Talk:Kansas City metropolitan area

Simplify
Everything this page covers is already covered in the "Kansas City, MO" page. This page is redundant. IF you're going to have a "KC Metro" page it ought to be about the interconnectivity of the various cities in the region NOT a rehashing of everything about KCMO. 02:11, 5 March 2015 (UTC)2605:A601:44A:9601:8427:3E88:F323:60F9 (talk)
 * I agree. I went back and found what the page looked like when I edited a few years ago. I just described the whole area and what parts were where. Gbleem (talk) 15:06, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Who wrote this? Brookside and Waldo are not considered part of "Midtown". Ask anybody who lives here--Midtown clearly stops at the Plaza, if not before. And Ward parkway is Midtown? This article reeks. I'm taking out the incorrect neighborhoods. 02:05, 5 March 2015 (UTC)2605:A601:44A:9601:8427:3E88:F323:60F9 (talk)

Having the Kansas City page redirected to Kansas City Metro is really dumb. If I type in "Chicago" do we get redirected to Chicago metro? No, no we don't. Kansas City Kansas is a suburb of Kansas City Missouri, and is the reason this whole merging of the suburbs is taking place on this page--out of confusion. It's especially annoying when one recognizes that these suburbs you're including under the identity of "Kansas City" are mostly from the state of Kansas, which has been leeching both culture and businesses away from Missouri for a number of years. 2605:A601:44A:9601:8427:3E88:F323:60F9 (talk) 02:00, 5 March 2015 (UTC)Alan
 * I disagree. There is a Kansas City, Kansas and most people who are not from the area do not understand that there is a difference. If someone just puts in Kansas City then I think the metro area is a good place for them to be educated. Gbleem (talk) 15:06, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Metro population
I have again re-corrected the metro area population top slightly OVER two million people. The Kansas City Star confirmed this and as usual with KC star articles, they are removed after 90 days. I have found a local NBC affiliate article that confirms the above statement. Kcuello (talk) 04:24, 25 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't really care which stat is used but I will add this: WikiProject Cities suggest that census figures should be stated first and used in the infobox and then other figures can be used to supplement that information.  That said, I'm sure when the population estimates for 2009 are released in March they will show a metro population over two million. Grey Wanderer (talk) 19:41, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

There's a need to include a demographics section for the Kansas City Metro area. The 2010 United States Census report a large growth rate of ethnic/racial minorities, where the Hispanic community tripled in size in the 2000s and the Asian American population increased in size by 6 times in the same time. In the past decade, African immigrants and others from Southeast Asia arrived in the KC metro area, as well throughout Missouri with the states of Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska made the Central Plains region among the nation's most diverse in terms of racial and ethnic composition in urban areas of St. Louis, Omaha, Des Moines and Wichita.

A high density and concentration of South Asians, Burmese people, Filipinos, Somalis, Ethiopians and Sudanese refugees settled down in the Downtown or central district of Kansas City, MO. and Johnson County, Kansas including Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas City area attracted many Vietnamese and Cambodians in the 1980s long after the Vietnam war, then came former Yugoslavians or Bosnians since the Bosnia civil war in the 1990s, and Arab Americans such as Lebanese people formed a sizable cultural presence in Kansas City. 71.102.24.62 (talk) 05:03, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

The OMB definition of the Consolidated Statistical Area for Kansas City expanded in 2012 to include the Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Lawrence Metropolitan Statistical Areas, along with the Warrensburg, Ottawa, and Atchison Micropolitan Areas. The Associated Areas section of this article should reflect this. Trobster (talk) 11:54, 2 March 2018 (UTC)trobster

11:54, 2 March 2018 (UTC)Trobster (talk)

Population
If the population was corrected, why is it still saying 2.75 million? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.143.35.138 (talk) 15:26, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Regardless of the actual population, the Kansas City metropolitan area is nowhere near the 2nd largest metropolitan area. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:DE0B:4000:8CEA:929:8A36:BCCA (talk) 13:50, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Article Review
When looking at the articles citations, they appear to be up to date and correctly noted. When I clicked the links to the citations, all of the ones that I seemed to click went to the correct websites and it was documented information. It doesn't appear that any plagiarizing has been committed here.

The information comes from government census's and other University's like Brigham Young University and the University of Missouri Press. The census is not biased because it is a collection of data and with different University's having citations distributed to them, it doesn't appear as though the information was reported or written incorrectly.

Alwvy4 (talk) 00:18, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

More on the geographic divisions
I note that there appears to be a hole in the city itself, based on my reading of the definition of the city/metro sections.

If "Midtown" stretches no further east than Troost, and the "eastern side of the metro" begins with the "far-eastern parts of Kansas City," then where does the city's East Side fit in - the part between Troost and the Blue River from 31st to 75th? (You could divide this into the "East Side" and the "Southeast" at Brush Creek.)

As for the area west of Troost from the Plaza south to Gregory (not West Gregory; that's only the part west of Main Street) Boulevard, it was once known collectively as the "Southside," but that term's fallen out of use. It encompasses Brookside and the Country Club District, but I can't think of a single term to refer to both.

This article needs a lot of refinement and cleanup, and someone needs to find a place to put the East Side and its neighborhoods. Marketstel (talk) 02:55, 2 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Please do lend your expertise! Seriously. Red Slash 20:48, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 10 December 2016

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: no consensus. There does not appear to be a consensus at this time for either the city or the metro area to take over the root name of Kansas City. (non-admin closure) Brad  v  02:16, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Kansas City metropolitan area → Kansas City – If the dabpage can't take over, then the metro area should take over the base title. Statistics say that the cities of the same name in Missouri and in Kansas have more hits than the metro area. However, the redirect and the metro area have more view hits than the disambiguation page. Therefore, "metropolitan area" may not be needed anymore. George Ho (talk) 17:39, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Really, the disambiguation page should be at Kansas City. I can't see how the metro has any more claim to primary topic than two of its principal cities. kennethaw88 • talk 03:46, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I know it's awkward to believe, kenneth. I tried to make the dabpage take the base title in the previous RM, but the opposition hounded me. Also, the consensus in the past discussion three years ago agreed to make the metro area the broad-concept article (WP:DABCONCEPT). Statistics for non-Missouri, non-Kansas topics combined (excluding some partial matches) are less than the Kansas/Missouri ones. George Ho (talk) 04:53, 11 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Support. Either move the metro area to be a concept dab article, or redirect Kansas City to Kansas City, Missouri. I think either of those is better than a dab page in this instance, and the status quo of redirecting to an article with "metropolitan area" on the end doesn't seem necessary. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 13:14, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support. This would make sense. With good reason, we're already treating the metro area of "Kansas City" as the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The reasons for that have been well argued at the last two RMs. Given that, it makes sense to move the article to the base name.--Cúchullain t/ c 20:28, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Kansas City, Missouri is the stronger article and should have precedent. The redirect should be changed accordingly. - PaulxSA (talk) 19:12, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose - There's apparently no clear primary topic, and if there is one, it'd be Kansas City, Missouri. Otherwise, this should be the DAB page. - BilCat (talk) 04:11, 27 December 2016 (UTC)


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Proposed new simplification
I started a replacement for this page in my sandbox area: User:Rrostie/sandbox/Kansas_CIty_Metropolitan_Area The part User:Rrostie/sandbox/Kansas_CIty_Metropolitan_Area still needs to be simplified further and cleaned up, to start with. Maybe take out most of the details and instead provide links to the main pages, IE Downtown Kansas City

The rest of the page needs to be cleaned up too.

Rrostie (talk) 19:27, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

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14 or 15 counties?
As of 2019-04-24 the first sentence of this article reads, "The Kansas City metropolitan area is a 14 county metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri, and straddling the border between the U.S. states of Missouri and Kansas. "

However, the "KC metro map" shows 15 counties.

The reference cited is a spreadsheet that actually identifies 15 counties: Atchison County, KS, in row 89 and another 14 in rows 865-878, being Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas plus Bates, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, and Ray Counties in Missouri.

HOWEVER, Atchison County, KS, is NOT marked on the "KC metro map". I've changed the number of counties in the first sentence to 15.

Accordingly, I'm changing the number to 15 counties.


 * Can someone else fix the map?

Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 15:38, 24 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Per the most recent census definitions the Kansas City MSA is made up of 14 counties, the map is of the MSA. The CSA is significantly larger.


 * I should add that Miami County, Kansas was dropped from the MSA a couple years ago and that’s where the discrepancy came from. Grey Wanderer (talk) 03:52, 25 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Wonderful. Might you be able to find the time to fix this article so it cites a more current source listing those 14 counties?
 * Also, what do you suggest we do about the map?
 * If we cannot attract the attention of anyone with the knowledge, skills and time to fix it, I think we should delete it. DavidMCEddy (talk) 04:12, 25 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Per your suggestion I have updated the source. Graphics Lab/Map workshop should be able to make quick work of the map update. I recently requested another Missouri metropolitan area map there and they did great work. This page is on my list to be updated, if you wish to expedite the process feel free to jump in. Grey Wanderer (talk) 17:28, 25 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I'm overwhelmed with other things, so I'll leave this in your capable hands.  DavidMCEddy (talk) 18:25, 25 April 2019 (UTC)


 * I see you just changed the number of counties from 14 to 15. Can you please provide a solid reference to justify that change with a discussion that considers the previous discussion about this issue in this section -- or revert your change if that's what is required?  Also, User:Grey Wanderer requested an update to the map.  Might you have time to follow up with that as appropriate?  Thanks for your support for Wikipedia and this article in particular.  DavidMCEddy (talk) 02:43, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

anchored by KCMO
On 2019-07-04T16:23:15 User:2600:8803:9401:d800:d509:5de4:30f2:3914 changed the opening line from "The Kansas City metropolitan area is a 15 county metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri," to "... anchored by Kansas City, Kansas." KCMO was officially incorporated 1850-06-01, two das less than 4 years before Kansas became a territory under the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which became law 1854-05-30. KCMO has a population of almost 500,000. The second largest municipality in the metro area is Overland Park with a population just under 200,000.

I'm reverting this edit as vandalism. DavidMCEddy (talk) 16:38, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Wyandotte vs. KCK?
What's the difference between Wyandotte County and KCK?

I've heard that their government is combined, but I don't know if they have the same boundaries.

I know that Denver, Colorado, is "officially the City and County of Denver". Thanks for your work on this KC Metro Area article. DavidMCEddy (talk) 13:02, 25 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Mostly Because it also contains Bonner Springs, Kansas which is also in Johnson County and Leavenworth County — Preceding unsigned comment added by PanamanianBlanco (talk • contribs) 13:06, 25 October 2019 (UTC)


 * User:PanamanianBlanco shared the following map with me on my User page; I thought it should be here:


 * Wyandotte County map


 * Thanks to User:PanamanianBlanco. DavidMCEddy (talk) 13:46, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Columbia College (Missouri)
As of 2020-02-23 Columbia College was listed as part of the [Kansas City metropolitan area Combined Statistical Area] of the Kansas City metropolitan area. User:Eagleash tagged it with "[disambiguation needed]". There is a Columbia College (Missouri) in Columbia, Missouri, but that's NOT part of the Kansas City Combined Statistical Area. I've therefore deleted it. If you think it belongs, please explain. Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 23:31, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Columbia College has some brick and mortar “campuses” in the metro area. It is the same school. Grey Wanderer (talk) 20:50, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

"Paris of the Midwest" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Paris of the Midwest. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 November 11 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. signed,Rosguill talk 20:04, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

The "Kansas City metropolitan area" is NOT restricted to Missouri: It straddles the state line
Why did you change the name of the article on the "Kansas City metropolitan area" to "Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri"? What needs to happen to revert this change?

This seems grossly misleading to me: There are TWO cities named Kansas City:  One is in Missouri. The other is in Kansas. They are separated mostly by "State Line Road": As the names suggest, you can stand in the middle of State Line Road with your heels in Kansas and toes in Missouri (or vice versa). The first two sentences of the lede say, "The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties)."

If that first sentence (or anything else in this article) requires you to change the name as you did, how should we change the article so it's clear that the title should be, "Kansas City metropolitan area" and NOT, "Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri"?

For example, might it be appropriate to change that first sentence to read something like, "The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by the two "Kansas Cities", one in Missouri and the other in Kansas"?

I was raised in Kansas. I moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1970, and I live there now. I've also lived in Overland Park, a suburb on the Kansas side. I regularly work and socialize with people who live and work in several of the 14 counties and 79 municipalities listed in this article as part of the Kansas City metropolitan area; very roughly half of the municipalities listed are in Kansas, while the rest are in Missouri.

I don't personally know other Wikipedians who live in this area, but I would expect there would be some -- and I would expect that all or nearly all would object to this reclassification.

From user:RealIK17 I see that you have been very active with Wikipedia and have connections to Ohio. Thank you for your many contributions to Wikipedia. I hope you will support an effort to revert this move while changing the article so it doesn't invite someone else to try to move it again. DavidMCEddy (talk) 18:37, 21 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Titling this article as "Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri-Kansas" is better than "Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri".
 * However, what's wrong with just, "Kansas City metropolitan area"?
 * Is there a geographic entity anywhere in the world named "Kansas City" that is NOT in this metro area? I do not recall ever encountering one.  There may be "Kansas City Barbecue" restaurants in other cities around the world, but no one would confuse such with a "Kansas City metropolitan area".  "Kansas City" is NOT like, e.g., Athens, Moscow, or London with many cities around the world named after a primary city with over 800 years of history (for Moscow; maybe 5,000 years for Athens.
 * If you are following a rule, I want to understand the rule, because I think it's wrong, at least in this application. Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 19:05, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I browsed more than 300 metro and combined area pages, and many of them were a mess. If I offended you, I'm sorry. I don't have any rules other than making them more consistent. RealIK17 (talk) 19:13, 21 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Could you please revert these changes?
 * Adding a state name may make sense for other municipalities and metro areas. However, I perceive it to be inappropriate in this case, and I'd would expect that the vast majority of people who know anything about Kansas City to agree with what I've said.  Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 19:37, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I can't. I tried it, but the system stopped me. RealIK17 (talk) 19:44, 21 August 2021 (UTC)


 * What needs to happen to fix this?
 * What do you think about posting a request to revert these changes to Teahouse?
 * That seems to be what is suggested we do for something like this on Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. (I got there from Administrators, which I found from Bureaucrats.)
 * Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 20:09, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Maybe just post the request on the technical page move request page. RealIK17 (talk) 20:15, 21 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks. How do I find "the technical page move request page"?  DavidMCEddy (talk) 20:35, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests - Wikipedia RealIK17 (talk) 20:37, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Then do it. Right now. And undo every other pointless and undiscussed major change you've done and don't ever do anything like this again. — Smuckola(talk) 22:58, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * have you done what is requested above yet? I have fixed the five you changed north of the border contrary to their official legal names. Like Smuckola stated on your talk page, this responsibility should be yours and not others. You need to be much more careful moving forward to not disrupt so many apple carts in one fell swoop. Hwy43 (talk) 16:38, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Other principal cities
The second phrase in the article currently reads, "Other principal cities are Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, and Independence, Missouri.

This conflicts with both of the references cited: The 2020 version lists Lenexa and Overland Park in addition to KCK and KCMO. The 2019 version lists Olathe and Leavenworth in addition to KCK and KCMO. I think we should either list "Other principal cities are Overland Park,Kansas City, and Lenexa, Kansas, consistent with the 2020 version OR change the reference(s) somehow to support the statement. ???

Thanks for your work to improve Wikipedia. DavidMCEddy (talk) 16:11, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

DavidMCEddy (talk) 16:11, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

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Centered in Missouri
Hey I can’t find any reference on this page that says it’s centered in Missouri or anchored by Kansas City Missouri. Could someone please explain why this is on here? There are central counties (which contain the core are of a metro) listed in both Kansas and Missouri as can be seen here and here 70.94.30.40 (talk) 17:45, 10 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Why did you delete this addition to the Talk page claiming WP:DENY?
 * It seems like a reasonable question, if somewhat esoteric, backed by two references that could potentially be relevant to this article.
 * Is 70.94.30.40 an alias for User:Willondon? If so, why does that matter?  The user page for Willondon looks sensible from a cursory review. I didn't see anything obviously strange from looking at the list of User contributions for Willondon, which you included in your justification for deleting this.
 * The first new reference is an Excel file from the United States Census Bureau providing "List 1. CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREAS (CBSAs), METROPOLITAN DIVISIONS, AND COMBINED STATISTICAL AREAS (CSAs), MARCH 2020", which lists 14 counties in the "Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS". This reference seems not to be currently cited in this article but still potentially relevant.
 * Are you in an edit war with this person? Just deleting a seemingly respectful question with citations from a Talk page is NOT an acceptable response in that regard.  That's what Talk pages are for.  Please provide a reasoned response this talk page to the question raised.
 * ??? Thanks DavidMCEddy (talk) 12:51, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi this is the same person, on these references here it clearly says on page 6 that the core of a metropolitan area is an urban area. This map shows you that the core urban area is in both Kansas and Missouri, with central counties in both states.

Core—A densely settled concentration of population, comprising either an urbanized area (of 50,000 or more population) or an urban cluster (of 10,000 to 49,999 population) delineated by the Census Bureau, around which a Core Based Statistical Area is delineated.

Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA)— A statistical geographic entity consisting of the county or counties associated with at least one core (urbanized area or urban cluster) of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas are the two categories of Core Based Statistical Areas.

Central county—The county or counties of a Core Based Statistical Area containing a substantial portion of an urbanized area or urban cluster or both, and to and from which commuting is measured to determine qualification of outlying counties. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.48.29.0 (talk) 18:48, 11 July 2023 (UTC)


 * The reference being cited for this gives me a broken link, as does the archive link:
 * Can someone fix this -- AND then modify the text to match the reference.
 * And a map is not adequate for this, because it does not translate into text with sufficient clarity, in my judgment.
 * Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 12:50, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 12:50, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi David same person here I’ll try to explain the references better or find better ones; the first one that’s dead wasn't me, I don’t know about that one 70.94.121.104 (talk) 20:57, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

(Same guy) The only purpose for the map was to show that the urban area is in both Kansas and Missouri and the second one was a glossary for core based statistical area terms. As you can see on the glossary, the central counties contain a large portion of the urban area. And 2 counties in Kansas are listed here as being central counties — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.94.121.104 (talk) 21:16, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Johnson county being largest employer in area.
Here you can see a list of all the Kansas City metro area counties on page 55 Here you can see the employment for all those counties as you can see Johnson county has the most jobs out of all these with 370,000 jobs. 73.67.48.241 (talk) 05:02, 17 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for being clear about your references.
 * Your "White House" reference says (p. 55; 60/228 in pdf), "28140 Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area: Principal Cities: Kansas City, MO; Overland Park, KS; ... ."
 * You BLS reference gives Employment for December 2022 (thousands) for Johnson County, KS of 370.1 and for Jackson County, MO of 269.1, representing increases of 3.0 and 0.4 percent between December 2021 and a year later. Those percentage increases suggest that a year earlier, the employment figures were 359.3 and 368.7 for Johnson County, KS, and Jackson County, MO.
 * That doesn't change the fact that Kansas City, Missouri is listed first in your White House reference lists Kansas City, MO, first ''nor that Kansas City, Missouri, existed before Kansas was even a territory: "Kansas City, Missouri, was incorporated as a town on June 1, 1850, and as a city on March 28, 1853." The Wikipedia article on Kansas says "The Kansas–Nebraska Act became law on May 30, 1854, establishing Nebraska Territory and Kansas Territory", over a year later, and Kansas did not become a state until January 29, 1861, after Abraham Lincoln had been elected President but before he took office.
 * I prefer to give priority to the history over that interesting comparison of employment.
 * Comments? DavidMCEddy (talk) 13:53, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Hey David same person here, thanks for taking the time to respond, the only thing is that a core based statistical area or MSA metropolitan statistical area is based upon commuting and commuting flows in its current condition. Usually history doesn’t have much to do with it. It being anchored by Kansas City Missouri would be the case in the year 1940 or 1950. Please read here for how the us census delineates metropolitan statistical areas. As this is the page for the metropolitan statistical area the us census is the official source for metropolitan areas. 104.7.74.187 (talk) 00:41, 18 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I read therein, 'The largest city in each metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area is designated a "principal city." Additional cities qualify if specified requirements are met concerning population size and employment.' This article says the two most populous cities are "Kansas City, Missouri – Pop: 508,090, Overland Park, Kansas – Pop: 197,238". This Census reference mentions "principal city". I don't read anything about county.  ??? DavidMCEddy (talk) 01:14, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Just scroll down to where it says “Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas”Underneath it describes central and outlying counties. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.7.74.187 (talk) 01:28, 18 July 2023 (UTC)


 * So?
 * That Census reference describes a "central county" and a "principal city". Using the numbers quoted in this article, Jackson County is (or was) the metro area's "central county" per the 2020 census, though Johnson County grew faster between 2010 and 2020 than Jackson County (12.07 vs. 6.09%).  And Kansas City, Missouri, is the "principal city" without dispute.
 * What are you trying to say? DavidMCEddy (talk) 01:50, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Jackson County still had the largest population per the 2020 census, though Johnson County is closing the gap.