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Greater Kansas City Profile

Population Characteristics

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census.

	Kansas City MO-KS MSA	Lawrence, KS MSA	St. Joseph, MO MSA	Topeka, KS MSA
1970	1,437,204	57,932	115,240	197,358
1980	1,504,209	67,640	119,358	203,953
1990	1,636,527	81,798	115,816	210,257
2000	1,842,814	100,281	123,969	224,787
2008	2,002,047	114,748	126,,359	229,619

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey.

Source: SRC/Experian/Applied Geographic Solutions.

Source: SRC/Experian/Applied Geographic Solutions.

Source: Nielsen Claritas, 2009.

Income

	Kansas City MSA	United States
Total Effective Buying Income (EBI), millions	$44,596	$6,443,994
Number of Households	791,638	115,306,103
Average Household EBI	$56,334	$55,886
Median Household EBI	$44,857	$42,303
Per Capita EBI	$22,126	$21,016

Source: Nielsen Claritas, 2009.

Source: Nielsen Claritas, 2009.

 

DEFINING THE GREATER KC METRO AREA

Kansas City is a Missouri/Kansas bi-state metropolitan area. All statistical references made to Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) include the counties of Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte and Ray in Missouri, and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. The greater Kansas City area also includes the adjoining Lawrence, KS, St. Joseph, MO, and Topeka, KS MSAs, as well as the Atchison, KS, Chillicothe, MO, Ottawa, KS, and Warrensburg, MO areas.