![]() Kansas City has the largest municipal government in the state. As of 2017, Kansas City has an estimated population of 488,943 people with the Whites forming the majority at 59% followed by Black Americans at 29% It covers an area of approximately 319 square miles, making it the 23rd largest city in the US. ![]() However, a small part of the city is in Platte, Cass, and Clay Counties. Kansas City is located in Jackson County. At the time of its founding, the city was primarily meant to serve as the port of the Missouri River. The city is located at the border of Kansas and Missouri. Kansas City is the largest city in Missouri and the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area. It can be quite confusing to have Kansas City in Missouri, and not Missouri City considering that the name Kansas is for a different state. The Kansas City metropolitan area is the one that straddles the Kansas-Missouri borders. These are two different cities sharing the same border. ![]() It should not be mistaken that the Kansas City in Missouri straddles the borders into the next state. Most of the city area is in Missouri, and this is why the Kansas City in Missouri is more popular than the Kansas City in Kansas. There have been controversies concerning the naming of the two cities. ![]() There are two Kansas Cities in the United States Kansas City in the state of Missouri and Kansas City in the state of Kansas. There has always been confusion as to where the Kansas City is located depending on the Kansas City one is referring to. ![]()
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