TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has slower population growth than neighboring states and the U.S. as a whole.
U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday estimate that Kansas’ total population grew by three-tenths of 1 percent from July 2014 to July 2015. The state gained about 9,100 residents to make its population almost 2.912 million.
The national growth rate was almost eight-tenths of 1 percent. Also, Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri all had higher growth rates than Kansas.
Colorado’s growth rate of nearly 1.9 percent was the second-best in the nation, behind North Dakota’s nearly 2.3 percent.
Kansas ranked 32nd among states and the District of Columbia in its growth rate.
The Census Bureau also said Kansas saw a net loss from migration over the year of 2 residents per 1,000.