2022 population: 505,958
( 46,171 from 2010
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Land area: 1258.8 square miles
Population density: 401.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 279,313 | 55.20% | 10.7% |
Black: | 131,517 | 25.99% | 3.2% |
Indian: | 872 | 0.17% | 52.2% |
Asian: | 14,530 | 2.87% | 20.5% |
2+ races: | 21,671 | 4.28% | 95.8% |
Hispanic: | 56,115 | 11.09% | 22.1% |
Total non-White: | 226,645 | 44.80% | 9.2% |
2010-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Change in White population: | 27,056 | 7.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 19,115 | 5.0 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 241,827 | |
Median Value | $164,475 | |
Occupied | 216,513 | 89.5% |
Vacant | 25,314 | 10.5% |
Owned | 116,833 | 54.0% |
Rented | 99,680 | 46.0% |
Median Rent | n/a | |
Single-Family Units | 158,039 | 65.4% |
Detached | 146,982 | 60.8% |
Attached | 11,057 | 4.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 64,846 | 26.8% |
Mobile Homes | 1,722 | 0.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 13,428 | 6.2% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 9,518 | 4.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 8,838 | 4.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 8,776 | 4.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 8,627 | 4.0% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 10,059 | 4.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 9,109 | 4.2% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 8,821 | 4.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 8,301 | 3.8% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 15,542 | 7.2% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 20,701 | 9.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 28,288 | 13.1% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 20,224 | 9.3% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 14,932 | 6.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 16,812 | 7.8% |
$200,000 or more | 14,537 | 6.7% |
Median Household Income | 37,729 | |
Per Capita Income | 38,010 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 10,441 | 4.8% |
Public Assistance | 6,254 | 2.9% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 25,162 | 11.6% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 224,690 | 75.2% |
Unemployed | 11,508 | 3.9% |
In Armed Forces | 559 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 236,757 | 79.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 62,105 | 20.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 24.6% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 99,685 | 85,005 | 54.0% |
Non-Profit | 9,020 | 19,055 | 32.1% |
Self-Employed | 11,505 | 8,404 | 57.8% |
Local Government | 7,110 | 8,248 | 46.3% |
State Government | 2,671 | 4,294 | 38.3% |
Federal Government | 4,480 | 5,244 | 46.1% |
Total Private + Self | 111,190 | 93,409 | 54.3% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 23,281 | 36,841 | 38.7% |
Total | 134,471 | 130,250 | 50.8% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 45,330 | 17.1% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 55,829 | 21.1% |
Professional, Technical | 67,889 | 25.6% |
Service Occupations | 42,988 | 16.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 461 | 0.2% |
All others | 53,168 | 20.0% |
White Collar | 63.7% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 39,184 | 14.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 27,791 | 10.5% |
Retail trade | 25,995 | 9.8% |
Manufacturing | 22,066 | 8.3% |
Educational services | 20,160 | 7.6% |
Accommodation and food services | 19,382 | 7.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | 17,440 | 6.6% |
Finance and insurance | 16,561 | 6.2% |
Construction | 14,284 | 5.4% |
Public administration | 13,660 | 5.2% |
Other services | 12,491 | 4.7% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 10,544 | 4.0% |
Wholesale trade | 6,664 | 2.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 6,505 | 2.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 5,167 | 1.9% |
Information | 4,682 | 1.8% |
Utilities | 1,228 | 0.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 968 | 0.4% |
Management | 271 | 0.1% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 161 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 38,611 | 7.63% |
Puerto Rican | 2,876 | 0.57% |
Cuban | 2,100 | 0.42% |
Dominican | 412 | 0.08% |
Total Central American | 5,952 | 1.18% |
Costa Rican | 53 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 1,728 | 0.34% |
Honduran | 1,980 | 0.39% |
Nicaraguan | 173 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 111 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 1,857 | 0.37% |
Other Central American | 50 | 0.01% |
Total South American | 2,555 | 0.50% |
Argentinean | 130 | 0.03% |
Bolivian | 131 | 0.03% |
Chilean | 173 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 1,173 | 0.23% |
Ecuadorian | 112 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 285 | 0.06% |
Uruguayan | 53 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 490 | 0.10% |
Other South American | 8 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 3,609 | 0.71% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 3,083 | 0.61% |
Vietnamese | 2,862 | 0.57% |
Chinese | 1,827 | 0.36% |
Filipino | 1,717 | 0.34% |
Korean | 679 | 0.13% |
Japanese | 515 | 0.10% |
Cambodian | 409 | 0.08% |
Burmese | 391 | 0.08% |
Thai | 216 | 0.04% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 417,147 | 87.9% |
Spanish | 32,874 | 6.9% |
Other | 5,421 | 1.1% |
Other Indo-European | 4,140 | 0.9% |
Arabic | 3,280 | 0.7% |
Other Asian | 2,934 | 0.6% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 2,391 | 0.5% |
Vietnamese | 2,103 | 0.4% |
Chinese | 1,669 | 0.4% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 77,696 | 15.4% |
Irish | 50,363 | 10.0% |
English | 43,973 | 8.7% |
American | 21,783 | 4.3% |
Italian | 19,217 | 3.8% |
European | 11,682 | 2.3% |
Polish | 7,909 | 1.6% |
French | 7,889 | 1.6% |
Scottish | 7,098 | 1.4% |
Swedish | 5,569 | 1.1% |
African | 4,720 | 0.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 4,443 | 0.9% |
Norwegian | 4,084 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 3,676 | 0.7% |
Welsh | 2,763 | 0.5% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 484,156 | 95.7% |
Not a citizen | 21,802 | 4.3% |
Native | 464,559 | 91.8% |
Foreign-born | 41,399 | 8.2% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
10,683 | 3.1% | 18,715 | 5.4% | 85,888 | 24.9% | 101,447 | 29.4% | 80,662 | 23.4% | 47,346 | 13.7% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 10,683 | 3.1% |
9-12 Years | 18,715 | 5.4% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 85,888 | 24.9% |
Some College | 101,447 | 29.4% |
Bach. Degree | 80,662 | 23.4% |
Grad Degree | 47,346 | 13.7% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +3,480 | D +17,758 | D + 4.0% | |
D +21,238 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) | Diff (US) | PSV | |||||
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2020 | 59% | Joe Biden (D) | 155,700 | 68.3% | Donald Trump* (R) | 67,824 | 29.8% | 4,384 | 1.9% | 227,908 | -27 | -17 | 7.52% |
2016 | 57% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 134,462 | 64.1% | Donald Trump (R) | 64,344 | 30.7% | 10,928 | 5.2% | 209,734 | -26 | -15 | 7.42% |
2020 President, Kansas City city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 155,700 | 68.3% | |||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 67,824 | 29.8% | |||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 3,093 | 1.4% | |||||||||
Other | 1,291 | 0.6% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 227,908 | ||||||||||
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2016 President, Kansas City city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 134,462 | 64.1% | |||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 64,344 | 30.7% | |||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 7,580 | 3.6% | |||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 2,557 | 1.2% | |||||||||
Other | 791 | 0.4% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 209,734 | ||||||||||
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Year | Type | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff | PSV | |||||
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2020 | G | 59% | Nicole Galloway (D) | 151,144 | 66.6% | Mike Parson* (R) | 70,498 | 31.1% | 5,312 [+] | 2.3% | 226,954 | -26 | 7.53% |
2018 | S1 | 49% | Claire McCaskill* (D) | 128,405 | 69.2% | Josh Hawley (R) | 52,325 | 28.2% | 4,840 [+] | 2.6% | 185,570 | -23 | 7.60% |
2016 | S3 | 57% | Jason Kander (D) | 143,179 | 68.0% | Roy Blunt* (R) | 58,696 | 27.9% | 8,559 [+] | 4.1% | 210,434 | -21 | 7.51% |
2016 | G | 57% | Chris Koster (D) | 139,409 | 66.4% | Eric Greitens (R) | 63,332 | 30.2% | 7,121 [+] | 3.4% | 209,862 | -21 | 7.49% |