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==Demographics== {{US Census population |1960= 21110 |1970= 76623 |1980= 81784 |1990= 111790 |2000= 149080 |2010= 173372 |2020= 197238 |estyear=2023 |estimate=197089 |estref=<ref>https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/overlandparkcitykansas/POP010210 U.S. Census Overland Park Quick Facts 2023 estimate</ref> |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 7, 2013}}</ref><br />2010-2020<ref name="Census-2020-QF"/> }} ===2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Overland Park, Kansas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> !Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small> !Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Overland Park city, Kansas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US2053775&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Overland Park city, Kansas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2053775&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> !{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Overland Park city, Kansas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2053775&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> !% 2000 !% 2010 !{{partial|% 2020}} |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH) |131,782 |140,087 |style='background: #ffffe6; |144,363 |88.40% |80.80% |style='background: #ffffe6; |73.19% |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH) |3,729 |7,357 |style='background: #ffffe6; |8,854 |2.50% |4.24% |style='background: #ffffe6; |4.49% |- |[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH) |349 |465 |style='background: #ffffe6; |426 |0.23% |0.27% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.22% |- |[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH) |5,687 |10,846 |style='background: #ffffe6; |18,311 |3.81% |6.26% |style='background: #ffffe6; |9.28% |- |[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH) |51 |64 |style='background: #ffffe6; |87 |0.03% |0.04% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04% |- |[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH) |126 |262 |style='background: #ffffe6; |825 |0.08% |0.15% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.42% |- |[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH) |1,736 |3,380 |style='background: #ffffe6; |8,949 |1.16% |1.95% |style='background: #ffffe6; |4.54% |- |[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race) |5,620 |10,911 |style='background: #ffffe6; |15,423 |3.77% |6.29% |style='background: #ffffe6; |7.82% |- |'''Total''' |'''149,080''' |'''173,372''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''197,238''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |} The U.S. Census accounts for race by two methodologies. "Race alone" and "Race alone less Hispanics" where Hispanics are delineated separately as if a separate race. According to the [[2020 United States census]], the racial makeup (including Hispanics in the racial counts) was 75.04% (147,999) [[White (U.S. Census)|White alone]], 4.60% (9,068) [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black alone]], 0.35% (694) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American alone]], 9.31% (18,368) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian alone]], 0.05% (101) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander alone]], 2.55% (5,037) [[Race (United States Census)|Other Race alone]], and 8.10% (15,971) [[Multiracial Americans|Multiracial or Mixed Race]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=P1: Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Overland Park, Kansas|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=p2&g=160XX00US2053775|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> According to the 2020 United States census, the racial and ethnic makeup (where Hispanics are excluded from the racial counts and placed in their own category) was 73.19% (144,363) [[Non-Hispanic whites|White alone (non-Hispanic)]], 4.49% (8,854) [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black alone (non-Hispanic)]], 0.22% (426) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American alone (non-Hispanic)]], 9.28% (18,311) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian alone (non-Hispanic)]], 0.04% (87) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander alone (non-Hispanic)]], 0.42% (825) [[Race (United States Census)|Other Race alone (non-Hispanic)]], 4.54% (8,949) [[Multiracial Americans|Multiracial or Mixed Race (non-Hispanic)]], and 7.82% (15,423) [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]].<ref name=2020CensusP2/> ===2010 census=== As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 173,372 people, 71,443 households, and 45,516 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,316.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 76,280 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,019.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|racial makeup]] of the city was 84.4% [[White American|White]], 4.3% [[African American]], 0.3% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]], 6.3% [[Asian American|Asian]], 2.1% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics and Latinos]] of any race were 6.3% of the population.<ref name=Census2020>{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www.census.gov|access-date=December 6, 2011}}</ref> There were 71,443 households, of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.3% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41, and the average family size was 3.04.<ref name="Census2020" /> The median age in the city was 37.8 years. 24.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.2% were from 25 to 44; 27.6% were from 45 to 64; and 12.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.3% male and 51.7% female.<ref name="Census2020" /> The median income for a household in the city was $71,513, and the median income for a family was $93,293. Males had a median income of $65,210 versus $43,413 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $39,319. 4.9% of the population and 3.3% of families were living below the [[poverty line]], including 6.5% of those under the age of 18 and 4.9% of those 65 and older.<ref name="Census2020" /> ===Metropolitan area=== Overland Park is more densely populated than and the most populous [[suburb]] of [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://statisticalatlas.com/metro-area/Missouri/Kansas-City/Population#figure/place/population-density | title=The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Principal Cities of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, March 2020|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/geographies/reference-files/2020/delineation-files/list2_2020.xls}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McCammon|first=Sarah|url= https://www.flatlandkc.org/people-places/kansas-city-booms-sprawls-forget/|title= As Kansas City Booms And Sprawls, Trying Not To Forget Those In Between|work=[[National Public Radio]]|date=September 4, 2017|access-date=July 10, 2020}}</ref> It has a lower detached single family housing rate than Kansas City and has more people commuting into it than out making its daytime population 235,000.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://data.census.gov/table?q=DP04&g=160XX00US2053775,2938000 |title=Selected Housing Characteristics|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date= January 18, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://publicsectorsearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Overland-Park-KS-Chief-of-Police.pdf|title=Overland Park Kansas Chief of Police|publisher=Overland Park, Kansas|access-date= January 18, 2025}}</ref> It is a principal city of both the [[Kansas City metropolitan area|Kansas City, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area]] and the [[Kansas City metropolitan area#Associated areas|Kansas City–Overland Park–Kansas City, MO–KS Combined Statistical Area]].<ref>{{cite web|title=OMB Bulletin No. 13-01|date=February 28, 2013|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b-13-01.pdf|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[Office of Management and Budget]]|access-date=June 4, 2014}}</ref>
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