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Service to the State of Kansas

Photo credit: Shelly Wonders, Harvey County. Photo obtained from the University of Kansas Medical Center Rural Health Education and Services Rural Kansas Photography Contest

Kansas Statistical Abstract

The Kansas Statistical Abstract is a data compendium covering a wide range of topics about Kansas, with information in downloadable tables, maps, and graphs. The KSA is free and easy to use, providing detailed data on Kansas’s population, economy, climate, and history. It’s valuable for people across the state and beyond.

IPSR updates and publishes the Kansas Statistical Abstract annually. This work ties in with IPSR’s role as the lead agency for the Kansas State Data Center, a partnership among the U.S. Census Bureau and a network of coordinating and affiliate agencies in Kansas.

The KSA includes state, county and city-level data for Kansas on agriculture; banking and finance; business, industry, and exports; climate; communications and information; courts, crime and public safety; education; employment and earnings; energy and natural resources; government; housing and construction; income; parks and recreation; population; transportation; and vital statistics and health. The KSA is available for download at no cost to users, and users can download the entire document or individual tables, maps and graphs at the IPSR Data Library .

We are proud to offer this service and remain committed to making high-quality, up-to-date information about Kansas available to the public.

Kansas Statistical Abstract

Cover of the 59th edition of the KSA

Kansas Data Science Consortium Data Consulting

As part of the ARISE project, the Kansas Data Science Consortium (KDSC) offers free, ongoing data consulting services to support a wide range of data needs. Consultations are available remotely or in person on the KU Lawrence campus and are led by KDSC Data Engineer Benjy Jacobs.

These sessions provide opportunities to discuss data projects, refine analysis plans, or explore ideas with a data science expert. Areas of support include data searches and integration, dashboard development, geospatial analysis, regression analysis, data scraping, data pipeline management, data wrangling, and data visualization.

Through these services, KDSC helps individuals and organizations across Kansas make better use of data in their work. Fill out the  KDSC Data Consulting Request Form .

Kansas Data Science Consortium

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More service to the State of Kansas

Panel of speakers and moderator at 2025 KEPC

Kansas Economic Policy Conference

Every year, IPSR convenes policymakers, community and business leaders, and scholars to address a topic key to the Kansas economy. The 2025 Kansas Economic Policy Conference focused on The Ripple Effect: Water and the Kansas Economy.
Findings and recordings from the 2025 KEPC
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Kansas Energy Transition Atlas

Center for Compassionate & Sustainable Communities researchers, including Ian Njuguna, Ward Lyles, and Uma Outka, developed the Kansas Energy Transition Atlas to show county-level data on key regulatory elements affecting wind energy installations.
View the Kansas Energy Transition Atlas
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Kansas Fiscal Transparency Dashboard

The Kansas Fiscal Transparency Dashboard illustrates the scope and uses of federal COVID-19 funding streams in Kansas, with details on specific funds and spending categories. Developed by IPSR staff, this dashboard shows information through Q2 of 2025.
View the Kansas Fiscal Transparency Dashboard
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WATER Hub

WATER Hub is an ecosystem for water data collection and analysis, built to enhance decision-making by individual, local, and state actors about water resource management. The project aims to create public and private dashboard that help irrigators, local governments, and state agencies make informed decisions about water resource allocations.
WATER Hub

More service to the state of Kansas

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Solving the Public Defense Crisis in Kansas

Kansas is facing a severe shortage of public defense lawyers, particularly in rural areas where 34 counties have no public defenders at all. This crisis threatens the constitutional right to legal representation under the Sixth Amendment. Senior Research Data Engineer Xan Wedel 's geospatial expertise helped inform the policy brief, " Solving the Public Defense Crisis in Kansas ," published by the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center at SMU's Dedman School of Law.
Read "Solving the Public Defense Crisis in Kansas"
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Economic Impact of the Health Care Sector to the Kansas Economy

IPSR conducted an economic impact analysis statewide and county-by-county to document the economic impacts of the healthcare sector with funding from the Kansas Hospital Association. The analysis shows that a vigorous health care system supports the well-being of community residents and enhances economic opportunity.
Read "Importance of the Health Care Sector to the Kansas Economy"
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The Governor's Council on Tax Reform

IPSR researchers, led by director Donna Ginther, provided research services to the Governor's Council on Tax Reform in Kansas in 2021-22, leading to the policy that ended sales tax on groceries in the state of Kansas.
Read "The Governor's Council on Tax Reform: Final Report"
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Broadband in Kansas

IPSR studied broadband access in the state of Kansas, based on existing data and newly-collected data. The study identifies a rural-urban digital divide in terms of access, affordability, and satisfaction with broadband services and finds that up to one million Kansans live in regions that lack access to high-speed broadband services.
Read "Broadband in Kansas: The Challenges of Digital Access and Affordability"