SourcePeriod coveredLicense
US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024, state totals (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA)Vintage 2024Public domain
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, state tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B11001, B15003, B19013, B25064, B250772020 to 2024, 5-yearPublic domain
US Census Bureau, 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File, table P2, urban and rural2020 CensusPublic domain
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional accounts, table SAGDP2, gross domestic product by state, millions of current dollars2021 to 2025Public domain
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, statewide series, seasonally adjustedAugust 2026, preliminaryPublic domain
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA loan-level dataFY2020 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30Public domain
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA loan-level dataFY2010 to FY2026, records as of 2026-06-30Public domain
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA NfipCommunityStatusBook)as of 2026-09-26Public domain
US Environmental Protection Agency, Map of Radon Zones, county list2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001Public domain
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2CAGDP2, through 2024Public domain
US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary verticesTIGER county boundariesPublic domain
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns2023Public domain
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages2024 annual averagesPublic domain
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey2024 annualPublic domain
US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows2021 to 2022 filing yearsPublic domain
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