Kansas City is a large city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 441,269 people and 178 constituent neighborhoods, Kansas City is the largest community in Missouri.

Kansas City is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kansas City is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kansas City who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.58%), sales jobs (11.07%), and management occupations (8.49%).

Also of interest is that Kansas City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Kansas City is one of the most car-oriented large cities in America. A full 92.9% of people drive their car alone to work each day. If you like to drive, you'll love it. And you better. Because walking to work is just not a viable option for most people who live in Kansas City. Highways, wide streets, parking lots, and shopping centers are part of the common Kansas City landscape.

Kansas City Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Kansas City is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 25.72% of adults in Kansas City have a college degree.

The per capita income in Kansas City in 2000 was $20,753, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $83,012 for a family of four.

Kansas City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kansas City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Kansas City is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kansas City include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Kansas City is English. Some people also speak Spanish.