People QuickFacts Blue Springs Missouri Population, 2011 estimate 52,749 6,010,688 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 52,575 5,988,927 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.3% 0.4% Population, 2010 52,575 5,988,927 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.2% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.9% 23.8% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 9.4% 14.0% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.5% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 87.6% 82.8% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 6.2% 11.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.2% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.1% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 5.0% 3.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 84.6% 81.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 87.0% 83.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 2.0% 3.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 3.3% 5.9% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 94.1% 86.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 30.5% 25.0% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 24.5 23.2  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 74.5% 70.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 17.1% 19.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $149,400 $137,700 Households, 2006-2010 19,097 2,349,955 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.69 2.45 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $28,996 $24,724 Median household income 2006-2010 $67,453 $46,262 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 6.9% 14.0%     Business QuickFacts Blue Springs Missouri Total number of firms, 2007 4,912 501,064 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.8% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.6% 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 110,907,604 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 236,594 81,032,913 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 788,520 76,575,216 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,346 $12,957 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 83,695 11,070,634     Geography QuickFacts Blue Springs Missouri Land area in square miles, 2010 22.27 68,741.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,360.5 87.1 FIPS Code 06652 29 Counties Jackson County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts