What is Kansas City metropolitan area?
[[File:KC metro map.svg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|The 14-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 14 [[county|counties]] in both [[Missouri]] and [[Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=OMB Bulletin No. 23-01|publisher=Office of Management and Budget|date=July 21, 2023|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf|access-date=April 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721214234/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf|archive-date=July 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> With a [[population]] of 2.2 [[million]] people, it is the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri behind [[Greater St. Louis]].<ref name=PopEstCBSA>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html#v2024 |title=Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals: 2020-2024 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=March 12, 2025 |access-date=March 18, 2025 }}</ref> However, the Kansas city metropolitan area gained population from 2020 to 2024. The St. Louis metropolitan area lost population.<ref name=PopEstCBSA/> == References == {{reflist}} <br> {{US-geo-stub}} {{Kansas City MSA}} {{Kansas City, Missouri}} {{USLargestMetros}} {{Kansas}} {{Missouri|state=collapsed}} [[Category:Kansas City, Missouri]] [[Category:Metropolitan areas of the United States]]