Kansas

**Kansas** () is a state in the Midwestern United States. The name of the state comes from the Kansa Native Americans, whose name comes from a Siouan-language phrase meaning "people of the south wind". The land that would become Kansas was bought in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Kansas's capital is Topeka, and its biggest city is Wichita.

## Infobox (u.s. state)

- **name**: Kansas
- **image flag**: Flag of Kansas.svg
- **flag link**: Flag of Kansas
- **image seal**: Seal of Kansas.svg
- **image map**: Kansas in United States.svg
- **officiallang**: English
- **nickname**: The Sunflower State (official);
The Wheat State; America's Heartland
- **former**: Kansas Territory
- **population demonym**: Kansan
- **motto**: (Latin language, Latin)
_To the stars through difficulties_
- **anthem**: "Home on the Range"
- **seat**: Topeka, Kansas, Topeka
- **largestcity**: Wichita, Kansas, Wichita
- **largestcounty**: Johnson County, Kansas, Johnson
- **legislature**: Kansas Legislature
- **upperhouse**: Kansas Senate, Senate
- **lowerhouse**: Kansas House of Representatives, House of Representatives
- **judiciary**: Kansas Supreme Court
- **senators**:

- **representative**:

- **postal code**: KS
- **tradabbreviation**: Kan., Kans.
- **area rank**: 15th
- **area total sq mi**: 82,278
- **area total km2**: 213,100
- **area land sq mi**: 81,759
- **area land km2**: 211,754
- **area water sq mi**: 520
- **area water km2**: 1,346
- **area water percent**: 0.6
- **population rank**: 36th
- **2010pop**: 2,940,865
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population density rank**: 40th
- **2010densityus**: 34.9
- **2010density**: 13.5
- **medianhouseholdincome**: $56,422
- **incomerank**: List of U.S. states and district by median household income, 27th
- **admittanceorder**: 34th
- **admittancedate**: January 29, 1861<div>Kansas Day</div>
- **timezone1**: Central Time Zone (North America), Central
- **utc offset1**: – 06:00
- **timezone1 dst**: Central Daylight Time, CDT
- **utc offset1 dst**: – 05:00
- **timezone1 location**: Majority of state
- **timezone2**: Mountain Time Zone, Mountain
- **utc offset2**: – 07:00
- **timezone2 dst**: Mountain Daylight Time, MDT
- **utc offset2 dst**: – 06:00
- **timezone2 location**: Greeley County, Kansas, Greeley, Hamilton County, Kansas, Hamilton, Sherman County, Kansas, Sherman, and Wallace County, Kansas, Wallace counties
- **latitude**: 37th parallel north, 37° N to 40th parallel north, 40° N
- **longitude**: 94° 35′ W to 102° 3′ W
- **width mi**: 410
- **width km**: 660
- **length mi**: 213
- **length km**: 343
- **elevation max point**: Mount Sunflower
- **elevation max ft**: 4,041
- **elevation max m**: 1232
- **elevation ft**: 2,000
- **elevation m**: 610
- **elevation min point**: Verdigris River at
- **elevation min ft**: 679
- **elevation min m**: 207
- **iso code**: US-KS
- **website**: portal.kansas.gov
- **capital**: Topeka


## Infobox (u.s. state symbols)

- **name**: Kansas
- **flag**: Flag of Kansas.svg
- **flagsize**: 175px
- **seal**: Seal of Kansas.svg
- **amphibian**: Barred tiger salamander
- **bird**: Western meadowlark
- **flower**: Sunflower, Wild sunflower
- **insect**: Western honey bee
- **mammal**: American bison
- **reptile**: Ornate box turtle
- **tree**: Plains cottonwood
- **grass**: Little bluestem
- **soil**: Harney silt loam (unofficial)
- **route marker**: K-10.svg
- **quarter**: 2005 KS Proof.png
- **quarterreleasedate**: 2005