On a navy blue field is a sunflower,the state flower. Also, the state seal and the words "Kansas". In the picture of the state seal are thirty-four stars representing the order of statehood. Above the stars is the motto "To the Stars Through Difficulties". On the seal a sunrise overshadows a farmer plowing a field near his log cabin, a steamboat sailing the Kansas River, a wagon train heading west and Native Americans hunting bison. Flag adopted 1927.

Population, 2006 estimate 2,764,075, White persons 89.4%, Black persons 5.9%, American Indian and Alaska Native persons 2.9%, Asian persons 0.1%, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.0%, Persons reporting two or more races 1.6%, Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 8.3%.