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Admission to Statehood: January 29, 1861 (34th State)
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Area:
- Area: 82,282 sq.mi (213,110 sq.km.), 15th
- Land: 81,823 sq.mi. (211,921 sq.km.), 13th
- Water: 459 sq.mi. (1,189 sq.km.), 43rd
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Constitution: Kansas's Constitution , 34th State
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Population (2019): 2,913,314; Rank: 35 of 50 | Population Quick Facts
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Bird: Western Meadowlark | List of State Birds
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Constitution: Kansas's Constitution , 34th State
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Flag:
On a navy blue field is a sunflower,the state flower. Also, the state seal and the words "Kansas". In the picture of the state seal are thirty-four stars representing the order of statehood. Above the stars is the motto "To the Stars Through Difficulties". On the seal a sunrise overshadows a farmer plowing a field near his log cabin, a steamboat sailing the Kansas River, a wagon train heading west and Native Americans hunting bison. Flag adopted 1927. Get this Flag -
Flower: Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) | Other State Flowers
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Origin of State Name: From the Sioux Indian for "south wind people"
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Population (2019): 2,913,314; Rank: 35 of 50 | Population Quick Facts
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Soil: Harney
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Song:
- "Home on the Range" | Words by: Brewster Higley | Music by: Daniel Kelley
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Tree: Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | Other State Trees
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County Profile: Kansas County Map Kansas County Map , 105 Counties
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Area:
- Area: 82,282 sq.mi (213,110 sq.km.), 15th
- Land: 81,823 sq.mi. (211,921 sq.km.), 13th
- Water: 459 sq.mi. (1,189 sq.km.), 43rd
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County Profile: Kansas County Map , 105 Counties
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Geographic Center: Barton, 15 miles northeast of Great Bend
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Highest Point: Mt. Sunflower ; 4,039 feet, (1,231 m), 28th tallest
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Location:
- Absolute Center: 38°29.9'N / 98°41.9'W
- Relative Center: Barton, 15 miles northeast of Great Bend
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Lowest Point: Kansas; 680 feet, 41st lowest
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Topography: Image | | Hilly Osage plains in the east; central region level prairie and hills; high plains in the west.
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- Agriculture: Cattle, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, hogs, corn.
- Industry: Transportation equipment, food processing, printing and publishing, chemical products, machinery, apparel, petroleum, mining.
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