Blue Springs, Missouri

Blue Springs, Missouri
City
Location of Blue Springs, Missouri
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Jackson
Government
• Mayor	Carson Ross
Area
• Total	18.2 sq mi (47.2 km2)
• Land	18.2 sq mi (47.1 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation	974 ft (297 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	48,080
• Density	2,642.7/sq mi (1,020.3/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	64013-64015
Area code	816
FIPS code	29-06652Template:GR
GNIS feature ID	0714434Template:GR
Website	www.bluespringsgov.com

Blue Springs is a city in Jackson County, Missouri and is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri. The population was estimated at 53,885 in 2006.

Geography

Blue Springs is located at 39°1′4″N 94°16′28″W (39.017794, -94.274421)Template:GR. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.2 square miles (47.2 km²), of which, 18.2 square miles (47.1 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.16%) is water.

Demographics

As of the censusTemplate:GR 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/km²). There were 17,733 housing units at an average density of 974.7/sq mi (376.4/km²). 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.

There were 17,286 households out of which 42.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.1% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the city the population was spread out with 29.5% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $55,402, and the median income for a family was $61,008. Males had a median income of $41,373 versus $29,688 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,444. About 3.9% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.0% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.

Not-so Notable Residents

American Idol Season 7 Contestant David Cook is from Blue Springs, Missouri. When he came back for his homecoming trip from American Idol, he turned the whole town into a bandwagon festival. As soon as he is voted off next show, all you're going to hear is "David Cook sucked and I never liked him anyways." The Mayor of Blue Springs, Carson Ross, reluctantly gave the key to the city to David Cook, secretly stating "I don't even think he is that great of a singer anyways, and what's with that hair? He looks like he went into Petco and got groomed by some old 55 year old woman." David Cook is also noted to be a failure in his life due to his alma mater, Blue Springs South high School.

External links

• Official City Website