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Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

2,155,068 Population
7,256.5 square miles 297 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$36,358 ±$561 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $31,756 ±$326
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$70,215 ±$1,212 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $57,409 ±$642
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

10.3% ±0.6% (219,269  ±13,088) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.9% 770,175 (±0.4% / ±23,258)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

23.9 minutes ±0.3 (24,534,615  ±430,293) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 24.3 67,361,415 (±0.2 / ±779,964)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

844,310 ±6,030 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,458,337 ±10,406
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.5 ±0 (2,124,519  ±3,433) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 5,962,950 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5.2% ±0.5% (26,391  ±2,668) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 76,428 (±0.3% / ±4,619)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

925,786 ±1,423 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,819,334 ±685
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$209,100 ±$3,069 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $168,000 ±$1,365
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

14.7% ±0.7% (313,857  ±15,696.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 14.3% 869,232 (±0.4% / ±23,839.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

92.8% ±1.2% (1,356,166  ±17,590.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 90.7% 3,814,347 (±0.7% / ±28,706)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
37.7% ±0.7% (551,561  ±10,720.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 30.2% 1,271,281 (±0.4% / ±16,647.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

10.5% ±0.4% (211,894  ±8,470.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 6.6% 379,217 (±0.2% / ±12,456.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

7.1% ±0.4% (152,397  ±8,126) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.3% 262,047 (±0.2% / ±11,034)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7.7% ±0.3% (125,216  ±4,511) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 8.1% 382,548 (±0.2% / ±9,596)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
125,216 Total veterans ±4,511 116,459 Male ±4,300 8,757 Female ±1,296

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