| | People QuickFacts | Belton | Missouri |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 23,244 | 6,021,988 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 23,116 | 5,988,924 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.6% | 0.6% |
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Population, 2010 | 23,116 | 5,988,927 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 8.1% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 28.2% | 23.8% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 10.8% | 14.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.6% | 51.0% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 85.7% | 82.8% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 6.0% | 11.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.9% | 1.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 3.1% | 2.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 8.1% | 3.5% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 82.0% | 81.0% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.3% | 83.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.8% | 3.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.4% | 6.1% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.0% | 86.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 19.3% | 25.4% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,316 | 503,720 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.3 | 23.3 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 9,440 | 2,712,729 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 68.6% | 69.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.1% | 19.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $117,900 | $138,900 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 8,721 | 2,354,104 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.65 | 2.46 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,605 | $25,371 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $49,961 | $47,202 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.7% | 14.3% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Belton | Missouri |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,974 | 501,064 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.9% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.8% | 0.6% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.2% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 26.1% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 110,907,604 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 52,629 | 81,032,913 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 285,999 | 76,575,216 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,583 | $12,957 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 37,880 | 11,070,634 |