kansas is in a region known as "america's breadbasket". like other states in this area, kansas makes a lot of corn, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat; they make one-fifth of all wheat grown in the united states. kansas has other industries too, including aviation and communications. kansas has an area of , which is the 15th-biggest state by area. kansas is also 34th most-populous of the 50 states because 2,913,314 people live there. people who live in kansas are called "kansans". mount sunflower is kansas's highest place at .