About 510,000 people.

Kansas City is the biggest city in Missouri and sits right on the state's western edge. It is famous for jazz music, tasty barbecue, and more fountains than almost any other city in the world.
You can cheer for the Chiefs football team, visit the giant shuttlecock sculptures at the Nelson-Atkins Museum, and explore a real underground science center at Union Station.
Kansas City is known around the world for its smoky, saucy barbecue. Family restaurants serve slow-cooked ribs and burnt ends that people travel far to taste.
The city has a lively jazz history in its historic 18th and Vine district. You can visit a museum full of instruments, records, and stories about famous musicians.