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Greater Kansas City Profile

Workforce Characteristics

Work Force, 2009 Annual Averages
	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemployment Rate
Kansas City MSA	1,047,754	957,822	89,932	8.6%
Kansas	1,518,921	1,416,940	101,981	6.7%
Missouri	3,036,622	2,753,762	282,860	9.3%
United States	154,142,000	139,877,000	14,265,000	9.3%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Employment Trends

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Employer-Provided Health Insurance

Average Total Premiums per Enrolled Employee at Private Sector Establishments the Offer Health Insurance, by Firm Size, 2008
	Average Family Premium			Average Single Premium
	Total	Less than 50 Emp.	50 or More Emp.	Total	Less than 50 Emp.	50 or More Emp.
Kansas	$11,662	$11,718	$11,650	$4,197	$4,165	$4,207
Missouri	11,557	11,429	11,576	4,124	4,385	4,052
United States	12,298	11,679	12,408	4,386	4,501	4,354
State Average Premiums as a Percent of National Average
Kansas	95%	100%	94%	96%	93%	97%
Missouri	94%	98%	93%	94%	97%	93%

Source: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Insurance Component.

 

DEFINING THE GREATER KC METRO AREA

Kansas City is a Missouri/Kansas bi-state metropolitan area. All statistical references made to Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) include the counties of Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte and Ray in Missouri, and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. The greater Kansas City area also includes the adjoining Lawrence, KS, St. Joseph, MO, and Topeka, KS MSAs, as well as the Atchison, KS, Chillicothe, MO, Ottawa, KS, and Warrensburg, MO areas.