Kansas City, Missouri

**Kansas City, Missouri** (**KC** or **KCMO**) is the biggest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and size. Most of the city is in Jackson County, but other parts are in Clay, Platte, and Cass counties. The Kansas River and Missouri River meet one another in Kansas City. The city has about 508,090 people, and the entire metropolitan area has about 2,000,000 people, some of whom live in the state of Kansas. Its mayor is Quinton Lucas. Some sports teams there are the Royals (baseball), the Chiefs (American football), and the Wizards (soccer). Kansas City is well known for some of its barbecue restaurants, and is also an important place for business.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Kansas City
- **official name**: City of Kansas City
- **settlement type**: List of cities in Missouri, City
- **image caption**: From top to bottom, left to right: Downtown Kansas City from Liberty Memorial, KC Streetcar, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, and Liberty Memorial
- **image flag**: Flag of Kansas City, Missouri.svg
- **blank emblem type**: Flag
- **nickname**: "KC", "KCMO", the "City of Fountains", "Paris of the Plains", and the "Heart of America"
- **map caption**: City boundaries and location within the U.S.
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Missouri, Counties
- **subdivision name2**: Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson, Clay County, Missouri, Clay, Platte County, Missouri, Platte, Cass County, Missouri, Cass
- **established title**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date**: (as the Town of Kansas);  (as the City of Kansas)
- **named for**: Kansas River
- **leader title**: Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor
- **leader name**: Quinton Lucas (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **leader title1**: Body
- **leader name1**: Kansas City, Missouri City Council
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 826.14
- **area total sq mi**: 318.98
- **area land km2**: 815.55
- **area land sq mi**: 314.88
- **area water km2**: 10.60
- **area water sq mi**: 4.09
- **area urban km2**: 1513.59
- **area urban sq mi**: 584.4
- **area metro km2**: 20,596
- **elevation m**: 277
- **elevation ft**: 910
- **population total**: 508,090
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density km2**: 607.36
- **population density sq mi**: 1573.04
- **population urban**: 1,674,218 (US: List of United States urban areas, 34th)
- **population metro**: 2,192,035 (US: List of metropolitan statistical areas, 31st)
- **population rank**: US: List of United States cities by population, 36th
MO: 1st
- **population blank1 title**: Combined statistical area, CSA
- **population blank1**: 2,528,644 (US: Combined Statistical Area, 29th)
- **population demonym**: Kansas Citian
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 64101-64102, 64105-64106, 64108-64114, 64116-64121, 64123 64129 64134, 64136 64139, 64141, 64144 64149, 64151 64158, 64161, 64163 64168, 64170 64172, 64179 64180, 64183 64184, 64187 64188, 64190 64193, 64195 64199, 64999
- **area codes**: Area code 816, 816, Area code 975, 975 _(planned)_
- **timezone**: North American Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: −06:00
- **timezone dst**: North American Central Time Zone, CDT
- **utc offset dst**: −05:00
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 29000-38000
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 748198
- **blank1 name sec2**: Interstate Highway System, Interstates
- **blank1 info sec2**:
- **blank2 name sec2**: Airports
- **blank2 info sec2**: Kansas City International Airport, Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport