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Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

2,144,129 Population
7,256.5 square miles 295.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,728 ±$255 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $31,839 ±$172
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$69,240 ±$604 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $57,290 ±$288
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

9.9% ±0.3% (208,478  ±5,714) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 13% 772,992 (±0.2% / ±11,899)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

23.5 minutes ±0.1 (23,461,245  ±189,331) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 23.9 64,720,065 (±0.1 / ±370,998)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

843,359 ±2,793 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,440,212 ±6,698
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0 (2,113,706  ±1,134) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 5,951,584 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.4% ±0.2% (27,012  ±1,163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 5.7% 79,022 (±0.1% / ±1,934)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

918,223 ±758 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,804,664 ±1,027
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$196,000 ±$1,315 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $163,600 ±$597
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

14.8% ±0.3% (313,976  ±7,036) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 14.5% 874,883 (±0.2% / ±10,846.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

92.5% ±0.6% (1,342,882  ±8,203.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 90.6% 3,783,747 (±0.4% / ±14,640)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
37.5% ±0.3% (543,928  ±4,967.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 29.9% 1,250,584 (±0.2% / ±8,402.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.8% ±0.2% (146,574  ±3,504) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.2% 256,336 (±0.1% / ±4,733)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.6% ±0.1% (123,424  ±2,152) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 8.3% 391,513 (±0.1% / ±4,047)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
123,424 Total veterans ±2,152 113,889 Male ±2,183 9,535 Female ±826

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