2022 population: 2,209,494 ( 200,152 from 2010 , 17,464 from 2020)
Land area: 7256.5 square miles
Population density: 304.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,573,229	71.20%	5.5%
Black:	271,783	12.30%	8.6%
Indian:	8,562	0.39%	3.7%
Asian:	73,975	3.35%	52.1%
2+ races:	60,859	2.75%	41.7%
Hispanic:	221,086	10.01%	33.4%

Total non-White:	636,265	28.80%	22.8%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	57,819	13.2
Deaths:	48,164	11.0
Net Migration:	565	0.1
Net Immigration:	6,322	1.4

Change in White population:	82,221	4.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	117,931	5.9

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
2,009,342
1,491,008	74.20%
250,243	12.45%
8,260	0.41%
48,631	2.42%
42,949	2.14%
165,746	8.25%
518,334	25.80%

2000
1,811,254
1,425,666	78.71%
224,698	12.41%
7,501	0.41%
30,135	1.66%
27,941	1.54%
93,243	5.15%
385,588	21.29%

1990
1,614,534
1,345,753	83.35%
199,184	12.34%
7,822	0.48%
16,428	1.02%
n/a
45,347	2.81%
268,781	16.65%

1980
1,482,141
1,251,759	84.46%
178,959	12.07%
6,047	0.41%
10,279	0.69%
n/a
33,963	2.29%
230,382	15.54%

1970
1,414,786
1,224,658	86.56%
155,362	10.98%
2,608	0.18%
2,361	0.17%
n/a
27,235	1.93%
190,128	13.44%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
266,193	14.7
140,683	7.8
31,769	1.8
35,571	2.0

65,342	3.6
132,746	7.3

Number	Rate
1990's
255,564	15.8
143,890	8.9
43,957	2.7
18,450	1.1

79,913	4.9
116,807	7.2

Number	Rate
1980's
248,048	16.7
130,986	8.8
23,774	1.6
n/a

93,994	6.3
38,399	2.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-57,495	-4.1
n/a

27,101	1.9
40,254	2.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Kansas City, MO-KS Metro 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
37.7
521,586	23.6%
1,687,908	76.4%
336,461	15.2%

869,964
2.48

553,799	63.7%
418,061	75.5%
53,284	9.6%
316,165	36.3%

2010
Number	Percent
36.5
515,110	25.6%
1,494,232	74.4%
239,951	11.9%

789,533
2.51

520,929	66.0%
386,605	74.2%
58,342	11.2%
268,604	34.0%

2000
Number	Percent
35.3
480,314	26.5%
1,330,940	73.5%
208,566	11.5%

708,828
2.51

479,146	67.6%
372,315	77.7%
50,282	10.5%
229,682	32.4%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
425,958	26.4%
1,188,576	73.6%
190,724	11.8%

620,955
2.55

434,604	70.0%
349,955	80.5%
41,776	9.6%
186,351	30.0%

1980
Number	Percent
30.6
420,216	28.4%
1,061,925	71.6%
159,969	10.8%

547,687
2.66

398,675	72.8%
335,362	84.1%
33,242	8.3%
149,012	27.2%

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

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	36,414	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	26,350	3.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	26,288	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	27,907	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	30,024	3.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	31,970	3.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	30,445	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	29,819	3.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	30,587	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	62,825	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	83,032	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	118,194	13.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	94,912	10.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	67,687	7.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	84,911	9.8%
$200,000 or more	88,599	10.2%

Median Household Income	80,490
Per Capita Income	42,489

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	92

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	33,839	3.9%
Public Assistance	15,217	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	67,393	7.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	960,816	76.2%
Unemployed	41,871	3.3%
In Armed Forces	4,771	0.4%

Total Labor Force	1,007,458	79.9%
Not in Labor Force	253,558	20.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	441,050	350,139	55.7%
Non-Profit	30,922	65,778	32.0%
Self-Employed	56,847	37,873	60.0%

Local Government	29,647	42,447	41.1%
State Government	12,576	19,129	39.7%
Federal Government	17,911	17,400	50.7%

Total Private + Self	497,897	388,012	56.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	91,056	144,754	38.6%
Total	588,953	532,766	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	12.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	208,180	18.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	237,721	21.2%
Professional, Technical	276,113	24.6%
Service Occupations	165,306	14.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,777	0.2%
All others	236,033	21.0%

White Collar		64.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	157,501	1428.5%
Retail trade	121,857	1105.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	107,194	972.2%
Manufacturing	104,748	950.0%
Educational services	90,334	819.3%
Finance and insurance	76,524	694.0%
Construction	75,250	682.5%
Accommodation and food services	69,374	629.2%
Transportation and warehousing	64,093	581.3%
Public administration	51,113	463.6%
Other services	49,767	451.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	41,387	375.4%
Wholesale trade	31,538	286.0%
Information	22,787	206.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	21,599	195.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	20,355	184.6%
Utilities	8,052	73.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	7,745	70.2%
Management	1,216	11.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	919	8.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	151,916	6.93%
Puerto Rican	9,879	0.45%
Cuban	5,172	0.24%
Dominican	1,339	0.06%

Total Central American	22,413	1.02%
Costa Rican	214	0.01%
Guatemalan	7,605	0.35%
Honduran	6,674	0.30%
Nicaraguan	444	0.02%
Panamanian	831	0.04%
Salvadoran	6,406	0.29%
Other Central American	239	0.01%

Total South American	7,787	0.36%
Argentinean	524	0.02%
Bolivian	338	0.02%
Chilean	228	0.01%
Colombian	2,939	0.13%
Ecuadorian	668	0.03%
Paraguayan	73	0.00%
Peruvian	1,367	0.06%
Uruguayan	180	0.01%
Venezuelan	1,295	0.06%
Other South American	175	0.01%

Other Hispanic	12,036	0.55%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	18,831	0.86%
Chinese	9,473	0.43%
Vietnamese	7,615	0.35%
Filipino	5,185	0.24%
Korean	3,955	0.18%
Burmese	3,665	0.17%
Hmong	2,871	0.13%
Laotian	1,688	0.08%
Japanese	1,480	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,843,946	89.7%
Spanish	120,225	5.8%
Other Asian	17,801	0.9%
Other Indo-European	17,252	0.8%
Other	14,826	0.7%
Chinese	8,110	0.4%
Arabic	7,143	0.3%
Vietnamese	5,675	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	5,621	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	428,949	19.6%
Irish	262,751	12.0%
English	260,085	11.9%
American	104,047	4.7%
European	74,282	3.4%
Italian	66,792	3.0%
French	43,612	2.0%
Scottish	40,663	1.9%
Polish	33,538	1.5%
Swedish	32,288	1.5%
Dutch	23,637	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	23,291	1.1%
Norwegian	22,464	1.0%
Welsh	16,587	0.8%
British	13,806	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,110,258	96.3%
Not a citizen	80,492	3.7%

Native	2,040,232	93.1%
Foreign-born	150,518	6.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
38,823	2.6%	65,070	4.4%	374,282	25.2%	435,206	29.3%	356,738	24.0%	216,091	14.5%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	38,823	2.6%
9-12 Years	65,070	4.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	374,282	25.2%
Some College	435,206	29.3%
Bach. Degree	356,738	24.0%
Grad Degree	216,091	14.5%
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	1,734,686	1,650,304	84,382	4.9%
1991	1,755,452	1,657,772	97,680	5.6%
1992	1,768,680	1,675,940	92,740	5.2%
1993	1,800,086	1,708,296	91,790	5.1%
1994	1,847,764	1,760,632	87,132	4.7%
1995	1,891,110	1,809,056	82,054	4.3%
1996	1,920,976	1,841,004	79,972	4.2%
1997	1,953,060	1,878,528	74,532	3.8%
1998	1,992,798	1,918,630	74,168	3.7%
1999	2,011,622	1,949,482	62,140	3.1%

2000	1,970,798	1,904,118	66,680	3.4%
2001	1,970,658	1,883,762	86,896	4.4%
2002	1,974,510	1,865,702	108,808	5.5%
2003	1,994,444	1,873,698	120,746	6.1%
2004	2,013,510	1,889,460	124,050	6.2%
2005	2,023,930	1,909,192	114,738	5.7%
2006	2,032,770	1,929,830	102,940	5.1%
2007	2,064,112	1,959,072	105,040	5.1%
2008	2,063,822	1,942,006	121,816	5.9%
2009	2,075,644	1,897,652	177,992	8.6%

2010	2,158,834	1,972,904	185,930	8.6%
2011	2,158,848	1,989,546	169,302	7.8%
2012	2,154,368	2,012,236	142,132	6.6%
2013	2,159,894	2,024,368	135,526	6.3%
2014	2,191,452	2,068,428	123,024	5.6%
2015	2,221,864	2,114,514	107,350	4.8%
2016	2,249,342	2,153,352	95,990	4.3%
2017	2,260,456	2,173,928	86,528	3.8%
2018	2,257,332	2,181,440	75,892	3.4%
2019	2,278,640	2,204,330	74,310	3.3%

2020	2,277,430	2,137,264	140,166	6.2%
2021	2,288,642	2,195,820	92,822	4.1%
2022	2,304,654	2,244,104	60,550	2.6%
2023	2,327,356	2,259,936	67,420	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	940,968
Median Value	$243,912

Occupied	869,964	92.5%
Vacant	71,004	7.5%

Owned	568,916	65.4%
Rented	301,048	34.6%
Median Rent	$1,144

Single-Family Units	709,918	75.4%
Detached	651,628	69.3%
Attached	58,290	6.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	159,665	17.0%
Mobile Homes	15,888	1.7%

Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

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

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

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

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

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