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| | | KANSAS: The Sunflower State
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| State Home Page: | | http://www.accessKansas.org/ | | Capital: | | Topeka | | Year Admitted to Union: | | 1861 - 34th | | Population: | | 2,744,687 (2005) |
| Density: | | 32.9 persons per sq. mi. (40th) | | Per Capita Income: | | $29,545 (26rd) | | Land Area: | | 82,277 sq mi (13rd) | | Percent of Land Federally Owned: | | 1.3 | | Governor: | | Kathleen Sebelius (D) | | Lottery start-up year: | | 1987 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White persons: | | 2,453,750 (89.4%) |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 227,809 (8.3%) |
| African-American or Black persons: | | 161,937 (5.9%) |
| American Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 24,702 (0.9%) |
| Asian, Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 60,383 (2.2%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats in House: | | 125 two-year term | | Seats in Senate: | | 40 four-year term | | Number of Constitutions: | | 1 | | Effective Date of Present Constitution: | |
Jan. 29, 1861 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 4 | | Curious Facts:
| | In 1919 the first airplane factory in Kansas was built in Wichita, which became one of the nation's top plane manufacturing cities. Kansas was a crucial battleground in the fight over slavery between 1858-1859, and was finally admitted as a free state in 1861, just before the Civil War. Dwight Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, was born in Abeline, Kansas in 1890. |
| | Kansas was the first state to include prohibition of alcohol in its constitution in 1880. | | | Susanna Salter was elected mayor of Argonia in 1887, making her the first woman mayor in the U. S. | |
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