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Kansas City, MO
516,032 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2938000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Kansas City ranked #200 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 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: Nashville TN, Denver CO, Tulsa OK, Omaha NE, Oklahoma City OK, Columbus OH, Portland OR, Indianapolis IN, Wichita KS, Louisville KY, Charlotte NC, Sacramento CA, Tampa FL · 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 | #200 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #274 | #233 | #312 | #281 | #295 | #249 | #300 | #299 | #281 | #274 | #231 | #251 | #244 | #274 | #259 | #307 | #269 | #227 | #200 | #135 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 447,015 | 449,652 | 452,322 | 454,348 | 457,897 | 460,697 | 462,368 | 464,595 | 467,213 | 470,629 | 475,073 | 481,670 | 488,329 | 492,012 | 495,327 | 508,096 | 508,995 | 508,913 | 511,300 | 516,032 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #74 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | -0.7 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.1 | — | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.1 | +0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #81 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 10 in its peer group with data | 7.5 | 7.2 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 5.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #96 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 19.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% | 18.2% | 20.7% | 20.5% | 21.3% | 21.9% | 20.7% | 21.7% | 19.9% | 20.1% | 21.5% | 21.0% | 21.3% | — | 20.3% | 22.2% | 22.4% | 22.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #297 of 304 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 28.2 | 24.9 | 19.9 | 25.3 | 21.8 | 22.1 | 23.4 | 22.6 | 21.2 | 16.8 | 23.2 | 27.2 | 31.3 | 28.9 | 30.7 | 34.6 | 30.6 | 32.8 | 35.2 | 27.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #290 of 295 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | 212.5 | 216.7 | 220.0 | 193.5 | 194.8 | 250.1 | 312.9 | 351.6 | 337.0 | 316.0 | 383.2 | 375.2 | 398.3 | 392.5 | 388.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 280,405 | 284,828 | 288,178 | 289,810 | 277,089 | 285,836 | 282,796 | 287,628 | 289,838 | 295,891 | 303,541 | 311,019 | 319,345 | 322,430 | 326,286 | 308,449 | 308,668 | 317,947 | 331,875 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #76 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.0 | +0.8 | -2.1 | -0.0 | -0.2 | +3.1 | -3.3 | +0.1 | -0.6 | -1.0 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +1.3 | -0.5 | +0.6 | -1.2 | -1.1 | -0.5 | +1.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 227,984 | 218,904 | 231,681 | 235,866 | 240,690 | 249,734 | 254,205 | 255,698 | 261,825 | — | 265,554 | 266,420 | 273,168 | 275,426 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #15 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.8% | 9.8% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 5.2% | 5.7% | 5.2% | 4.7% | 3.8% | — | 6.2% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 2.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 82% | 87% | 91% | 91% | 72% | 79% | 79% | 78% | 79% | 80% | 81% | 80% | 78% | 79% | 78% | 77% | 79% | 79% | 75% | 73% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #47 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 8% | 13% | 7% | 10% | 4% | 14% | 14% | -0% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 11% | 10% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 43% | 39% | 37% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #298 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | $3,314 | $3,988 | $8,251 | $8,981 | $9,068 | $8,338 | $8,321 | $8,669 | $8,847 | $8,846 | $8,856 | $9,517 | $9,392 | $9,203 | $9,363 | $11,271 | $12,423 | $9,582 | $9,533 | $9,512 |
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.