City profile · Mid-size City
Independence, Missouri
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Independence, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Kevin King
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 113,288
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourceindependencemo.gov/government/city-departments/city-councilcity-clerk ↗
- Official leadership pageindependencemo.gov/government/city-departments/city-councilcity-clerk ↗
- City websiteindependencemo.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Kevin King CurrentMayor · added Jul 2, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
- Rory Rowland FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 113,288
- Median household income
- $57,415
- Median age
- 39.5
- Land area
- 77.99 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,452.6 per sq mi
- County
- Schuyler County
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