The Urgent Need to Keep Kids in Rural Kansas Close to Home: "You Can't Have Businesses if You Don't Have Customers"
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Matthew AlgeoJoe ColesLillian GarciaJoe ColeAfton HuckJohn DeereKansas, United StatesNebraska, United StatesWakeeney, Kansas, United StatesColorado, United StatesAmerican
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Thu, 22 October 2026
1 report- hppr.org20:50first to report
Rural Kansas keeps getting older. The median age in the state's rural communities is 42 years, five years higher than the statewide median of 37 years. Part of the problem: Young people leaving to seek jobs in metropolitan areas like Kansas City, Wichita, and Denver. In western Kansas, one man has started a program to connect young people with local jobs.