2022 population: 2,599,234 ( 205,986 from 2010 , 19,003 from 2020)
Land area: 16884.6 square miles
Population density: 153.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,902,638	73.20%	4.0%
Black:	284,608	10.95%	8.9%
Indian:	13,045	0.50%	2.0%
Asian:	83,011	3.19%	51.6%
2+ races:	71,846	2.76%	40.7%
Hispanic:	244,086	9.39%	34.8%

Total non-White:	696,596	26.80%	23.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	67,252	13.0
Deaths:	58,139	11.3
Net Migration:	1,629	0.3
Net Immigration:	7,285	1.4

Change in White population:	73,258	3.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	132,728	5.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
2,393,248
1,829,380	76.44%
261,402	10.92%
12,794	0.53%
54,744	2.29%
51,063	2.13%
181,031	7.56%
563,868	23.56%

2000
2,177,778
1,756,930	80.68%
235,582	10.82%
11,974	0.55%
34,723	1.59%
33,534	1.54%
102,634	4.71%
420,848	19.32%

1990
1,948,650
1,657,253	85.05%
209,778	10.77%
11,525	0.59%
20,301	1.04%
n/a
49,793	2.56%
291,397	14.95%

1980
1,812,978
1,563,493	86.24%
188,955	10.42%
9,012	0.50%
12,482	0.69%
n/a
37,689	2.08%
249,485	13.76%

1970
1,725,083
1,520,596	88.15%
164,300	9.52%
4,517	0.26%
2,988	0.17%
n/a
29,645	1.72%
204,487	11.85%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
311,515	14.3
173,157	8.0
29,443	1.4
40,825	1.9

72,450	3.3
143,020	6.6

Number	Rate
1990's
300,439	15.4
179,653	9.2
56,372	2.9
20,333	1.0

99,677	5.1
129,451	6.6

Number	Rate
1980's
295,148	16.3
166,650	9.2
15,992	0.9
n/a

93,760	5.2
41,912	2.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-49,831	-2.9
n/a

42,897	2.5
44,998	2.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Kansas City, MO-KS Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.5
602,703	23.2%
1,996,531	76.8%
398,371	15.3%

1,018,902
2.47

644,619	63.3%
489,570	75.9%
60,821	9.4%
374,283	36.7%

2010
Number	Percent
36.3
602,125	25.2%
1,791,123	74.8%
293,196	12.3%

939,631
2.49

615,160	65.5%
459,802	74.7%
67,163	10.9%
324,471	34.5%

2000
Number	Percent
35.1
568,457	26.1%
1,609,321	73.9%
259,646	11.9%

851,500
2.50

571,972	67.2%
447,991	78.3%
58,408	10.2%
279,528	32.8%

1990
Number	Percent
32.9
507,454	26.0%
1,441,196	74.0%
241,987	12.4%

747,979
2.53

519,996	69.5%
423,314	81.4%
47,632	9.2%
227,983	30.5%

1980
Number	Percent
30.8
503,235	27.8%
1,309,743	72.2%
210,731	11.6%

670,042
2.64

484,788	72.4%
411,641	84.9%
37,684	7.8%
185,254	27.6%

2022 Housing Data for Kansas City, MO-KS Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	44,567	4.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	32,333	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	32,698	3.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	34,236	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	36,933	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	38,687	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	36,666	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	36,992	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	37,080	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	75,934	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	98,010	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	138,071	13.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	109,586	10.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	76,493	7.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	94,127	9.2%
$200,000 or more	96,489	9.5%

Median Household Income	77,713
Per Capita Income	41,043

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	40,556	4.0%
Public Assistance	18,148	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	80,588	7.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,123,775	75.3%
Unemployed	49,314	3.3%
In Armed Forces	8,329	0.6%

Total Labor Force	1,181,418	79.2%
Not in Labor Force	310,487	20.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	504,486	402,190	55.6%
Non-Profit	36,048	77,064	31.9%
Self-Employed	69,158	44,135	61.0%

Local Government	35,067	51,199	40.6%
State Government	19,165	27,106	41.4%
Federal Government	20,638	19,405	51.5%

Total Private + Self	573,644	446,325	56.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	110,918	174,774	38.8%
Total	684,562	621,099	52.4%

Pct. Govt.	13.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	233,094	17.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	273,649	20.9%
Professional, Technical	319,570	24.4%
Service Occupations	198,150	15.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	4,487	0.3%
All others	283,230	21.7%

White Collar		63.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	182,671	1745.2%
Retail trade	144,073	1376.4%
Manufacturing	126,328	1206.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	115,450	1103.0%
Educational services	113,973	1088.9%
Construction	87,063	831.8%
Finance and insurance	83,026	793.2%
Accommodation and food services	82,666	789.8%
Transportation and warehousing	72,571	693.3%
Public administration	60,408	577.1%
Other services	58,616	560.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	46,862	447.7%
Wholesale trade	35,980	343.7%
Information	25,353	242.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	24,789	236.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	21,984	210.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	13,193	126.0%
Utilities	10,039	95.9%
Management	1,327	12.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,321	12.6%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	166,672	6.49%
Puerto Rican	11,478	0.45%
Cuban	5,323	0.21%
Dominican	1,412	0.05%

Total Central American	24,191	0.94%
Costa Rican	267	0.01%
Guatemalan	7,810	0.30%
Honduran	6,892	0.27%
Nicaraguan	467	0.02%
Panamanian	1,054	0.04%
Salvadoran	7,462	0.29%
Other Central American	239	0.01%

Total South American	8,561	0.33%
Argentinean	578	0.02%
Bolivian	364	0.01%
Chilean	250	0.01%
Colombian	3,166	0.12%
Ecuadorian	743	0.03%
Paraguayan	85	0.00%
Peruvian	1,494	0.06%
Uruguayan	226	0.01%
Venezuelan	1,468	0.06%
Other South American	187	0.01%

Other Hispanic	14,221	0.55%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	19,750	0.77%
Chinese	12,107	0.47%
Vietnamese	8,902	0.35%
Filipino	6,088	0.24%
Korean	4,506	0.18%
Burmese	3,732	0.15%
Hmong	2,874	0.11%
Laotian	2,018	0.08%
Japanese	1,763	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,176,377	90.2%
Spanish	130,835	5.4%
Other Asian	19,210	0.8%
Other Indo-European	18,683	0.8%
Other	15,838	0.7%
Chinese	10,692	0.4%
German, other Germanic	8,448	0.4%
Arabic	7,895	0.3%
Vietnamese	6,513	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	516,745	20.1%
Irish	308,209	12.0%
English	301,794	11.7%
American	131,390	5.1%
European	82,096	3.2%
Italian	74,306	2.9%
French	50,560	2.0%
Scottish	48,999	1.9%
Polish	37,907	1.5%
Swedish	36,644	1.4%
Dutch	28,560	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	27,616	1.1%
Norwegian	25,673	1.0%
Welsh	18,977	0.7%
British	15,533	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,480,391	96.5%
Not a citizen	89,408	3.5%

Native	2,404,050	93.6%
Foreign-born	165,749	6.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
46,452	2.7%	77,704	4.5%	452,614	26.2%	503,247	29.2%	399,228	23.1%	246,549	14.3%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	46,452	2.7%
9-12 Years	77,704	4.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	452,614	26.2%
Some College	503,247	29.2%
Bach. Degree	399,228	23.1%
Grad Degree	246,549	14.3%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,027,890	976,245	51,645	5.0%
1991	1,040,149	981,732	58,417	5.6%
1992	1,049,314	993,335	55,979	5.3%
1993	1,069,093	1,012,482	56,611	5.3%
1994	1,096,696	1,043,822	52,874	4.8%
1995	1,123,877	1,073,967	49,910	4.4%
1996	1,141,451	1,092,565	48,886	4.3%
1997	1,162,973	1,117,668	45,305	3.9%
1998	1,181,714	1,136,992	44,722	3.8%
1999	1,191,351	1,153,894	37,457	3.1%

2000	1,177,422	1,137,820	39,602	3.4%
2001	1,178,025	1,126,312	51,713	4.4%
2002	1,177,422	1,113,757	63,665	5.4%
2003	1,188,901	1,118,767	70,134	5.9%
2004	1,201,005	1,128,776	72,229	6.0%
2005	1,206,853	1,139,828	67,025	5.6%
2006	1,211,915	1,151,759	60,156	5.0%
2007	1,227,323	1,165,773	61,550	5.0%
2008	1,227,179	1,156,052	71,127	5.8%
2009	1,233,934	1,130,080	103,854	8.4%

2010	1,268,748	1,160,221	108,527	8.6%
2011	1,268,028	1,168,852	99,176	7.8%
2012	1,264,005	1,180,524	83,481	6.6%
2013	1,267,189	1,187,953	79,236	6.3%
2014	1,284,674	1,212,994	71,680	5.6%
2015	1,300,205	1,237,619	62,586	4.8%
2016	1,314,094	1,257,860	56,234	4.3%
2017	1,319,703	1,269,348	50,355	3.8%
2018	1,316,561	1,272,239	44,322	3.4%
2019	1,327,333	1,283,902	43,431	3.3%

2020	1,325,112	1,244,421	80,691	6.1%
2021	1,330,429	1,277,385	53,044	4.0%
2022	1,339,339	1,304,256	35,083	2.6%
2023	1,351,448	1,312,405	39,043	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,109,828
Median Value	$234,924

Occupied	1,018,902	91.8%
Vacant	90,926	8.2%

Owned	663,740	65.1%
Rented	355,162	34.9%
Median Rent	$1,102

Single-Family Units	836,067	75.3%
Detached	769,852	69.4%
Attached	66,215	6.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	179,475	16.2%
Mobile Homes	25,331	2.3%

Kansas City, MO-KS Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Kansas City, MO-KS Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Kansas City, MO-KS Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Kansas City, MO-KS Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Kansas City, MO-KS Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Kansas City, MO-KS Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Kansas City, MO-KS Market Area