Kansas City
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Kansas City refers to two cities and a metropolitan area situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers. The combined population of Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas is 594,173 as of the 2000 census.
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[edit] Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri encompassing parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. It is situated at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers (Kaw Point) and sits opposite Kansas City, Kansas. It is the largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. It is the most populous city in Missouri, the seventh largest city in the Midwest, and the 39th most populous city in the United States. As of 2006, the city had an estimated population of 447,306. The city's tap water was recently rated the cleanest among the 50 largest cities in the United States containing no detectable impurities. Kansas City has the most fountains of any city in the world.
[edit] Kansas City Metropolitan Area
The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers (Kaw Point) and straddling the state border between Missouri and Kansas. The 15-county Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, anchored by Kansas City, Missouri, is the 27th largest in the United States with an estimated population of 1,967,405 in the year 2006. The Combined Statistical Area also includes the Micropolitan Statistical Areas of Atchison, Kansas, and Warrensburg, Missouri, with estimated populations of 16,745 and 50,646, respectively. The Combined Statistical Area of Kansas City had a population of 2,034,796 in the year 2006.
In 2007, Worldwide ERC and Primary Relocation recognized Kansas City 3rd overall as one of the "Best Cities for Relocating Families" in the United States.
Also in March 2007, Money Magazine rated Overland Park, Kansas, the 6th best city to live in the United States. Neighboring city Olathe, Kansas, was rated 13th and Lee's Summit, Missouri, 44th best. Kansas City is one of 2 metro areas to have 2 cities in the top 15. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the other.
[edit] Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas (KCK) is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County (WyCo); it is part of the "Unified Government" which also includes the cities of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 146,867. Situated at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers (Kaw Point), the city is opposite Kansas City, Missouri, which anchors the metropolitan area, and is included in the bi-state Kansas City Metropolitan Area, of which it is a satellite city of the anchor city.
[edit] North Kansas City, Missouri
North Kansas City is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,714 as of the 2000 census but a large business/industrial base swells the daytime population by thousands more. Originally a northern suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, it is now nearly surrounded by Kansas City, Missouri, which extends far north of North Kansas City's northernmost border.
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