Kansas

**State of Kansas**
	State of Kansas
Flag	Seal
	Elk-name(s): The Sunflower State (offeecial);; The Wheat State
	Motto(s): Ad astra per aspera
Offeecial leid(s)	Inglis
Demonym	Kansan
Caipital	Topeka
Lairgest ceety	Wichita
Lairgest metro aurie	Kansas portion o Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Aurie
Aurie	Rankit 15t in the U.S.
- Total	82,277 sq mi; (213,096 km2)
- Width	417 miles (645 km)
- Length	211 miles (340 km)
- % watter	0.56
- Latitude	37° N tae 40° N
- Langitude	94° 35′ W tae 102° 3′ W
Population	Rankit 33rd in the U.S.
- Total	2,871,238 (2011 est)
- Densitie	35.1/sq mi (13.5/km2); Rankit 40t in the U.S.
- Median hoosehauld income	$50,177 (25t)
Elevation
- Heuchest point	Mount Sunflower; 4,041 ft (1232 m)
- Mean	2,000 ft (610 m)
- Lawest point	Verdigris River at Oklahoma border; 679 ft (207 m)
Admission tae Union	29 Januar 1861 (34t)
Govrenor	Sam Brownback (R)
Lieutenant Govrenor	Jeff Colyer (R)
Legislatur	Kansas Legislature
- Upper hoose	Senate
- Lawer hoose	Hoose o Representatives
U.S. Senators	Pat Roberts (R); Jerry Moran (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation	Tim Huelskamp (R); Lynn Jenkins (R); Kevin Yoder (R); Mike Pompeo (R) (leet)
Time zones
- most of state	Central: UTC-6/-5
- 4 wastren coonties	Muntain: UTC-7/-6
Abbreviations	KS US-KS
Wabsteid	kansas.gov

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Kansas (ⁱ/ˈkænzəs/) is a U.S. state locatit in the Midwastren Unitit States.^[5] It is namit efter the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn is namit efter the Kansa Natif American tribe, which inhabitit the aurie.^[6] The tribe's naim (natively kką:ze) is aften said tae mean "fowk o the wind" or "fowk o the sooth wind," although this wis probably no the term's oreeginal meanin.^[7]^[8] Residents o Kansas are cried "Kansans."