Kansas City metropolitan area

The Kansas City metropolitan area surrounds the city of Kansas City, Missouri. It includes 15 counties in both Missouri and Kansas.^[1] With a population of 2.34 million people, it is the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri behind Greater St. Louis.^[1] However, the Kansas city metropolitan area is currently showing a 3.1 percent growth rate.^[2] The St. Louis metropolitan area is only growing at a rate of .7 percent.^[2]

The 15-county Kansas City Metropolitan Area, with the approximate city limits of Kansas City, Missouri in red and counties in blue

ReferencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Kansas City Population 2015". World Population Review. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Yael T. Abouhalkah (25 July 2015). "Kansas City metropolitan area thumps St. Louis in new population growth". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

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[WPR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Kansas City Population 2015". World Population Review. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

[AbouhalkahKCS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Yael T. Abouhalkah (25 July 2015). "Kansas City metropolitan area thumps St. Louis in new population growth". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

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