Kansas City

The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its fourteen counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (nine counties) and Kansas (five counties). The 8,472 square miles (21,940 km2) 2024 estimated census calculated a population of more than 2.2 million people, it is the second-largest metropolitan area centered in Missouri (after Greater St. Louis) and is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas, though Wichita is the largest metropolitan area centered in Kansas. Alongside Kansas City, Missouri, these are the suburbs with populations above 100,000: Overland Park, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; Olathe, Kansas; Independence, Missouri; and Lee’s Summit, Missouri.

We♥KC! August 24-31, 2023 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City / Lawrence, KS)

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We♥KC! July 20-26, 2023 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City / Lawrence, KS)

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We♥KC! July 1-11, 2023 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City / Lawrence, KS)

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