Belton, Missouri

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The 2000 Census showed that Belton had a population of 21,730 people^<1>. This represents 0.39% of the total population of Missouri, making it the state's 29th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
26	Grandview	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	24,033	3.41% decrease
27	Webster Groves	E	225 mi [362.1 km]	22,335	3.85% decrease
28	Ferguson	E	228 mi [366.9 km]	20,964	6.44% decrease
-29-	Belton			24,591	13.17% increase
30	Sedalia	E	70 mi [112.7 km]	20,990	3.2% increase
31	Arnold	E	226 mi [363.7 km]	20,603	3.2% increase
32	Manchester	E	217 mi [349.2 km]	18,569	3.09% decrease

Belton had 8,411 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Belton has an area^<4> of 13.4 square miles [34.69 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Belton had a 2000 population density of 1,622 people per square mile [626 people/km²], making it the state's 133rd most densely populated area.

Cass County

The city of Belton is located in Cass County.

The county had a population of 82,596 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 21,730 people, Belton contained 26.31% of the Cass County total.

In addition, where the community of Belton has a population density of 1,622 people per square mile [626 people/km²], Cass County averages 118.2 people per square mile [45.62 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Cass County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Belton and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Belton. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Belton, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Overland Park (KS)	QF-2053775	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	171,231	14.86% increase
	Lee's Summit	QF-2941348	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	84,208	19.11% increase
	Raytown	QF-2960788	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	28,194	7.22% decrease
	Lenexa (KS)	QF-2039350	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	46,822	16.36% increase
	Olathe (KS)	QF-2052575	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	119,993	29.08% increase
	Shawnee (KS)	QF-2064500	NW	19 mi [30.58 km]	60,954	27% increase
	Blue Springs	QF-2906652	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	55,698	15.84% increase
	Independence	QF-2935000	NE	20 mi [32.19 km]	110,440	2.51% decrease

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Belton.

A Census Quickfact is available for Cass County (QF-29037).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Cass County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Jackson	QF-29095	N	668,417	1.94% increase
	Johnson	QF-29101	E	52,016	7.3% increase
	Henry	QF-29083	SE	22,179	0.41% increase
	Bates	QF-29013	S	17,075	2.23% increase
	Miami (KS)	QF-20121	W	30,989	8.7% increase
	Johnson (KS)	QF-20091	NW	534,093	17.49% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Belton:

Belton is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Belton.

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Belton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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