City profile · Mid-size City
Kansas City, Kansas
Verified Oct 25, 2026Who leads Kansas City, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Christal E. Watson
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 146,866
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 25, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 25, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcewycokck.org/Departments/Mayors-Office ↗
- Official leadership pagewycokck.org/Departments/Mayors-Office ↗
- City websitewycokck.org ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Christal E. Watson CurrentMayor · added Jul 2, 2026 · verified Oct 25, 2026
- Tyrone Garner FormerMayor · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 146,866
- Median household income
- $56,120
- Median age
- 34.1
- Land area
- 124.74 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,177.4 per sq mi
- County
- Wyandotte County
- Metro area
- Kansas City, MO-KS
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$514M
- City hall phone
- (913) 573-5010
- Official website
- wycokck.org ↗
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