Kansas City is a relatively large city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 153,384 people and 61 associated neighborhoods, Kansas City is the third largest community in Kansas.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Kansas City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.25% of the Kansas City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Kansas City is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Kansas City who work in office and administrative support (10.40%), sales jobs (8.51%), and management occupations (6.94%). Also of interest is that Kansas City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.39% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Kansas City’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.In terms of college education, Kansas City is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.68% of adults 25 and older in Kansas City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Kansas City in 2022 was $27,034, which is lower middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,136 for a family of four. However, Kansas City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kansas City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kansas City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kansas City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kansas City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.65% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kansas City include German, Irish, English, African, and Italian. Kansas City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.70%. The most common language spoken in Kansas City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
