Tag: Economics
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Updated: Effects of pandemic on employment in states
The effects of the response to the pandemic vary widely among the states, but federal government employment has been little affected.
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Kansas jobs, September 2020
In Kansas for September 2020, the unemployment rate continued to fall, but both the labor force and the number of jobs also fell.
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Presidential data explorer
Explore the economic record of presidents in an interactive visualization.
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Intrust Bank Arena loss for 2019 nears $5 million
A truthful accounting of the finances of Intrust Bank Arena in downtown Wichita shows a large loss.
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Local government employment in Kansas
Kansas has nearly the highest number of local government employees per resident, compared to other states.
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Kansas government employment and payroll by function
Looking at the number of state government employees in proportion to population, Kansas has many compared to other states.
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GDP by state and industry illustrates the pandemic’s effect
Recent GDP data shows the sharp effects of the pandemic on production, but it is not uniform among the states and industries.
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Kansas GDP
In the second quarter of 2020, the Kansas economy contracted at the annual rate of 30.3 percent, compared to contraction of 3.5 percent in the previous quarter. While GDP fell in all states, Kansas performed better than most, ranking nineteenth.
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Kansas tax revenue, September 2020
For September 2020, total Kansas tax revenue fell by 2.0 percent from last September. Over the three months of the current fiscal year, tax revenue rose by 29.7 percent.