Kansas City, Missouri

The flag of Kansas City, or the KC Flag, is a city flag for the City of Kansas City, Missouri. It consists of 2 horizontal bars, red above blue, with a white stylized heart emblem. It is the 7th city flag for Kansas City. It was designed by Jared Horman. The current flag was adopted by a 10–1 vote by the City Council on February 9, 2023. Proponents of the new design cite the flag's improved "visibility and ease of identification and production.

Symbolism[]

The shape reflects the city’s two nicknames: “City of Fountains” and “Heart of the Nation”, as it both shows a heart and water spewing out of a fountain. The colors are found in the Missouri flag as well.

2004 NAVA survey[]

The former flag (1992-2023) ranked 103rd on the 2004 NAVA city flag survey, with a score of 3.70 out of 10, behind Glendale, and ahead of Aurora.

Tricolor flag[]

The unofficial flag of the city is a vertical tricolor of blue, white, and red, with the same shape and words being fully black and in the center. It was used on Wikimedia Commons's flags of cities of the United States^[1] (and especially on Wikipedia) to represent Kansas City.