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Kansas City, KS
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Living in Kansas City



Kansas City is a relatively large city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 153,384 people and 61 constituent neighborhoods, Kansas City is the third largest community in Kansas.

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.

The overall crime rate in Kansas City is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

The percentage of adults in Kansas City who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.77% of the adults in Kansas City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kansas City in 2018 was $24,601, which is low income relative to Kansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,404 for a family of four. However, Kansas City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kansas City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kansas City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kansas City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kansas City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kansas City include German, Irish, English, Italian, and African.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Kansas City's cultural character, accounting for 17.17% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Kansas City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.