Kansas City, Missouri

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The 2000 Census showed that Kansas City had a population of 441,545 people^<1>. This represents 7.88% of the total population of Missouri, making it the state's most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
-1-	Kansas City			451,572	2.27% increase
2	Saint Louis	E	236 mi [379.8 km]	354,361	1.77% increase
3	Springfield	SE	149 mi [239.8 km]	156,206	3.05% increase
4	Independence	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	110,440	2.51% decrease
5	Columbia	E	120 mi [193.1 km]	100,733	19.17% increase
6	Saint Joseph	N	46 mi [74 km]	76,197	2.98% increase
7	Lee's Summit	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	84,208	19.11% increase

Kansas City had 202,334 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Kansas City has a total area of 318 square miles [823 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 313.5 square miles [812 km²]4.47 square miles [11.58 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Kansas City had a 2000 population density of 1,408 people per square mile [543 people/km²], making it the state's 198th most densely populated area.

Cass County

The city of Kansas City is primarily located in Cass County. A portion of Kansas City extends into Clay County, Jackson County and Platte County.

The county had a population of 82,596 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 441,545 people, Kansas City contained 534% of the Cass County total.

In addition, where the community of Kansas City has a population density of 1,408 people per square mile [543 people/km²], Cass County averages 118.2 people per square mile [45.62 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Cass County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Kansas City and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Kansas City. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Kansas City. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Kansas City, it also contains a comparison between Kansas City and the state of Missouri.

Click here for the Kansas City QuickFact (QF-2938000).

The following communities are nearby Kansas City and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Kansas City (KS)	QF-2036000	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	142,562	2.93% decrease
	Raytown	QF-2960788	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	28,194	7.22% decrease
	Independence	QF-2935000	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	110,440	2.51% decrease
	Lenexa (KS)	QF-2039350	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	46,822	16.36% increase
	Shawnee (KS)	QF-2064500	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	60,954	27% increase
	Overland Park (KS)	QF-2053775	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	171,231	14.86% increase
	Blue Springs	QF-2906652	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	55,698	15.84% increase
	Lee's Summit	QF-2941348	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	84,208	19.11% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Kansas City.

A Census Quickfact is available for Cass County (QF-29037).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Cass County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Jackson	QF-29095	N	668,417	1.94% increase
	Johnson	QF-29101	E	52,016	7.3% increase
	Henry	QF-29083	SE	22,179	0.41% increase
	Bates	QF-29013	S	17,075	2.23% increase
	Miami (KS)	QF-20121	W	30,989	8.7% increase
	Johnson (KS)	QF-20091	NW	534,093	17.49% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Kansas City:

Kansas City is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Kansas City.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Kansas City. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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