The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a fifteen-county metropolitan area that is anchored by Kansas City, Missouri and is bisected by the border between the states of Missouri and Kansas. As of the 2010 Census, the metropolitan area has a population of 2,035,334. The metropolitan area is the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri after St. Louis and is the largest metropolitan area with territory in Kansas, ahead of Wichita. The metropolitan area includes numerous large suburbs including the following which have a population exceeding 100,000: Independence, Missouri; Kansas City, Kansas; Olathe, Kansas and Overland Park, Kansas.
100,000 or more inhabitants
Independence, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Kansas
Olathe, Kansas
Overland Park, Kansas
10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants
Blue Springs, Missouri
Belton, Missouri
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Gardner, Kansas
Gladstone, Missouri
Grandview, Missouri
Lansing, Missouri
Leawood, Kansas
Leavenworth, Kansas
Lee’s Summit, Missouri
Lenexa, Kansas
Liberty, Missouri
Merriam, Kansas
Ottawa, Kansas
Prairie Village, Kansas
Raymore, Missouri
Raytown, Missouri
Shawnee, Kansas
Fewer than 10,000 inhabitants
Avondale, Missouri
Basehor, Kansas
Bonner Springs, Kansas
Buckner, Missouri
Claycomo, Missouri
De Soto, Kansas
Edwardsville, Kansas
Fairway, Kansas
Grain Valley, Missouri
Greenwood, Missouri
Harrisonville, Missouri
Kearney, Missouri
Lake Lotawana, Missouri
Lake Winnebago, Missouri
Lone Jack, Missouri
Louisburg, Kansas
Mission, Kansas
Mission Hills, Kansas
North Kansas City, Missouri
Oak Grove, Missouri
Odessa, Missouri
Parkville, Missouri
Peculiar, Missouri
Platte City, Missouri
Platte Woods, Missouri
Pleasant Valley, Missouri
Pleasant Hill, Missouri
Smithville, Missouri
Spring Hill, Missouri
Sugar Creek, Missouri
Tonganoxie, Kansas
Westwood, Kansas