The People

Kansas is 32nd in rank among the states in population. Whites make up 86.1 per cent of the population of Kansas and blacks, 5.7 per cent.

Annual events in Kansas
January-April
Cuba Rock-A-Thon in Cuba (March); International Pancake Day in Liberal (Shrove Tuesday); National Junior College Men's Basketball Tournament in Hutchinson (March); National Junior College Women's Basketball Tournament in Salina (March); Civil War Encampment at Fort Scott (April); Mennonite Relief Sale in Hutchinson (April); Messiah Festival at Bethany College in Lindsborg (Easter week); William Inge Festival in Independence (April).
May-August
Chisholm Trail Festival and Rodeo in Caldwell (May); Santa Fe Trail Days in Larned (May); Beef Empire Days in Garden City (June); Dalton Days Festival in Meade (June); Wichita River Festival in Wichita (May); Good Ol’ Days at Fort Scott (June); Grassland Heritage Festival in Elkhart (June); Flint Hills Rodeo in Strong City (early June); Midsummer's Day Festival in Lindsborg (June); Prairie Band Potawatomi Annual Pow Wow in Mayetta (June); Smokey Hill River Festival in Salina (June); Amelia Earhart Festival in Atchison (July); Pretty Prairie Rodeo: Kansas's Largest Night Rodeo in Pretty Prairie (July); Wild West Festival in Hays (July); Emancipation Celebration in Nicodemus (July-August); Ellsworth Cowtown Festival in Ellsworth (August); Flint Hills Beef Fest in Emporia (August); Pickin’ on the Plains Bluegrass Festival in Colby (July); Pony Express Festival in Hanover (August); State Fiddling & Picking Championships in Lawrence (August).
September-December
Historic Fort Hays Days in Hays (September); Kansas Championship Ranch Rodeo in Medicine Lodge (September); Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson (September); National Flat Picking Championship/Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield (September); Renaissance Festival in Bonner Springs-Kansas City (September-October); Dalton Defender Days in Coffeyville (October); Wild Wild West in Olathe (October); Trail of Lights in Great Bend (November and December); Frontier Candlelight Tour at Fort Scott (December); Lucia Fest in Lindsborg (December).