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Kansas City metropolitan area | |
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| Kansas City, MO–KS MSA | |
.jpg) Downtown Kansas City  The World War I Liberty Memorial  Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts  The Cathedral of Saint Peter, Kansas City, Kansas | |
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| Coordinates:39°06′N94°35′W / 39.1°N 94.58°W /39.1; -94.58 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri andKansas |
| Largest city | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Cities with population over 50,000 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,472 sq mi (21,940 km2) |
| Highest elevation | 1,160 ft (353.5 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 690 ft (210.3 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,192,035 |
| • Rank | 30th MSA (2,192,035), 24th CSA (2,528,644) in the U.S. |
| • Density | 260/sq mi (100.4/km2) |
| GDP | |
| • MSA | $169.5 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
TheKansas City metropolitan area is a bi-statemetropolitan area anchored byKansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states ofMissouri (9 counties) andKansas (5 counties). The 8,472 square miles (21,940 km2) 2024 estimated census calculated a population of more than 2.2 million people, it is the second-largest metropolitan area centered in Missouri (afterGreater St. Louis) and is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas, though Wichita is the largest metropolitan area centered in Kansas.[2] Alongside Kansas City, Missouri, these are thesuburbs with populations above 100,000:Overland Park, Kansas;Kansas City, Kansas;Olathe, Kansas;Independence, Missouri; andLee's Summit, Missouri.
Cultural attractions include theAmerican Jazz Museum, theKansas City Symphony,Kansas City Union Station, theNational World War I Museum, theNelson-Atkins Museum of Art, theKemper Museum of Contemporary Art,Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, theNational Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame,Negro Leagues Baseball Museum,Arabia Steamboat Museum,Uptown Theater,Midland Theatre, theKansas City Zoo,Swope Park (featuringStarlight Theater),Sandstone Amphitheater, theKansas City Renaissance Festival,Worlds of Fun,Oceans of Fun, theCollege Basketball Experience and several casinos.Major league sports franchises include theNFL'sKansas City Chiefs, theMLB'sKansas City Royals, and theMLS'sSporting Kansas City. TheKansas Speedway is owned byNASCAR.
Historic features include the confluence of the eastern endpoints of theCalifornia,Santa Fe, andOregon Trails in Independence; theHarry S. Truman Historic District; and the neighborhoods ofWestport,18th and Vine, andPendleton Heights. Historic cultural origins include KC styles ofjazz,vaudeville theater,barbecue, andsteak.
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The larger Kansas Citymetropolitan area can be visualized as a map with roughly four quadrants:
The southeast quadrant includesKansas City, Missouri, and surrounding areas in Missouri. It includes theGrandview Triangle.
The southwest quadrant includes all ofJohnson County, Kansas, which includes the towns in the area known asShawnee Mission, Kansas.Interstate 35 runs diagonally throughJohnson County, Kansas, from the southwest toDowntown Kansas City, Missouri.
The northwest quadrant containsWyandotte, andLeavenworth, counties in Kansas and parts ofPlatte County, Missouri. Wyandotte County, Kansas (sometimes referred to as justWyandotte), containsKansas City, Kansas;Bonner Springs, Kansas; andEdwardsville, Kansas; it is governed by a single unified government. Another bend in theMissouri River forms the county line betweenWyandotte County, Kansas, andPlatte County, Missouri, to the north and northeast.
The map's northeast quadrant is referred to as the Northland. It includes parts ofClay County, Missouri, includingNorth Kansas City, Missouri andParkville, Missouri.North Kansas City is bounded by a bend in theMissouri River that defines a border betweenWyandotte County, Kansas, andClay County, Missouri, running approximately north–south and a border betweenNorth Kansas City, Missouri, andKansas City, Missouri, running approximately east–west. The river bend's sharpest part forms apeninsula containing theKansas City Downtown Airport.
DowntownKansas City, Missouri has a population of 25,204.[6] Downtown is Kansas City's historic center, located entirely within Kansas City, Missouri, and contains the city's original town site, business districts, and residential neighborhoods. Downtown is bounded by the Missouri River on the north, the Missouri-Kansas state line on the west, 31st Street on the south and Woodland Avenue on the east. The downtown area includes theCentral Business District and its buildings, which form the city's skyline. TheDowntown Loop is formed by Interstates 670, 70, and 35. Within the downtown loop are many of the tall buildings and skyscrapers that make up the city's skyline. The downtown loop also has small, distinct neighborhoods such asQuality Hill, theGarment District, theFinancial District, theConvention Center District, and thePower and Light District.
Other nearby neighborhoods areRiver Market and Columbus Park, both located between the downtown loop and theMissouri River. Between the downtown loop and the state line are the Westside neighborhood and theWest Bottoms, located at the bottom of the bluff adjacent toKaw Point. East of the loop are the 18th & Vine District, the North Bottoms, and Northeast Kansas City (the East Bottoms, Northeast, andPendleton Heights). South of the loop is theCrossroads District,Union Hill,Crown Center,Hospital Hill, Longfellow, Wendell Phillips, and Washington Wheatley.
TheKansas City Convention Center,Municipal Auditorium,City Hall,Lyric Theater,Midland Theatre, Ilus Davis Park, andBarney Allis Plaza are within the Central Business District inside the downtown loop. TheT-Mobile Center and theCollege Basketball Experience are within the Power & Light District, also within the downtown loop. TheKauffman Center for the Performing Arts is perched upon a high point immediately south of the downtown loop. South of the loop is theCrossroads District,Union Station,Crown Center, theNational World War I Museum,Liberty Memorial,Penn Valley Park,University Health Truman Medical Center,Children's Mercy Hospital, and the 18th & Vine District. North of the loop are City Market within theRiver Market and Richard L. Berkeley Riverfront Park. West of the loop within the West Bottoms areHy-Vee Arena andHale Arena.
Midtown/Plaza is entirely within Kansas City, Missouri with a population of 40,355.[7] It is just south of downtown, and bounded by 31st Street on the north, the state line on the west, West Gregory Boulevard (71st Street) on the south, andTroost Avenue on the east. Midtown/Plaza, the core of the metropolitan area, has many cultural attractions, shopping and entertainment areas, large hospitals, universities, and the metro area's most densely populated neighborhoods.
Midtown/Plaza has many distinct and historic neighborhoods, includingWestport,Hyde Park, andSouthmoreland. Shopping is centered on the Country Club Plaza, which has luxury retailers, hotels, and restaurants. Brookside and Westport also contain smaller-scale, neighborhood-oriented, and niche-market retailers. Midtown is home toSaint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City andResearch Medical Center. Cultural attractions include theNelson-Atkins Museum of Art,Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art,Uptown Theater,Starlight Theater, theKansas City Zoo,Loose Park, andSwope Park. The last of these hasa soccer complex that is home to theSwope Park Rangers, aUSL Championship team that is the official reserve side for the area'sMajor League Soccer club,Sporting Kansas City. Major educational institutions include theUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City,Rockhurst University,Kansas City Art Institute,Stowers Institute for Medical Research,Midwest Research Institute, andPenn Valley Community College.
East Side of the Metro is primarily eastern Jackson County which is an area of the Kansas City Metro that contains the far-eastern urban side of Kansas City, Missouri and the following large suburbs ofBlue Springs,Independence, andLee's Summit. The area includes western Lafayette County Missouri and the far northeast portion of Cass County Missouri. The East Side of Metro includes theMissouri suburbs ofIndependence,Grandview,Blue Springs,Raytown,Lees Summit,Grain Valley,Oak Grove,Sugar Creek,River Bend,Lake Lotawana,Lone Jack,Greenwood,Unity Village,Buckner,Pleasant Hill,Bates City,Odessa, andLake Tapawingo.Arrowhead Stadium, home of theNFL'sKansas City Chiefs andKauffman Stadium, home of theMLB'sKansas City Royals are on the eastern edge of Kansas City. TheCable Dahmer Arena home of theECHL'sKansas City Mavericks and theMASL'sKansas City Comets is in Independence.
Johnson County, Kansas contains many municipalities with a population of 609,863. It has the largest economy in the metropolitan area and is the fastest growing county by total population.[8][9][10] Municipalities includeOverland Park,Olathe,Shawnee,Leawood,Lenexa,Prairie Village,Gardner,Merriam,Mission,Roeland Park,Fairway,Lake Quivira,Mission Hills,Mission Woods,Westwood, andWestwood Hills. Corporate headquarters includeGarmin,Black & Veatch, andAMC Theatres, and the secondary headquarters ofT-Mobile. Many local area attractions and shopping districts are in Johnson County, such asOak Park Mall,Town Center Plaza, and Prairie Fire.
The Northland is the area north of the Missouri River, bordered by the Kansas state line on the west. The southern half ofPlatte County, and much ofClay County make up the area. The Northland is a fast-growing, primarily suburban region of the metropolitan area, although much of it is contained within the city limits ofKansas City, Missouri. The economy of the Northland is dominated byCerner,Kansas City International Airport,Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant, theZona Rosa shopping community and three riverboat casinos. The metro area's largest amusement park,Worlds of Fun andOceans of Fun, is in the Northland. Major educational institutions in the Northland includePark University,William Jewell College, and the Maple Woods campus ofMetropolitan Community College. The Northland is also home to the popular recreational reservoir,Smithville Lake. Communities of the Northland outside the city limits includeParkville,Kearney,Liberty,Platte City,Gladstone,Riverside,Smithville,North Kansas City, andWeatherby Lake.
Wyandotte County, Kansas has a population of 169,245 and containsKansas City, Kansas,Bonner Springs, Kansas, andEdwardsville, Kansas. Kansas City, Kansas is locally called "KCK" to distinguish it from the largerKansas City, Missouri (KCMO).[11] It contains many residential neighborhoods, theFairfax Industrial District, and the Village West entertainment district. TheGeneral Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant is in the Fairfax Industrial District.Village West contains many area attractions. This includes many sporting venues such asChildren's Mercy Park, home of the area MLS soccer teamSporting Kansas City, theKansas Speedway, which hosts many NASCAR races, andField of Legends, home of the independent baseball team, theKansas City Monarchs, and theLegends shopping district. Bonner Springs is home to theAzura Amphitheater (commonly known as the Sandstone Amphitheater), theNational Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, Wyandotte County Historical Museum, and the annualKansas City Renaissance Festival.
Cass County, Missouri has a population of 107,824 and contains parts of "South Kansas City". This area consists of the most southern part of Kansas City, Missouri, and the suburbs ofHarrisonville,Belton,Loch Lloyd,Peculiar, andRaymore.[12]
Leavenworth County, Kansas has a population of 81,881 and contains the cities ofLeavenworth andLansing, and theLeavenworth Federal Penitentiary.[13]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 305,427 | — | |
| 1910 | 422,180 | 38.2% | |
| 1920 | 528,833 | 25.3% | |
| 1930 | 665,655 | 25.9% | |
| 1940 | 686,643 | 3.2% | |
| 1950 | 814,357 | 18.6% | |
| 1960 | 1,266,447 | 55.5% | |
| 1970 | 1,434,793 | 13.3% | |
| 1980 | 1,504,203 | 4.8% | |
| 1990 | 1,636,528 | 8.8% | |
| 2000 | 1,836,038 | 12.2% | |
| 2010 | 2,009,342 | 9.4% | |
| 2020 | 2,192,035 | 9.1% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[14] 1790–1960[15] 1900–1990[16] 1990–2000[17] | |||
The Kansas City metropolitan area (MO-KS) population in 2018 was 2,106,632[18] and the Kansas City CSA in 2022 was 2,209,152.[19]
The MSA covers a total area of 7,952 sq mi (20,600 km2) including 97 sq mi (250 km2) of water.
| County | State | 2020 Census | 2010 Census | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | MO | 717,204 | 674,158 | +6.39% |
| Johnson | KS | 609,863 | 544,179 | +12.07% |
| Clay | MO | 253,335 | 221,939 | +14.15% |
| Wyandotte | KS | 169,245 | 157,505 | +7.45% |
| Cass | MO | 107,824 | 99,478 | +8.39% |
| Platte | MO | 106,718 | 89,322 | +19.48% |
| Leavenworth | KS | 81,881 | 76,277 | +7.35% |
| Miami | KS | 34,191 | 32,787 | +4.28% |
| Lafayette | MO | 32,984 | 33,381 | −1.19% |
| Ray | MO | 23,158 | 23,494 | −1.43% |
| Clinton | MO | 21,184 | 20,743 | +2.13% |
| Bates | MO | 16,042 | 17,049 | −5.91% |
| Linn | KS | 9,591 | 9,656 | −0.67% |
| Caldwell | MO | 8,815 | 9,424 | −6.46% |
| Total | 2,192,035 | 2,009,342 | +9.09% |
Often associated with Kansas City, the cities ofLawrence, Kansas andSaint Joseph, Missouri are identified as separate Metropolitan Statistical Areas.[20]
The Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City MO-KS (USA)Combined Statistical Area (CSA) encompasses theMetropolitan statistical areas (MSA) of Kansas City MO-KS, theSt. Joseph metropolitan area and theLawrence, Kansas metropolitan area with theMicropolitan Statistical Areas (μSA) ofWarrensburg, Missouri,Atchison, Kansas, andOttawa, Kansas. (Warrensburg is inJohnson County, Missouri. Atchison is inAtchison County, Kansas. Ottawa is inFranklin County, Kansas.) The combined statistical area covers a total area of 9,220 sq mi (23,900 km2) including 103 sq mi (270 km2) of water.[21]
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Third parties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50.2%541,664 | 47.6%513,617 | 2.3%24,347 |
| 2020 | 51.2%559,595 | 46.5%508,524 | 2.3%24,698 |
| 2016 | 45.5%436,284 | 47.0%451,531 | 7.5%72,242 |
| 2012 | 47.8%447,036 | 50.1%468,710 | 2.1%19,579 |
| 2008 | 52.0%515,039 | 46.5%459,981 | 1.5%14,411 |
| 2004 | 47.9%434,368 | 51.3%464,493 | 0.8%7,199 |
| 2000 | 48.9%377,333 | 48.0%370,249 | 3.1%23,961 |
The Kansas City metro area is a swing metro area, going between the Republican and Democratic parties for decades and voting for Democratic and Republican presidential candidates equally since 2000. It is unlike most other large cities in the United States; most populous metropolitan areas lean Democratic, which makes Kansas City slightly Republican as compared to metros of similar size, even as compared toSt. Louis, which is also centered inMissouri.[23][24]
As of 2019[update], Missouri accounted for 56% of employment and Kansas accounted for 44% of employment. From 2018 to 2019 Kansas added 13,000 jobs and Missouri added 6,500 jobs. Kansas side employment grew by 2.7% and Missouri side employment grew by 1.1%; job growth in Kansas was more than double that in Missouri. Professional and business employment growth was due entirely to a gain of 5,200 jobs in the Kansas portion of the metro area.[25]
In 2015, the metropolitan area accounted for 40.9% of the total GDP in the state of Kansas and 22.7% of the total GDP in the state of Missouri.[26]
Business enterprises and employers includeOracle (formerlyCerner Corp),AT&T,BNSF Railway,GEICO,Asurion,T-Mobile (formerlySprint),Black & Veatch,AMC Theatres,Citigroup,Garmin,Hallmark Cards,Waddell & Reed,H&R Block,General Motors,Honeywell, theFord Kansas City Assembly Plant,The Kansas City Star,Bayer,Children's Mercy Hospital,Truman Medical Center-Hospital Hill, andAndrews McMeel Universal (representingGarfield,Calvin and Hobbes, andDoonesbury). Shopping centers includeCity Market,Crown Center,Country Club Plaza,Independence Center,Legends Outlets Kansas City,Oak Park Mall,Ward Parkway Center, andZona Rosa.
The Kansas City metropolitan area has more freeway lane miles per capita than any other large metropolitan area in the United States. This is 27% more than the second-placeDallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, 50% more than the average American metro area, and nearly 75% more than the large metro area with the least inLas Vegas.[27]
The Kansas City area is a confluence of four major U.S.interstate highways:
I-29 – North toSt. Joseph, Missouri
I-35 – North toDes Moines, Iowa and south toWichita, Kansas
I-49 – South toJoplin
I-70 – East toSt. Louis and west toTopeka, KansasOther interstates that cross through the area include:
I-435 – A bi-state loop throughJackson,Clay andPlatte counties in Missouri and throughJohnson andWyandotte counties in Kansas. It is the second-longest single-numbered beltway in the U.S., and the fourth-longest in the world.
I-470 – Connects South Kansas City with Lee's Summit and Independence.
I-635 – ConnectsJohnson County andKansas City, Kansas toI-29,I-70, andI-35.
I-670 – A southern bypass of I-70 and the southern portion of the downtown loop. The roadway is designated on road signs as East I-70, when exiting from I-35 while traveling north.U.S. Highways serving the Kansas City Metro Area include these:
US 24 – Running from Independence Avenue and Winner Road, between downtown Kansas City and Independence, Missouri, it serves as a street-level connection to Independence.
US 40 – U.S. 40 is one of six east-west U.S.-numbered routes that run (or ran) from coast to coast. It serves as a business loop and an alternate route for I-70.
US 50 – Enters the area in southern Johnson County, follows I-435 from the west to I-470, then splits off of I-470 in Lee's Summit to continue eastward toJefferson City and St. Louis as a regular highway. Its former route through Raytown and southeast Kansas City was renumbered as Route 350. U.S. 50 is also one of the six east–west highways that run coast-to-coast through the United States.
US-56 - Enters the area concurrent with I-35 until the Shawnee Mission Parkway exit. It runs east along the Parkway into the Plaza area of Kansas City before terminating at US-71.
US 69 – ConnectsExcelsior Springs, Missouri in the north and serves as a freeway in Johnson County Connecting I-35 to I-435 and connecting Overland Park toLouisburg andLinn Valley on the Kansas side.
US 71 – In the north, concurrent with I-29 toAmazonia, Missouri, and serves as a freeway (Bruce R. Watkins Drive) south from downtown, joining with I-49 at the Grandview Triangle.
US 169 – ConnectsSmithville, Missouri, in the north.Kansas highways in the area include these:
K-5 – A minor freeway bypassing the north of Kansas City, Kansas, connecting theGM Fairfax plant with I-635. K-5 continues as Leavenworth Road west to I-435 then on to Leavenworth, Kansas.
K-7 – A freeway linking Leavenworth, Wyandotte and Johnson Counties in Kansas.
K-10 – A freeway linking I-435 to De Soto and Lawrence.
K-32 – A highway that links Lawrence to Wyandotte County in Kansas.Missouri highways in the area include these:
Route 7 - An important state highway serving the eastern suburbs of the metro. Primarily running north and south through Jackson and Cass Counties. Connecting the following communities: Independence, Blue Springs, Lake Lotawana, Pleasant Hill and Harrisonville. It is the commercial backbone for Blue Springs, Lake Lotawana and Pleasant Hill.
Route 9 – A minor freeway northwest of North Kansas City, and serves as a commercial backbone to North Kansas City, Riverside, Platte Woods and Parkville.
Route 45 – Known as Tom Watson Parkway in the Kansas City vicinity until it intersects with I-435, it is a highway that spans 42 miles from I-29/US-71 to US-59/MO-273 inLewis & Clark Village, Missouri. Its eastern segment is also known as NW 64th Street. The highway serves as a commercial backbone of Parkville, Missouri and runs acrossRiss Lake. TheNational Golf Club of Kansas City is located on MO-45.
Route 58 - A state highway serving the southern suburbs ofBelton andRaymore.
Route 92 – This narrow and hilly road crosses the northern part of the metro, connectingPlatte City,Smithville,Kearney, andExcelsior Springs.
Route 150 – A highway linking southern Lee's Summit and Grandview to the Kansas suburbs atState Line Road.
Route 152 – A freeway contained entirely in Kansas City's Northland, stretching from Liberty in Clay County west until it intersects with I-435 near Parkville, Missouri.
Route 210 – A minor freeway east of North Kansas City that, as a two-lane road, stretches to Richmond, Missouri.
Route 291 – Formerly an eastern bypass route of U.S. 71, this minor freeway connects Harrisonville and Lee's Summit to Independence, Sugar Creek, Liberty and Kansas City North. The roadway is designated on road signs alongside I-470 north of Lee's Summit.
Route 350 – This road crosses throughRaytown as Blue Parkway.These are other notable roads:
The Missouri side of the metropolitan area south of theMissouri River shares a grid system with Johnson County on the Kansas side. Most east–west streets are numbered and most north–south streets named. Addresses on east–west streets are numbered from Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri, and on north–south streets from St. John Avenue (or the Missouri River, in the River Market area). The direction 'South' in street and address numbers is generally implied if 'North' is not specified, except for numbered 'avenues' in North Kansas City. In the northland, east–west streets use the prefix N.E. or N.W., depending on the side of N. Main on which they lie.
The metro has several airports. Primary service is atKansas City International Airport (MCI), 15 miles northwest of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. It was opened in 1972 asTWA's "Airport of the Future", a global hub forsupersonic transport and theBoeing 747. A new single-terminal building was opened on February 28, 2023,[29] to modernize the design, operations, and passenger experience.
The much smallerCharles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, immediately north of downtown across the Missouri River, was the original headquarters ofTrans World Airlines (TWA) and houses theAirline History Museum. It served as the area's major airport until 1972, when Kansas City International (then known as Mid-Continent International Airport and home to anOverhaul Base for TWA) became the primary airport for the metropolitan area after undergoing $150 million in upgrades that had been approved by voters in a 1966 bond issue. Downtown Airport is still used forgeneral aviation and airshows.
Two general aviation airports are in Johnson County, Kansas.New Century AirCenter borders southwest Olathe and northeast Gardner. The primary runway at New Century AirCenter is the second longest runway in the region next to those at Kansas City International Airport. It is 7 miles (11 km) from the Logistics Park Kansas City Intermodal Facility.Johnson County Executive Airport has one runway on 500 acres and is the fourth-busiest towered airport in the state of Kansas.
Kansas City is a freight hub served by theBNSF,CPKC,Norfolk Southern, andUnion Pacific.Kansas City Terminal Railway andKaw River Railroad provide local interchange and switching service.[30]
Amtrak Passenger service is centered at Kansas City, Missouri'sUnion Station and managed by the Kansas City Terminal.[31] Daily long-distance services areMissouri River Runner with two round trips daily to Saint Louis, connecting to Chicago via theLincoln Service; andSouthwest Chief with daily service between Chicago andLos Angeles.
City buses operated by theKansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) provide most public transportation. TheMetro Area Express (MAX) became Kansas City, Missouri's firstbus rapid transit line in July 2005, and operates and is marketed akin to a rail system instead of a local bus line. The MAX links River Market, Downtown, Union Station, Crown Center, and Country Club Plaza.[32][33] Buses in Johnson County, Kansas, are operated byJohnson County Transit, known as The JO.
TheKC Streetcar is a 2.2-mile modern streetcar line inDowntown Kansas City. Opened to the public in May 2016, it is maintained and operated by theKansas City Streetcar Authority, a non-profit corporation made up of private sector stakeholders and city appointees. A ballot initiative to fund construction of the$102 million line was approved by voters on December 12, 2012.[34] The system runs between River Market and Union Station, mostly along Main Street, with extensions north and south under consideration.[35]
There are no commuter rail services.
Intercity bus service is provided byGreyhound Lines andJefferson Lines at theKansas City Bus Station.
| Photo | Name | City | Notes | ||||||||
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 | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | Kansas City, Missouri | Founded in 1933, the Nelson-Atkins maintains wide-ranging collections of more than 35,000 works of art and welcomes 500,000 visitors a year. | ||||||||
 | Chicago & Alton Railroad Depot | Independence, Missouri | The oldest business building in Independence, Missouri. In 1978, the hotel, which originally served the railroad, moved from the original site just south of Main Street to its present location. | ||||||||
 | Dillingham-Lewis House Museum | Blue Springs, Missouri | Built in 1906, the only native limestone structure in Blue Springs. The house is named after two families. | ||||||||
 | Fort Osage National Historic Site | Sibley, Missouri | Part of the early 19th century U.S.factorytrading post system for theOsage Nation. | ||||||||
 | Jackson County Jail and Marshal's House | Independence, Missouri | Former jail site, operated by the county historical society, which housed thousands of prisoners includingFrank James andWilliam Clark Quantrill. | ||||||||
 | Leila's Hair Museum | Independence, Missouri | A museum ofhair art since the 19th century. | ||||||||
 | Lone Jack Battlefield Museum | Lone Jack | The only Civil War Museum in Jackson County, Missouri, and one of the few battlefields where the soldiers – who perished during the battle – are still buried on the battlefield. | ||||||||
 | Midwest Genealogy Center | Independence, Missouri | The largest freestanding publicgenealogy research library in the USA. | ||||||||
 | National Frontier Trails Museum | Independence, Missouri | A museum, interpretive center, and research library about the history of principal western U.S. trails. | ||||||||
 | Rice-Tremonti Home | Raytown, Missouri | Home built on theSanta Fe Trail in 1844 by Archibald Rice and his family. | ||||||||
 | Cable Dahmer Arena | Independence, Missouri | A 5,800-seat multi-purpose arena that hosts theKansas City Mavericks ice hockey team. | ||||||||
 | Harry S. Truman Historic District | Independence and Grandview, Missouri |
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 | Truman Sports Complex | Kansas City, Missouri | Two major sports venues: | ||||||||
 | Grinter Place | Kansas City, Kansas | A home built in 1857 by one of the earliest settlers. | ||||||||
 | Arabia Steamboat Museum | Kansas City, Missouri | Artifacts from theArabia, a steamboat that sank in the Missouri River in 1856. | ||||||||
The architecture ofKansas City, Missouri, and the metropolitan area includes major works by many of the world's most distinguished architects and firms, includingMcKim, Mead and White;Jarvis Hunt;Wight and Wight;Graham, Anderson, Probst and White;Hoit, Price & Barnes;Frank Lloyd Wright; the Office ofMies van der Rohe;Barry Byrne;Edward Larrabee Barnes;Harry Weese; andSkidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Top 5 largest colleges by total enrollment (within the MSA)[36]
List of institutions (including those in the CSA):
The metro public library systems includeKansas City Public Library (Missouri),Mid-Continent Public Library,Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, andJohnson County Library. Private libraries include theHarry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum and theLinda Hall Library.
The Kansas City Star is the metropolitan area's major daily newspaper.The McClatchy Company, which ownsThe Star, also owns two suburban weeklies:Lee's Summit Journal andOlathe Journal.
TheKansas City Kansan serves Wyandotte County, having moved from print to an online format in 2009. Additional weekly papers in the metropolitan area include theLiberty Tribune,Sun Newspapers of Johnson County,The Examiner in Independence and eastern Jackson County,The Pitch, and theKansas-Missouri Sentinel. The faith-based newspapers areThe Metro Voice Christian Newspaper and theJewish Chronicle.Dos Mundos is a bilingual newspaper with articles in Spanish and English, andMi Raza magazine is the area's only weekly Hispanic publication printed in Spanish. TheKansas City Call is an African American weekly newspaper.
According toArbitron, about 1.5 million people over the age of 12 live within the Kansas City DMA, making it the 30th largest market for radio and 31st for television according toNielsen. The Kansas City television and radio markets cover 32 counties encompassing northwestern Missouri and northeast Kansas.
Television stations in the Kansas City metropolitan area, with all major network affiliates represented, include:
The Kansas City television market is in very close proximity to two other media markets, St. Joseph and Topeka. As such, most of the television stations in the Kansas City area are receivable over-the-air in portions of both markets, including their principal cities; likewise, stations from Topeka are receivable as far east as Kansas City, Kansas and stations from St. Joseph are viewable as far south as Kansas City, Missouri's immediate northern suburbs.
Over 30 FM and 20 AM radio stations broadcast in the Kansas City area, with stations from Topeka, St. Joseph and Carrollton also reaching into the metropolitan area. The highest-rated radio stations, according to Arbitron are:
Hispanics, who account for 8% of the market's population, are specifically served by three AM radio stations who broadcast inSpanish:
The Kansas City metropolitan area's largest private employer isCerner Corporation.[39] Cerner, a global healthcare IT company which is headquartered in North Kansas City, employs nearly 10,000 people in the area with a total workforce of nearly 20,000 people including global employees. In August 2014, the company announced its acquisition of competitorSiemens Healthcare.[40] Cerner has several campuses across the area with its World Headquarters building in North Kansas City, Innovations Campus in South Kansas City, and Continuous Campus in Kansas City, Kansas.
Other major employers and business enterprises areAT&T,BNSF Railway,GEICO,Asurion,T-Mobile,Citigroup,EMBARQ,Farmers Insurance Group,Garmin,Hallmark Cards,Husqvarna,H&R Block,General Motors,Honeywell,Ford Motor Company,MillerCoors,State Street Corporation,The Kansas City Star, andWaddell & Reed, some of which are headquartered in the metropolitan area. Kansas City also has a large pharmaceutical industry, with companies such asBayer andAventis having a large presence.
These are among the largest companies and organizations, excluding educational institutions, that are headquartered in or have since relocated from the metropolitan area. Headquarters of most are located in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Kansas CityFederal Reserve Bank is one of twelve such banks located in the United States.
TheUSDA provides estimates of the number oftrees by county in the Kansas City metropolitan area.[42]
The five most common species in the region's urban and rural forest wereAmerican elm (28.9%),northern hackberry (14.0%),Osage-orange (7.2%),honeylocust (6.7%), andeastern redcedar (5.0%).
Many notable people through history were born in, or moved to, what is now the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The list from Kansas City, Missouri includes these: cartoonistsWalt Disney,Friz Freleng, andUb Iwerks; musiciansCount Basie,Melissa Etheridge,Tech N9ne, andEminem; RepresentativeEmanuel Cleaver and historical city bossTom Pendergast; actorsEllie Kemper,Don Cheadle, andJason Sudeikis; reporterWalter Cronkite; pilotAmelia Earhart; and writerErnest Hemingway.The list from Kansas City, Kansas includes actorsEric Stonestreet,Scott Foley, andTuc Watkins; singer and actorJanelle Monáe;Kermit the Frog puppeteerMatt Vogel;West Side Story cinematographerDaniel L. Fapp;Marvel Comics writerJason Aaron; sculptor and pioneering black pilotEd Dwight Jr.;Negro leagues playerEd Dwight Sr.; and mass murdererRichard Hickock.
The list from Independence, Missouri includes PresidentHarry S. Truman,Guns N' Roses keyboardistChris Pitman, actorArliss Howard,Devo co-founderBob Lewis, self-freed slave andOregon Trail pioneerHiram Young,Pulitzer Prize-winning historianDavid McCullough, actorGinger Rogers, fantasy novelistMargaret Weis, television series creatorPaul Henning, and black female Civil War soldierCathay Williams.
From Overland Park, Kansas, this includes film directorsMichael Almereyda (Hamlet) andDarren Lynn Bousman (Saw), actorsRob Riggle andTom Kane, economist and writerMichael R. Strain, andeSports playerJohnathan Wendel.From Lenexa, Kansas, this includes actorsPaul Rudd andJason Wiles, gunfighterWild Bill Hickok, and autism researcherWilliam Shaw.From Olathe, Kansas, this includesGeorge Washington Carver.From Lee's Summit, this includesBob,Cole,Jim, andJohn of theJames–Younger Gang.
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