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Winners

Kansas
Top 100 finalists
City	Population
Olathe	112,100
Overland Park	164,800
Wichita	354,900
Other cities
City	Population
Kansas City	144,571
Lawrence	82,263
Shawnee	54,797
Topeka	122,177

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State	No. of finalists
Alabama	1
Alaska	0
Arizona	3
Arkansas	1
California	6
Colorado	4
Connecticut	2
Delaware	0
District of Columbia	0
Florida	4
Georgia	0
Hawaii	0
Idaho	1
Illinois	4
Indiana	1
Iowa	3
Kansas	3
Kentucky	0
Louisiana	0
Maine	1
Maryland	2
Massachusetts	1
Michigan	5
Minnesota	4
Mississippi	0
Missouri	3
Montana	0
Nebraska	2
Nevada	1
New Hampshire	1
New Jersey	5
New Mexico	2
New York	2
North Carolina	2
North Dakota	2
Ohio	2
Oklahoma	3
Oregon	3
Pennsylvania	1
Rhode Island	2
South Carolina	1
South Dakota	0
Tennessee	1
Texas	10
Utah	3
Vermont	0
Virginia	3
Washington	1
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	4
Wyoming	0

Kansas companies
FORTUNE 500
Company	F500 rank
YRC Worldwide Inc.	263
Seaboard	652
Payless Shoesource	654
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Biggest employers
Company	Employees
Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.	8,000
Via Christi Regional Medical Center Inc	4,000
Wesley Medical Center Llc	3,000

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	Avg. high temp in July (°F)
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	Median price
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Greenwich, CT	$1,129,000
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Most educated
	% residents with graduate degrees
Arlington, VA	35.7%
Davis, CA	34.6%
Brookline, MA	32.5%
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Most singles
	% single residents
Bloomington, IN	58.2%
New Brunswick, NJ	54.6%
College Station, TX	54.3%
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Youngest
	Median age
Jacksonville, NC	22.90
Provo, UT	23.28
New Brunswick, NJ	24.16
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