Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City population, 2020 to 2024

Kansas City added 7,936 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +4,732. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 64th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Kansas City is 42.2 times that size.

Kansas City covers 314.52 square miles of land and 4.07 of water, for 1,641 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Kansas City is denser than the typical town.

The 4 counties Kansas City spans

Kansas City crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 516,032 residents as follows; Jackson County holds 61.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kansas City

50 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kansas City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64053, 64101, 64102, 64105, 64106, 64108, 64109, 64110, 64111, 64112, 64113, 64114, 64116, 64117, 64118, 64119, 64120, 64123, 64124, 64125, 64126, 64127, 64128, 64129, 64130, 64131, 64132, 64133, 64134, 64136, 64137, 64138, 64139, 64145, 64146, 64147, 64149, 64151, 64153, 64154, 64155, 64156, 64157, 64158, 64161, 64163, 64164, 64165, 64166, 64167. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Kansas City is

The Census internal point of Kansas City is at 39.125200, -94.550300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 133.4 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oklahoma City, OK (712,919 people), 300.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kansas City, KS, 10.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 227 m (745 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Kansas City

At 39.13° N, Kansas City gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Kansas City daylight page.

Places near Kansas City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is North Kansas City, 1.3 miles away, with 5,630 people.