Kansas City, Missouri
| Kansas City, Missouri | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of Kansas City
Quinton Lucas | |
| Last mayoral election: | 2023 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2027 |
| Last city council election: | 2023 |
| Next city council election: | 2027 |
| City council seats: | 13[1] |
| City website | |
| Composition data | |
| Population: | 508,090 |
| Race: | White 55.3% African American 26.1% Asian 3.1% Native American 0.6% Pacific Islander 0.3% Multiple 9% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic or Latino origin 12% |
| Median household income: | $67,449 |
| High school graduation rate: | 91.8% |
| College graduation rate: | 37.8% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2023 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. | |
| Related Kansas City offices | |
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Kansas City is a city spanning portions of Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass counties in Missouri. The city's population was 508,090 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Kansas City utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2]
Mayor
The mayor presides over city council meetings and official city ceremonies. The mayor also represents the city on the state, national, and international levels. The current Mayor of Kansas City is Quinton Lucas. Lucas assumed office in 2019.[2]
City manager
The city manager is the city's chief executive officer and chief administrator. The responsibilities of the city manager include overseeing the city's day-to-day operations, planning and implementing the city's operating budget, and appointing departmental directors and other senior-level positions.[3][4]
City council
The Kansas City City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for adopting the city budget, approving mayoral appointees, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances.[2]
The Kansas City City Council has 13 members, including the mayor. Six members are elected by the city's six districts, while the other six members and the mayor are elected at large.[2]
The widget below automatically displays information about city council meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords that Voterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:
Other elected officials
Ballotpedia does not cover any additional city officials in Kansas City, Missouri.
Mayoral partisanship
Kansas City has a Democratic mayor. As of October 2025, 66 mayors in the largest 100 cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party, 23 are affiliated with the Republican Party, one is affiliated with the Libertarian Party, three are independents, five identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and two mayors' affiliations are unknown. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
Mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan in most of the nation's largest cities. However, many officeholders are affiliated with political parties. Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder's partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Elections
2023
The city of Kansas City, Missouri, held general elections for mayor, city council, and municipal court on June 20, 2023. A primary was scheduled for April 4, 2023. The filing deadline for this election was January 10, 2023. Judges seeking retention were required to file by April 21, 2023.
2020
- See also: June 2, 2020 ballot measures in Missouri
City voters decided one local ballot measure on June 2, 2020. Click here to learn more about the city ballot question.
2019
City voters also decided five local ballot measures on November 5, 2019. Click here to learn more about the city ballot questions.
2017
While no regular municipal elections were scheduled in 2017, there were multiple special ballot measure elections.
2015
The city of Kansas City, Missouri, held nonpartisan elections for mayor and city council on June 23, 2015. A primary election took place on April 7, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was January 13, 2015. All 12 city council seats were up for election.[5][6]
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
| Demographic Data for Kansas City | |
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| Kansas City | |
| Population | 508,090 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 314 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 57.8% |
| Black/African American | 25.8% |
| Asian | 2.7% |
| Native American | 0.4% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | 4.5% |
| Multiple | 8.6% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 12.3% |
| Education | |
| High school graduation rate | 91.8% |
| College graduation rate | 37.8% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $67,449 |
| Persons below poverty level | 14.6% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2018-2023). | |
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | |
Budget
The city's budget process operates by fiscal years running from May 1 to April 30 of the next year. The city manager along with the city's Finance Department review department budget requests and develop a balanced budget. The proposed budget is submitted to the mayor and city council for approval. The city council must adopt a budget by the fourth regular meeting in March.[7][8]
Fiscally standardized cities data
The fiscally standardized cities (FiSC) data below was compiled by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to make municipal budgets comparable across cities in the United States.[9]
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FiSCs are constructed by adding revenues and expenditures of each central city municipal government to a portion of the revenues and expenditures of overlying governments, including counties, independent school districts, and special districts. The allocations to FiSCs are estimates of the revenues collected from and services provided to central city residents and businesses by these overlying independent governments. Thus FiSCs provides a full picture of revenues raised from city residents and businesses and spending on their behalf, whether done by the city government or a separate overlying government.[10] |
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| —Lincoln Institute of Land Policy[11] | ||
The tables below show estimated finances within city limits. As such, the revenue and expenses listed may differ from the actual city budget.
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Historical total revenue and expenditure
To see the historical total revenue or expenditures as a rounded amount in this city, hover over the bars.[9]
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Contact information
Mayor's office
29th Floor City Hall
414 E. 12th St.
Kansas City, MO 64106
Phone: 816-513-3500
City Clerk's office
414 E. 12th St.
Kansas City, MO 64106
Phone: 816-513-6401
Click here for city council contact information.
Ballot measures
- See also: Jackson County, Missouri ballot measures
The city of Kansas City is in Jackson County. A list of ballot measures in Jackson County is available here.
Noteworthy events
2020: Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
During the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, demonstrations and protests took place in cities nationwide, including Kansas City, following the death of George Floyd. Events in Kansas City, Missouri began on Friday, May 29, 2020, at the J.C. Nichols Foundation before moving to the Country Club Plaza.[12] On May 30, Gov. Mike Parsons (R) declared a state of emergency, which allowed the Missouri National Guard to join local police.[13] Members were deployed to the city following a request made by Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith.[14] On May 31, Mayor Quinton Lucas (D) issued a curfew.[15]
2015: Study on city's nondiscrimination laws
In July 2015, the Movement Advancement Project described Kansas City, Missouri, as a city or county that prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of gender identity via ordinances that apply to public and private employers. At that time, a total of 71 of America's largest 100 cities prohibited private employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, while 69 of those cities also prohibited discrimination based on gender identity. This did not include those jurisdictions that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for government employees.[16]
Nondiscrimination laws can cover a variety of areas, including public employment, private employment, housing, and public accommodations. Such laws may be enacted at the state, county, or city level.
See also
- Cities in Missouri
- Jackson County, Missouri ballot measures
- Jackson County, Missouri
- Largest cities in the United States by population
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The mayor is included in this number as one of the city council members.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 City of Kansas City, "About City Council," accessed August 20, 2021
- ↑ City of Kansas City, "City Manager's Office," accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ Kansas City Code of Ordinances, "Chapter 2, Article III - City Manager," access August 20, 2021
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2015 Missouri Election Calendar," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ Kansas City Board of Elections, "Home," accessed January 23, 2015
- ↑ City of Kansas City, "Budget Process – Submitted Budget," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ City of Kansas City, "Adopted Budget FY 2023-24," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities database," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities," accessed August 23, 20231
- ↑ KSHB, "KC's 'passionate' protest of George Floyd's killing moves to Plaza," May 30, 2020
- ↑ Fox 4, "Missouri Highway Patrol and National Guard arrives in Kansas City to aid police during protests," May 30, 2020
- ↑ KCTV News 5, "Protests turn violent in Kansas City as demonstrators throw rocks, water bottles," June 2, 2020
- ↑ KY3, "Curfew issued for some parts of Kansas City after protests turn violent Saturday," May 31, 2020
- ↑ Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015
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