Editing Kansas (section)

=== Population ===
[[File:Kansas population density 2020.png|thumb|Population density map of Kansas in 2020.]]
The [[United States Census Bureau]] estimates that the population of Kansas was 2,913,314 on July 1, 2019, a 2.11% increase since the [[2010 United States census]] and an increase of 58,387, or 2.05%, since 2010.<ref name="PopEstUS">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ks,US/PST045218|title=QuickFacts Kansas; UNITED STATES|website=2018 Population Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date=March 3, 2019|access-date=March 3, 2019|archive-date=January 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115182139/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ks,US/PST045218|url-status=live}}</ref> This includes a natural increase since the last census of 93,899 (246,484 births minus 152,585 deaths) and a decrease due to net migration of 20,742 people out of the state. [[Immigration to the United States|Immigration]] from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 44,847 people, and migration within the country produced a net loss of 65,589 people.<ref name="2006StateEstComp">{{Citation|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/states/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040916023530/http://www.census.gov/popest/states/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 16, 2004 |contribution=Cumulative Estimates of the Components of Population Change for the United States, Regions and States: April 1, 2000, to July 1, 2006 |title=Population Estimates|quote=Kansas population has increased at a decreasing rate, reducing the number of congressmen from 5{{nbsp}}to{{nbsp}}4 in 1992 (Congressional Redistricting Act, eff. 1992).|id=NST-EST2006-04|place=US|publisher=Census Bureau, Population Division|date=December 22, 2006}}</ref> At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 2,937,880.

In 2018, The top countries of origin for Kansas's immigrants were [[Mexico]], [[India]], [[Vietnam]], [[Guatemala]] and [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_kansas.pdf|title=Immigrants in Kansas|access-date=August 18, 2023|archive-date=March 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329225756/https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_kansas.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

The population density of Kansas is 52.9 people per square mile.<ref>{{cite book |title=The New York Times 2008 almanac |url-access=registration |editor-first=John W. |editor-last=Wright |year=2007 |url=https://archive.org/details/newyorktimesalma00john_2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newyorktimesalma00john_2/page/178 178] |location=New York |publisher=Penguin |isbn=9780143112334}}</ref> The [[center of population]] of Kansas is located in [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase County]], at {{Coord |38|27|N|96|32|W|region:US-KS_type:landmark}}, approximately {{convert|3|mi|km}} north of the community of [[Strong City, Kansas|Strong City]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Population and Population Centers by State |year=2000 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt |access-date=December 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223204810/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt |archive-date=February 23, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The focus on labor-efficient grain-based agriculture—such as a large wheat farm that requires only one or a few people with large [[farm machinery|machinery]] to operate, rather than a [[Vegetable farming|vegetable farm]] that requires many people—is causing the [[Depopulation of the Great Plains|de-population of rural areas]] across Kansas.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://newfoodeconomy.org/rural-kansas-depopulation-commodity-agriculture/|title=Rural Kansas is dying. I drove 1,800 miles to find out why|last=Brown|first=Corie|date=April 26, 2018|work=New Food Economy|access-date=May 16, 2018|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517152705/https://newfoodeconomy.org/rural-kansas-depopulation-commodity-agriculture/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 2,397 [[Homelessness|homeless]] people in Kansas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007–2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |access-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314020239/https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |access-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311234217/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{US Census population
| 1860 = 107206
| 1870 = 364399
| 1880 = 996096
| 1890 = 1428108
| 1900 = 1470495
| 1910 = 1690949
| 1920 = 1769257
| 1930 = 1880999
| 1940 = 1801028
| 1950 = 1905299
| 1960 = 2178611
| 1970 = 2246578
| 1980 = 2363679
| 1990 = 2477574
| 2000 = 2688418
| 2010 = 2853118
| 2020 = 2937880
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 2970606
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=December 26, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = 1910–2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429012609/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}