Figure 2: Kansas City is the 31st-largest Metro Area in the United States

Population as of July 1, 2025, for the five metropolitan statistical areas immediately larger and the five immediately smaller than Kansas City, which ranks 31st of 387 nationally. Metropolitan areas are county-based and built around an urban core of at least 50,000 people.
Chart: Korea Economic Institute of AmericaSource: U.S. Census BureauGet the data