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Population: 441,545. Estimated population in July 2024: 444,965 (+0.8% change)
Males: 213,141 (48.3%), Females: 228,404 (51.7%)

Zip codes: 64101, 64102, 64105, 64106, 64108, 64109, 64110, 64111, 64112, 64113, 64114, 64116, 64117, 64118, 64119, 64120, 64123, 64124, 64125, 64126, 64127, 64128, 64129, 64130, 64131, 64132, 64133, 64134, 64136, 64137, 64138, 64139, 64145, 64146, 64147, 64149, 64151, 64152, 64153, 64154, 64155, 64156, 64157, 64158, 64161, 64163, 64164, 64165, 64166, 64167, 64192.

Demographics

Median resident age: 34.0 years
Median household income: $37,198
Median house value: $84,000

Population by Race

Races in Kansas City:

  • White Non-Hispanic (57.6%)
  • Black (31.2%)
  • Hispanic (6.9%)
  • Other race (3.2%)
  • Two or more races (2.4%)
  • American Indian (1.2%)
  • Vietnamese (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (15.4%), Irish (10.4%), English (8.0%), United States (5.8%), Italian (3.6%), French (2.1%).

Elevation: 882 feet

Land area: 313.5 square miles

Map of Kansas City, MO

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in Kansas City

  • High school or higher: 82.5%
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher: 25.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 8.7%
  • Unemployed: 6.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 21.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Kansas City city

  • Never married: 32.5%
  • Now married: 45.1%
  • Separated: 2.7%
  • Widowed: 6.6%
  • Divorced: 13.1%

5.8% Foreign born (2.8% Latin America, 1.7% Asia, 0.7% Europe).

Population change in the 1990s: +6,358 (+1.5%).

Hospitals

Hospitals/medical centers in Kansas City:

  • BAPTIST LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER (6601 ROCKHILL RD)
  • CANCER INSTITUTE,THE (2316 E MEYER BLVD)
  • CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL (2401 GILLHAM ROAD)
  • CRITTENTON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER (10918 ELM AVENUE)
  • KINDRED HOSPITAL – KANSAS CITY (8701 TROOST AVENUE)
  • RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER (2316 E MEYER BLVD)
  • RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CTR (2323 E 63RD ST)
  • ST JOSEPH HEALTH CENTER (1000 CARONDELET DR)
  • ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF KANSAS CITY (4401 WORNALL ROAD)
  • TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL HILL (2301 HOLMES STREET)
  • TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER LAKEWOOD (7900 LEE’S SUMMIT RD)
  • TWO RIVERS PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (5121 RAYOWN ROAD)
  • WESTERN MISSOURI MHC (600 E 22ND ST)

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Kansas City:

  • CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN (about 4 miles; KANSAS CITY, MO; Abbreviation: MKC)
  • KANSAS CITY INTL (about 18 miles; KANSAS CITY, MO; Abbreviation: MCI)
  • ROSECRANS MEMORIAL (about 54 miles; ST JOSEPH, MO; Abbreviation: STJ)

Other public-use airports nearest to Kansas City:

  • LEE’S SUMMIT MUNICIPAL (about 16 miles; LEE’S SUMMIT, MO; Abbreviation: LXT)
  • ROOSTERVILLE (about 17 miles; LIBERTY, MO; Abbreviation: 0N0)
  • HILLSIDE (about 19 miles; STILWELL, KS; Abbreviation: 63K)

Amtrak station:
KANSAS CITY (2200 MAIN ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, free short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
 

Biggest Colleges/Universities in Kansas City:

  • UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY (Full-time enrollment: 8,830; Location: 5100 ROCKHILL RD; Public; Website: www.umkc.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 2,998; Location: 2601 NE BARRY RD; Public; Website: www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/maplewoods/mwhome.html)
  • METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES (Full-time enrollment: 2,259; Location: 3201 SW TRAFFICWAY; Public; Website: www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/pennvalley/pvhome.html)
  • DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Full-time enrollment: 2,189; Location: 11224 HOLMES ST; Private, for-profit; Website: www.kc.devry.edu)
  • ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 1,963; Location: 1100 ROCKHURST RD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.rockhurst.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
  • AVILA COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 1,039; Location: 11901 WORNALL RD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.Avila.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
  • UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES-COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATH (Full-time enrollment: 868; Location: 1750 INDEPENDENCE Ave; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.uhs.edu)
  • CLEVELAND CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 559; Location: 6401 ROCKHILL RD; Private, not-for-profit)
  • KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE (Full-time enrollment: 521; Location: 4415 WARWICK BLVD; Private, not-for-profit)
  • VATTEROTT COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 414; Location: 8955 E 38th Terrace; Private, for-profit; Website: www.vatterott-college.com)
  • CONCORDE CAREER INSTITUTE (Full-time enrollment: 320; Location: 3239 BROADWAY; Private, for-profit; Website: www.concordecareer.com)
  • NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (Full-time enrollment: 313; Location: 1700 E MEYER BLVD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.nts.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • MIDWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (Full-time enrollment: 307; Location: 5001 N. Oak Trafficway; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.mbts.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • SAINT PAUL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY (Full-time enrollment: 225; Location: 5123 TRUMAN RD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.spst.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • CALVARY BIBLE COLLEGE AND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (Full-time enrollment: 203; Location: 15800 CALVARY RD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.calvary.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
  • NATIONAL AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 162; Location: 200 BLUE RDG BLVD BLUE RDG MALL; Private, for-profit; Website: www.national.edu)
  • KELLER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT INC (Full-time enrollment: 155; Location: 10401HOLMES RD, SUITE 310; Private, for-profit; Website: www.keller.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
  • RESEARCH COLLEGE OF NURSING (Full-time enrollment: 146; Location: 2300 E MEYER BLVD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.researchcollege.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
  • ELECTRONICS INSTITUTE (Full-time enrollment: 146; Location: 15329 KENSINGTON AVE; Private, for-profit)
  • SAINT LUKES COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 96; Location: 4426 WORNALL RD; Private, not-for-profit)

Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near Kansas City:

  • UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles; KANSAS CITY, KS; Full-time enrollment: 2,168)
  • PARK UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; PARKVILLE, MO; Full-time enrollment: 4,180)
  • JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles; OVERLAND PARK, KS; Full-time enrollment: 8,857)
  • KANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles; KANSAS CITY, KS; Full-time enrollment: 2,837)
  • METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles; LEES SUMMIT, MO; Full-time enrollment: 4,576)
  • MISSOURI WESTERN STATE COLLEGE (about 50 miles; ST JOSEPH, MO; Full-time enrollment: 4,329)
  • UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MAIN CAMPUS (about 51 miles; LAWRENCE, KS; Full-time enrollment: 22,506)

Biggest public high schools in Kansas City:

  • OAK PARK HIGH (Students: 1,914; Location: 825 NE 79TH TERR; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • WINNETONKA HIGH (Students: 1,722; Location: 5815 NE 48TH ST; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGH (Students: 1,707; Location: 620 E 23RD AVE; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • PARK HILL HIGH (Students: 1,440; Location: 7701 NW BARRY RD; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • N.E. LAW & PUBLIC SERV. MAGNET (Students: 1,223; Location: 415 S VAN BRUNT; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • HICKMAN MILLS SR. HIGH (Students: 1,190; Location: 9010 OLD SANTA FE RD; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • CENTRAL SR. HIGH (Students: 986; Location: 3221 INDIANA; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • RUSKIN HIGH (Students: 918; Location: 7000-46 E 111TH ST; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • SOUTHEAST HIGH (Students: 817; Location: 3500 E MEYER BLVD; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • CENTER SR. HIGH (Students: 777; Location: 8715 HOLMES; Grades: 09 – 12)

Biggest private high schools in Kansas City:

  • THE PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL (Students: 1,126; Location: 400 WEST 51ST STREET; Grades: PK – 12)
  • ROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 985; Location: 9301 STATE LINE ROAD; Grades: 9 – 12; Boys only)
  • ARCHBISHOP O HARA HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 608; Location: 9001 JAMES A REED ROAD; Grades: 9 – 12)
  • BLUE RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 585; Location: 8524 BLUE RIDGE BLVD; Grades: PK – 12)
  • THE BARSTOW SCHOOL (Students: 553; Location: 11511 STATE LINE; Grades: PK – 12)
  • ST TERESAS ACADEMY (Students: 467; Location: 5600 MAIN STREET; Grades: 9 – 12; Girls only)
  • NOTRE DAME DE SION (Students: 406; Location: 10631 WORNALL RD; Grades: 9 – 12; Girls only)
  • ST PIUS X HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 362; Location: 1500 NE 42ND TERRACE; Grades: 9 – 12)
  • DE LA SALLE EDUC CTR (Students: 212; Location: 3740 FOREST AVENUE; Grades: 9 – 12)
  • OUTREACH CHRISTIAN EDUCATION (Students: 172; Location: 3500 PRATHER RD; Grades: PK – 12)

Biggest public primary/middle schools in Kansas City:

  • WESTPORT COM. SEC. CHARTER SCH (Students: 1,353; Location: 315 E 39TH ST; Grades: 06 – 12)
  • LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. (Students: 1,227; Location: 2111 WOODLAND; Grades: 06 – 12)
  • RAYTOWN MIDDLE (Students: 1,109; Location: 4900 PITTMAN RD; Grades: 06 – 08)
  • R. J. DELANO (Students: 1,100; Location: 3708 LINWOOD; Grades: PK – 12)
  • DOUGLASS EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR. (Students: 930; Location: 2640 BELLEVIEW; Grades: PK – PK)
  • NEW MARK MIDDLE (Students: 913; Location: 515 NE 106TH ST; Grades: 06 – 08)
  • SMITH-HALE JR. HIGH (Students: 912; Location: 8925 LONGVIEW RD; Grades: 06 – 08)
  • ERVIN JR. HIGH (Students: 909; Location: 10530 GREENWOOD RD; Grades: 06 – 08)
  • EAST ELEM. (Students: 887; Location: 1924 VAN BRUNT; Grades: PK – 07)
  • ANTIOCH MIDDLE (Students: 856; Location: 2100 NE 65TH ST; Grades: 06 – 08)

Biggest private primary/middle schools in Kansas City:

  • ST THOMAS MORE (Students: 678; Location: 11800 HOLMES; Grades: PK – 8)
  • ST PETER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 605; Location: 6400 CHARLOTTE STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
  • ST CHARLES BORROMEO SCHOOL (Students: 559; Location: 804 SHADY LANE DRIVE NE; Grades: PK – 8)
  • ST ELIZABETH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 481; Location: 14 WEST 75TH STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
  • ST PAULS EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL (Students: 461; Location: 4041 MAIN; Grades: PK – 8)
  • OUR LADY OF PEACE ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 439; Location: 10526 GRANDVIEW ROAD; Grades: PK – 8)
  • ST PATRICKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 334; Location: 1401 NE 42ND TERRACE; Grades: PK – 8)
  • NOTRE DAME DE SION ELEM SCH (Students: 332; Location: 3823 LOCUST STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
  • ST JOHN FRANCIS REGIS SCHOOL (Students: 325; Location: 8941 JAMES A REED ROAD; Grades: KG – 8)
  • CHRIST THE KING SCHOOL & PRESC (Students: 309; Location: 425 W 85 ST; Grades: PK – 8)

Libraries

Library in Kansas City:

  • KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $15,344,323; Location: 311 EAST 12TH STREET; 2,127,941 books; 23,362 audio materials; 19,951 video materials; 19,366 serial subscriptions)

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