Kansas Statistical Abstract 2001 - Institute for Policy & Social ...

Population Growth, Kansas and the United States
1860-2001, Selected Years
Resident Population*
Rates of growth**
Kansas United States Kansas United States
Kansas Population
as a Percentage of
U.S. Population
1860 107,206 31,443,321 -- -- 0.34
1870 364,339 39,818,449 239.8 26.6 0.92
1880 996,096 50,155,783 173.4 26.0 1.99
1890 1,428,108 62,947,714 43.4 25.5 2.27
1900 1,470,495 75,994,575 3.0 20.7 1.93
1910 1,690,949 91,972,266 15.0 21.0 1.84
1920 1,769,257 105,710,620 4.6 14.9 1.67
1930 1,880,999 122,775,046 6.3 16.1 1.53
1940 1,801,028 131,669,275 -4.3 7.2 1.37
1950 1,905,299 151,325,798 5.8 14.9 1.26
1960 2,178,611 179,323,175 14.3 18.5 1.21
1970 2,249,071 203,302,031 3.2 13.4 1.11
1980 2,364,236 226,545,805 5.1 11.4 1.04
1981 2,390,000 229,637,000 1.1 1.4 1.04
1982 2,410,000 231,496,000 1.9 2.2 1.04
1983 2,416,000 233,806,000 2.2 3.2 1.03
1984 2,424,000 235,825,000 2.5 4.1 1.03
1985 2,427,000 237,924,000 2.7 5.0 1.02
1986 2,433,000 240,133,000 2.9 6.0 1.01
1987 2,445,000 242,289,000 3.4 6.9 1.01
1988 2,462,000 244,499,000 4.1 7.9 1.01
1989 2,473,000 246,819,000 4.6 8.9 1.00
1990 2,477,574 248,709,873 4.8 9.8 1.00
1991 2,498,722r 252,153,092 0.1 1.4 0.99
1992 2,532,394r 255,029,699 2.2 2.5 0.99
1993 2,556,547r 257,782,608 3.1 3.6 0.99
1994 2,580,513r 260,327,021 4.1 4.6 0.99
1995 2,601,007r 262,803,276 4.9 5.6 0.99
1996 2,614,554r 265,228,572 5.5 6.6 0.99
1997 2,635,292r 267,783,607 6.3 7.6 0.98
1998 2,660,598r 270,248,003 7.3 8.6 0.98
1999 2,678,228r 272,690,813 8.1 9.6 0.98
2000 2,688,418 281,421,906 8.5 13.2 0.96
2001 2,694,641 284,796,887 0.2 3.1 0.95
* Includes armed forces residing in the state. r = April 2002 revisions
** Rate of growth from the previous Decennial Census
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States , various issues;
Web site: http://eire.census.gov/popest/