Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Jackson County--Kansas City (Central) PUMA, MO

187,058 Population
59.6 square miles 3,137.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

33.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,532 ±$2,804 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $40,284 ±$341
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$54,236 ±$4,206 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $71,589 ±$703
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

24.2% ±4.9% (44,294  ±9,232) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Missouri: 12.3% 745,363 (±0.4% / ±25,704)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.9 minutes ±0.5 (1,785,915  ±127,565) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 24 64,725,120 (±0.3 / ±854,277)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

86,409 ±3,460 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,563,244 ±10,377
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0 (182,680  ±8,131) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,082,606
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3% ±1.3% (1,689  ±724) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 5.2% 73,794 (±0.3% / ±4,585)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

99,801 ±3,688 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,858,527 ±391
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$181,100 ±$22,212 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $254,400 ±$2,059
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.8% ±2.5% (33,152  ±4,907.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 747,755 (±0.4% / ±22,870.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.3% ±3.3% (106,979  ±6,003.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,959,346 (±0.7% / ±31,243.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.8% ±2.7% (45,762  ±3,806.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 33.5% 1,440,376 (±0.4% / ±19,147.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

19.7% ±2.1% (34,053  ±3,609.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 6.7% 391,604 (±0.1% / ±6,607.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

15% ±3.2% (28,102  ±6,170) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 4.9% 308,514
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±0.9% (6,128  ±1,360) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 7% 340,990 (±0.2% / ±9,503)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,128 Total veterans ±1,360 5,712 Male ±1,322 416 Female ±320

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.