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The 15-county Kansas City Metropolitan Area, with the approximate city limits of Kansas City, Missouri in red and counties in blue
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]
Central city Largest cities (over 100,000 in 2020 ) Medium-sized cities (10,000 to 100,000 in 2020 ) Smaller Cities (between 5,000 and 10,000 in 2020 ) Counties
New York, New York
Los Angeles, California
Chicago, Illinois
Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas
Houston, Texas
Atlanta, Georgia
Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Miami, Florida
Phoenix, Arizona
Boston, Massachusetts
Riverside–San Bernardino, California
San Francisco–Oakland, California
Detroit, Michigan
Seattle, Washington
Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota
Tampa, Florida
San Diego, California
Denver, Colorado
Baltimore, Maryland
Orlando, Florida
Charlotte, North Carolina
St. Louis, Missouri
San Antonio, Texas
Portland, Oregon
Austin, Texas
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sacramento, California
Las Vegas, Nevada
Cincinnati, Ohio
Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas
Columbus, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Indianapolis, Indiana
Nashville, Tennessee
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Jose, California
Virginia Beach–Norfolk, Virginia
Jacksonville, Florida
Providence, Rhode Island
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Raleigh, North Carolina
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Louisville, Kentucky
Richmond, Virginia
Memphis, Tennessee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Birmingham, Alabama
Fresno, California
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Buffalo, New York
Hartford, Connecticut
Tucson, Arizona
Rochester, New York
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Honolulu, Hawaii
Omaha, Nebraska
Greenville, South Carolina
New Orleans, Louisiana
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Knoxville, Tennessee
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bakersfield, California
Sarasota, Florida
Albany, New York
McAllen, Texas
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Allentown–Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
El Paso, Texas
Worcester, Massachusetts
Columbia, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Cape Coral, Florida
Oxnard, California
Boise, Idaho
Lakeland, Florida
Dayton, Ohio
Stockton, California
Greensboro, North Carolina
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Little Rock, Arkansas
Des Moines, Iowa
Provo, Utah
Deltona, Florida
Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, New York
Akron, Ohio
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Madison, Wisconsin
Ogden, Utah
Syracuse, New York
Wichita, Kansas
Palm Bay, Florida
Augusta, Georgia
Jackson, Mississippi
Durham, North Carolina
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Spokane, Washington
Toledo, Ohio
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Chattanooga, Tennessee