Destination
Kansas

 
eneral Information
 
Nickname

Sunflower State.

 
State bird

Western Meadowlark.

 
State flower

Sunflower.

 
Capital

Topeka.

 
Date of admission to the Union

29 Jan 1861.

 
Population

2.74 million (official estimate 2005).

 
Population density

12.9 per sq km.

 
2004 total overseas arrivals

Under 38,000.