Kansas State Profile

Kansas' improves in business climate ranking based on business costs, labor, regulation, economy, growth prospects, and quality of life; farms produce record corn and soybean harvest, but weak prices hurt profits.

• State job growth fell 3.6% in August 2009 from a year ago; national job growth fell 4.4%.
• State unemployment averaged 7.1% in August 2009; the national average was 9.7%
• Personal income fell 2.9% to $106 billion in Q2 2009 from a year ago.
• Tax revenue fell 14.5% in Q2 2009 from the previous year.
• Exports fell 30.1% to $5.7 billion in the first seven months of 2009 from a year ago.
• Venture capital investment in KS fell 94% to $1.4 million in Q2 2009 from a year ago.