State Profile

Kansas

Population (2024): 2,835,800 million

Kansas’s public health outcomes and emergency preparedness betters some states but falls behind others. The state placed in the middle performance tier for public health emergency preparedness in TFAH’s 2025 Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report. Deaths within the state due to drug misuse, alcohol, or suicide fewer than the average for other states. Based on 2024 data, its rates of obesity and related conditions indicate a mixed picture, with the percentage of adults with obesity and hypertension higher than the U.S. median and rates of hypertension are similar to the U.S. median.