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State Guide34th StateEst. 1861
Kansas KS
"The Sunflower State"
Ad Astra per Aspera, To the Stars Through Difficulties. A state that earned its freedom through a decade of prairie warfare before the Civil War, watched its farms turn to dust during the Dirty Thirties, and quietly built the most productive wheat fields and the most concentrated aerospace industry on Earth. Kansas is harder to understand than it is to cross, and far more important.
Kansas state finances at a glance
State Debt - FY2024
$7.2 billion
Total state government debt outstanding at the close of fiscal 2024, including long-term bonds and short-term borrowing across state agencies and public universities.
Tax Revenue - FY2024
$13.1 billion
Total Kansas state tax collections in fiscal 2024, led by the individual income tax ($4.5B) and the general sales tax ($4.3B).
Borrowing
Kansas has no general constitutional authority to issue general obligation debt, so nearly all borrowing runs through the Kansas Development Finance Authority, which issues revenue and appropriation-backed bonds, including pension bonds for the state retirement system. These are sold to investors in the tax-exempt municipal market. The state reported about $125 million in interest on its debt in fiscal 2024.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State Government Finances.
34th
State admitted to the Union
3.0M
Population (2025 est.)
#1
Wheat-producing state
Center
Of the contiguous United States