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Kansas City, Missouri

Demographic Snapshot

	Kansas City	Jackson County	Kansas City MSA
Population, 2017	488,943	698,895	2,128,912
Population % Ch., 2007-2017	8.1%	5.41%	7.47%
Median Age, 2016	35.3	36.5	37.4
Land Area (sq. mi.)	314.95	604.46	7,950
High School Grads, 2016	89.1%	89.8%	91.4%
College Grads, 2016	33%	29.4%	35%
Labor Force, 2017	258,629	363,854	1,128,859
Unemployment Rate, 2017	4.3%	4.4%	3.8%
Note: Educational Attainment rates are for the population 25 years and older. Annual education attainment rates are not available for communities under 25,000 population. For consistency, the Educational Attainment data is from the 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, American Community Survey; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Company	Type of Operation	Employees
Black & Veatch	Architect/Engineering	311
Burns & McDonnell	Architect/Engineering	2,300
Children's Mercy Hospital	Health care	6,305
Cerner Corporation	Healthcare information sytsems (Hdq.)	11,823
City of Kansas City, MO	Government	4,471
Commerce Bank	Financial services	2,355
DST Systems, Inc.	Financial services (Hdq.)	3,500
Federal Government	Government	30,000
Great Plains Energy, Inc. (KCP&L)	Electrical utility (Hdq.)	2,191
H&R Block	Tax prep and financial services (Hdq.)	1,350
Hallmark Cards, Inc.	Greeting cards	4,600
Harley Davidson	Motorcycle manufacturing	637
HCA-Midwest	Health care	9,310
Honeywell Manufacturing	Electronic, mechanical and engineered components	2,600
Kansas City Missouri Public Schools	Education	2,200
Smithfield Farmland Foods, Inc.	Meat products manufacturing and distribution	850
Saint Luke's Health System	Health care	6,920
State of Missouri	Government	6,189
University of MO-KC	Higher education	2,674