About the 71st District
District 71 of the Kansas House encompasses a large part of the city of Salina and Saline County. Salina is the seventh-largest city in Kansas, with a 2000 U.S. Census Bureau estimated population of 45,679. Continued growth has brought the population to over 46,000.*
Situated at the intersection of Interstate Highways 70 and 135, the City of Salina is centered in one of the largest wheat producing areas of the world. Kansas City, Missouri and Wichita, Kansas are 180 and 95 miles away, respectively, via the direct access of these two highways. Denver is 425 miles to the west.*
