KS TREASURER

TOPEKA – Kansas State Treasurer Jake LaTurner Tuesday released the statewide indebtedness report in a new, more transparent, user-friendly web format for Kansans to access.

The report shows Kansas carrying a debt of $1,554 per capita, placing it 18th in the nation for highest debt per capita compared to all fifty states and higher than the debt per capita of Missouri ($532), Oklahoma ($303), Iowa ($219), and Nebraska ($20) combined.

The data is compiled as part of the 2018 Moody’s Investor Service’s Public Finance Report, published annually.

The website, which can be found at https://kansasstatetreasurer.com/indebtedness.html, includes a series of interactive graphs that detail the sources and amounts of debt carried by the state as well as individual counties.

Ellis County reports a total county indebtedness of $26,421,026.57, with cities having the biggest portion at $19,181,658.

Three of the top five indebted counties per capita are in western Kansas – Greeley, Clark and Scott counties.