Kansas

By: Luke Bielfeldt

State motto

State Abbreviation

The state of Kansas’s abbreviation is KS. It is KS because the first letter is K and the last letter is S.

Population

The population of Kansas is 2.89 million.

This is as of 2012.

The population of Wichita (the biggest city in Kansas) is 385,577.

This is also of 2012.

Kansas came into the union on January 29, 1861.

Statehood

The capital of Kansas is Topeka.

Capital

Roscoe was a famous actor that was from Kansas.

Roscoe Arbuckle

Kansas is in the Midwest region.

The states bordering Kansas are Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado and Oklahoma.

Bordering States and Region

The state bird of Kansas is the

western meadowlark.

State Bird

GemstoneThe Kansas state gemstone is topaz.

State food

The state food of Kansas is fried chicken.

The state fish of Kansas is the

bluegill.

STATE FISH

State grass

Kansas’s state grass is the little bluestem.

Mineral

Kansas’s state mineral is halite.

The state tree is the cottonwood tree.

State Tree

The state flower is the sunflower.

STATE FLOWER

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