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Kansas
Motto: "Ad astra per aspera" - Latin - To the stars through adversity"
Nicknames: "The Sunflower State" - "The Wheat State" - "Midway, USA" - "The Jayhawk State"
Capital: Topeka
Population: 2,723,507 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 33rd in US State Population
Size: 400 miles long and 210 miles wide; covers 82,282 square miles - 15th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Western Meadowlark
State Flower: Sunflower
The state of Kansas was named after the Kansas River. The river was named by the French after the Kansas, Omaha, Kaw, Osage and Dakoa Sioux Indian word "KaNze" meaning "south wind."
Kansas became a state on January 29, 1861. It was the 34th state to be admitted to the Union.
People who live in or come from Kansas are called Kansans, as well as Jayhawkers. They've also been referred to as Grasshoppers and Sunflowers.
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