Kansas - Demographics

Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1860	107,206	—
1870	364,399	239.9%
1880	996,096	173.4%
1890	1,428,108	43.4%
1900	1,470,495	3.0%
1910	1,690,949	15.0%
1920	1,769,257	4.6%
1930	1,880,999	6.3%
1940	1,801,028	−4.3%
1950	1,905,299	5.8%
1960	2,178,611	14.3%
1970	2,246,578	3.1%
1980	2,363,679	5.2%
1990	2,477,574	4.8%
2000	2,688,418	8.5%
2010	2,853,118	6.1%
Source: 1910–2010

The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Kansas was 2,871,238 on July 1, 2011, a 0.6% increase since the 2010 United States Census. According to the 2010 Census, 83.8% of the population was White (78.2% non-Hispanic white), 5.9% was Black or African American, 1.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.4% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 3.0% from two or more races. 10.5% of the total population was of Hispanic or Latino origin (they may be of any race).

As of 2007, Kansas had an estimated population of 2,775,997, an increase of 20,180, or 0.7%, from the prior year and an increase of 87,579, or 3.3%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 93,899 people (that is 246,484 births minus 152,585 deaths) and a decrease due to net migration of 20,742 people out of the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 44,847 people, and migration within the country produced a net loss of 65,589 people. The population density of the state is 52.9 people per square mile. The center of population of Kansas is located in Chase County, at 38°27′N 96°32′W / 38.45°N 96.533°W / 38.45; -96.533, approximately three miles north of the community of Strong City.

Demographics of Kansas (csv)
By race	White	Black	AIAN*	Asian	NHPI*
2000 (total population)	91.19%	6.41%	1.78%	2.10%	0.12%
2000 (Hispanic only)	6.63%	0.23%	0.19%	0.05%	0.02%
2005 (total population)	90.87%	6.60%	1.67%	2.45%	0.12%
2005 (Hispanic only)	7.89%	0.28%	0.20%	0.06%	0.02%
Growth 2000–05 (total population)	1.74%	5.04%	-4.13%	19.15%	3.43%
Growth 2000–05 (non-Hispanic only)	0.19%	4.28%	-5.09%	19.19%	2.86%
Growth 2000–05 (Hispanic only)	21.51%	25.88%	3.71%	17.69%	5.86%
* AIAN is American Indian or Alaskan Native; NHPI is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

As of 2004, the population included 149,800 foreign-born (5.5% of the state population). The ten largest reported ancestry groups, which account for over 85% of the population, in the state are: German (33.75%), Irish (14.4%), English (14.1%), American (7.5%), French (4.4%), Scottish (4.2%), Dutch (2.5%), Swedish (2.4%), Italian (1.8%), and Polish (1.5%). People of German ancestry are especially strong in the northwest, while those of English ancestry and descendants of white Americans from other states are especially strong in the southeast. Mexicans are present in the southwest and make up nearly half the population in certain counties. Many African Americans in Kansas are descended from the Exodusters, newly freed blacks who fled the South for land in Kansas following the Civil War.