ENR 2024 Top 500 Design Firm
Hoefer Welker is ranked in the ENR's 2024 Top 500 Design Firm list. Despite the growing demand for design services and labor challenges, our firm has...
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Kansas City’s architecture firms are more diverse in terms of gender than the rest of the nation’s architecture firms but much less diverse in terms of race/ethnicity than the national average.
Almost one-third, or 29.9%, of Kansas City-area architects at the 48 architecture firms that responded to the demographics section of a Kansas City Business Journal survey are women. Nationally, The American Institute of Architects reports that 23% of its architect members are female.
In terms of minorities, just 11.1% of local licensed architects are racial or ethnic minorities. According to data from AIA’s 2020 Membership Demographic Report, the national level for nonwhite architects is 21.5%.
This year, firms reported having 1% of Kansas City-area architects identifying as LGBTQ. The AIA’s report doesn’t address sexual orientation.
According to the Census Bureau, women make up 51% of the metro’s population. About 72% of metro residents were “white alone,” meaning about 28% of residents might be considered minorities.
An analysis of Gallup survey data estimates that 3.6% of Kansas City-area residents identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. That figure is based on surveys conducted by the analytics and advisory company between June 2012 and December 2014.
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