Belton, Missouri 5.5

Belton is a city in Cass County, Missouri, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The population was 23,116 at the 2010 census.HistoryBelton was platted in 1871. The city was likely named for surveyor Capt. Marcus Lindsey Belt. A post office called Belton has been in operation since 1872.GeographyBelton is at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.32sqmi, of which, 14.25sqmi is land and 0.07sqmi is water.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2013, there were 23,175 people, 8,623 households, and 6,083 families residing in the city. The population density was 1622.2PD/sqmi. There were 9,440 housing units at an average density of 662.5/sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 85.7% White, 6.0% African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.7% from other races, and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.1% of the population.There were 8,623 households of which 39.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 15.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.5% were non-families. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.15.