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Kansas City, KS
156,752 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2036000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Kansas City ranked #187 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Kansas City and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Norman OK, Columbia SC, Akron OH, Charleston SC, Pasadena TX, Grand Rapids MI, South Bend IN, New Bedford MA, Waterbury CT, North Charleston SC, Worcester MA, Lancaster CA, Knoxville TN · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #187 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #333 | #307 | #275 | #334 | #321 | #253 | #330 | #275 | #310 | #298 | #277 | #261 | #313 | #290 | #332 | #285 | #324 | #314 | #187 | #325 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 143,209 | 142,519 | 142,983 | 143,677 | 144,832 | 145,878 | 146,227 | 147,454 | 148,899 | 150,122 | 151,502 | 152,485 | 152,739 | 152,965 | 152,960 | 156,302 | 154,783 | 153,327 | 154,468 | 156,752 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #221 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -1.7 | -1.8 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.5 | — | -0.9 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.3 | -1.6 | -2.0 | -1.1 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #171 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | — | 1.1 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #125 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 23.3% | 22.8% | 21.8% | 24.6% | 22.2% | 22.8% | 22.2% | 23.7% | 25.3% | 27.0% | 23.6% | 23.2% | 22.1% | 23.5% | 24.6% | — | 21.7% | 21.7% | 22.1% | 23.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #247 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data | 25.8 | 31.6 | 14.0 | — | 24.2 | 17.1 | 18.5 | 10.2 | 18.8 | 16.7 | 18.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.2 | 12.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #276 of 295 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 267.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 63,472 | 65,466 | 69,312 | 68,379 | 65,852 | 69,677 | 69,531 | 71,901 | 70,669 | 74,872 | 79,602 | 87,060 | 84,851 | 87,534 | 86,236 | 83,498 | 80,158 | 82,063 | 85,615 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #79 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -1.5 | +2.3 | +2.6 | -1.9 | +0.5 | +5.8 | -2.5 | +1.8 | -3.1 | +2.9 | +4.3 | +7.3 | -3.9 | +1.7 | -2.0 | +1.1 | -5.1 | -1.2 | +1.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 60,953 | 63,844 | 64,211 | 62,944 | 70,733 | 71,181 | 70,249 | 70,076 | 70,264 | — | 70,199 | 73,985 | 71,004 | 76,999 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #280 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.8% | 12.3% | 10.7% | 9.7% | 7.0% | 8.3% | 7.1% | 7.0% | 5.7% | — | 6.7% | 4.8% | 4.7% | 6.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #298 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 7% | 13% | 11% | 4% | -5% | 6% | 3% | 13% | 21% | 14% | 27% | 17% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 11% | -18% | -15% | -10% | -15% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #279 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $19,687 | $31,255 | $30,493 | $30,181 | $19,847 | $19,996 | $18,269 | $16,083 | $17,587 | $11,412 | $11,816 | $13,189 | $14,107 | $12,553 | $14,706 | $13,558 | $11,030 | $7,997 | $7,601 | $6,751 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Kansas City. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.