Kansas

Kansas

Senators: AGORMLEY D4 (R)

Representatives: MMORAVEC F6 (D), CBROWN F1 (R)

As if the 111th session of congress, the fine state of Kansas has:

2 members on the senate, both republican. In the House Kansas has 4 members.
 * [|Sam Brownback]
 * [|Pat Roberts]
 * [|Jerry Moran] (Republican)
 * [|Lynn Jenkins] (Republican)
 * [|Dennis Moore] (Democrat)
 * [|Todd Tiahrt] (Republican)

(MMoravec)

Today, Kansas is one of the most productive agricultural states, producing many crops, and leading the nation in wheat, sorghum, and sunflower production most years. (MMoravec)

Kansas ranks 8th in U.S. oil production. Production has experienced a steady, natural decline as it becomes increasingly difficult to extract oil over time. (MMoravec)

Not ONE previous President of the United States was born in Kansas. :[ (MMoravec)

Kansas GDP brings in $117,305.00 for the U.S., and brings in $34,770.00 per capita, and is ranked #30 for bringing in the most income for the U.S. (AGormley)

Kansas population totals 2,802,134 people, and is ranked 33rd in the U.S. for population (AGormley)

Kansas is ranked 21 for the highest personal income, which is $41,019 for the highest personal income (AGormley)

Kansas employs over 1,321,180 people, of those people the average wage they get is around $34,960, and are ranked 25 for their unemployment rate, and their unemployment rate is about 4.5% (AGormley)

Kansas was 1st state west of Mississippi to commercially produce petroleum. Currently Kansas ranks 8th in the nation for petroleum production. Kansas produced 31 million barrels of oil in 2001, about $750 million, according to Kansas Geological Survey. (CBrown)

Kansas ranks 5th in the nation for production of natural gas. Most of the production comes from the Hugoton field in southern Kansas, extending into parts of Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. (CBrown)

In 1998, Kansas was ranked only 27th out of 50 states in non-feul mineral production. $535 million of the state economy in 1998 had been from mineral contributions from Kansas, which are still very important. (CBrown)

Mark Parkinson, Kansas' 45th governor, was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1990 and was re-elected to the Kansas Senate 2 years later. (CBrown)

In Hutchinson, Kansas, there is a grain elevator that is 1/2 mile long and holds 46 million bushels of grain. (CBrown)