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Over two decades, Kansas lost 200,000 residents while neighbors gain 0
- Featured
- March 24, 2023
Families are moving across the country for jobs and opportunities…but not to Kansas. U.S. Census Bureau data collected in KPI’s 2023 Green Book shows that between 2000 and 2022, Kansas had a net loss of 192,518 residents from domestic migration: that’s a little under the total population of Overland Park. Nationally, the Sunflower State ranked
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Kansas continues to see more out migration than in 0
- Tax & Spending
- February 20, 2023
2022 was another year of more Kansans leaving the state than new residents coming in. In the Allied Van Lines 2022 US Migration Report for 2022, only 45.4% of customers using Allied in Kansas were inbound while 54.6% of customers were outbound. A multitude of factors are certainly at play but one of these is
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Older Residents Leave Kansas For Low-Tax States 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 27, 2022
Kansas is seeing a significant outmigration of families and businesses for destinations with more friendly tax climates, and the Adjusted Gross Income loss is even worse. As documented in our 2022 Green Book, U.S. Census data shows that Kansas is the 39th worst in total domestic migration since 2000, with a net loss of 185,509
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COVID policy backlash, Kansans relocate to No-Lockdown states 0
- Tax & Spending
- October 2, 2020
Interstate migration is an honest perspective of how Americans view the economic opportunities in their state. Patterns and trends of Americans moving serve as evidence that people prefer states that are economically dynamic, vibrant, with plenty of opportunities. Moreover, this relationship doesn’t fade but rather, becomes more prominent under COVID-19. Updated research on moving van
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Kansas ranks 41st on economic performance with repeated tax hikes 0
- Tax & Spending
- August 19, 2020
A new report shows Kansas is ranked 25th in the overall economic outlook, but economic performance falls to 41st fastest as tax increases take larger bites out of paychecks. These numbers are from the 13th edition of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Rich States Poor States and show the harm of repeated tax hikes. The
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Kansas out-migration creates U-Haul shortages 0
- Tax & Spending
- October 2, 2019
There’s been no shortage of reports about Kansas losing people and businesses to other states. Since 2000, the state of Kansas has lost 6%, via domestic migration, of its population to the rest of the country, primarily to states with lower tax burdens. A new analysis shows that enough people are leaving Kansas that the
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