Kansas City is a very large city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 509,297 people and 167 associated neighborhoods, Kansas City is the largest community in Missouri.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Kansas City is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kansas City is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kansas City who work in office and administrative support (12.09%), management occupations (10.71%), and sales jobs (8.96%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Kansas City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.18% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. The population of Kansas City is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.13% of adults in Kansas City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Kansas City in 2022 was $38,146, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,584 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 11.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kansas City include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Kansas City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
