Kansas’ population to grow more slowly than previously predicted, new report finds

More competition for labor, fewer kids and immigration policies are all slowing growth, according to Wichita State’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research.
The population of Kansas is forecast to grow more slowly in the next 50 years than previously predicted, according to new projections by Wichita State University’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research.

It’s also growing more slowly than the U.S. population as a whole.

The state’s total population is predicted to grow about 16% in the next fifty years, adding 468,000 residents by 2071.