Blue Springs, Missouri

About Blue Springs, MO

Blue Springs is a city in Jackson County, Missouri and is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri. As of the 2010 census the population at 52,575.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.2 square miles (47.2 km??), of which, 18.2 square miles (47.1 km??) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km??) of it (0.16%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 48,080 people, 17,286 households, and 13,362 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,642.7 people per square mile (1,020.5/km??). There were 17,733 housing units at an average density of 974.7 per square mile (376.4/km??). The racial makeup of the city was 93.18% White, 2.93% African American, 0.43% Native American, 0.97% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.83% from other races, and 1.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.76% of the population. Excerpted from Wikipedia