Kansas City, Kansas Demographics

Kansas City is 1st in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Kansas City is 2nd in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Size in square miles

Kansas City is 3rd in Kansas out of 50 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Kansas City is 3rd in Kansas out of 60 other cities in Current population (2012)

Kansas City is 3rd in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Housing units

Kansas City is 4th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Households

Kansas City is 5th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Foreign born residents

Kansas City is 5th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Income below poverty line

Kansas City is 5th in Kansas out of 61 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Kansas City is 6th in Kansas out of 55 other cities in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Kansas City	Rank	Kansas	US
Current population (2012)	147,268	3rd	2,885,905	313,914,040
Size in square miles	124.8	2nd	81,758.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,168.1	49th	34.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Kansas City	Rank	Kansas	US
Residents younger than 5	8.8%	13th	7.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.4%	18th	25.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.5%	43rd	13.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kansas City	Rank	Kansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	77.8%	58th	89.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.5%	58th	29.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kansas City	Rank	Kansas	US
Race - White	52.2%	61st	87.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	26.8%	1st	6.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	33rd	1.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.7%	16th	2.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	21st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.8%	12th	2.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	27.8%	5th	11.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	40.2%	59th	77.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kansas City	Rank	Kansas	US
Female residents	50.6%	42nd	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	15.0%	5th	6.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Kansas City	Rank	Kansas	US
Housing units	61,969	3rd	1,237,651	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.3%	22nd	17.6%	25.9%
Households	52,823	4th	1,104,479	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	62.1%	47th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$93,300	39th	$125,500	$186,200
People per household	2.7	14th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Kansas City	Rank	Kansas	US
Income per capita	$18,755	52nd	$26,545	$27,915
Income per household	$38,564	49th	$50,594	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.0%	5th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Kansas City	Rank	Kansas	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,554	6th	237,040	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,556,258	6th	$34,538,332	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,983	42nd	$12,444	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$220,683	3rd	$4,192,347	$613,795,732