People QuickFacts Kansas City Missouri Population, 2012 estimate 464,310 6,021,988 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 459,787 5,988,924 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.0% 0.6% Population, 2010 459,787 5,988,927 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.5% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.2% 23.8% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.0% 14.0% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.5% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 59.2% 82.8% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 29.9% 11.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.5% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.2% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 10.0% 3.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 54.9% 81.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 79.6% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 7.7% 3.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 11.9% 6.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 86.6% 86.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 30.1% 25.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 33,052 503,720 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.5 23.3  Housing units, 2010 221,860 2,712,729 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 57.3% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 30.7% 19.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $136,900 $138,900 Households, 2007-2011 192,271 2,354,104 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.34 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,372 $25,371 Median household income, 2007-2011 $45,246 $47,202 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 18.2% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Kansas City Missouri Total number of firms, 2007 35,820 501,064 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 13.0% 4.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.7% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.2% 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.9% 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 7,789,319 110,907,604 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 15,540,084 81,032,913 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 6,712,982 76,575,216 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,108 $12,957 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,668,701 11,070,634     Geography QuickFacts Kansas City Missouri Land area in square miles, 2010 314.95 68,741.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,459.9 87.1 FIPS Code 38000 29 Counties Cass County Clay County Jackson County Platte County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts