Looking at the number of state government employees in proportion to population, Kansas has many compared to other states. Each year the United States Census Bureau surveys federal, state, and local government civilian employees. I've gathered this data and present it in an interactive visualization using several views and supplementary calculations. The Census Bureau collects both counts of employees and payroll dollars. Comparisons based on the number of employees are useful, bypassing issues such as differing costs of living and salaries in general. Considering all government functions and state government employees only, Kansas had 18.7 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees per…