Cass County, Missouri

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administration
US state : Missouri
Administrative headquarters : Harrisonville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
102 East Wall Street
Harrisonville, MO 64701-2478
Foundation : March 3, 1835
Made up from: Jackson County
Area code : 001 816
Demographics
Residents : 99,478  (2010)
Population density : 55 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1820 km²
Water surface : 10 km²
map
Map of Cass County within Missouri
Website : www.casscounty.com

The Cass County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 the county had a population of 99,478 and a population density of 55 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Harrisonville , named after Albert G. Harrison , a member of the United States Congress .

Cass County is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in the far west of Missouri and borders Kansas to the west . It has an area of ​​1820 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Cass County:

Johnson County,
Kansas 		Jackson County
Miami County
(Kansas) 		Compass card (de) .svg Johnson County
Bates County Henry County

history

Lewis Cass
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1850 6090 -
1860 9794 60.8%
1870 19,296 97%
1880 22,431 16.2%
1890 23,301 3.9%
1900 23,636 1.4%
1910 22,973 -2.8%
1920 21,536 -6.3%
1930 20,962 -2.7%
1940 19,534 -6.8%
1950 19,325 -1.1%
1960 29,702 53.7%
1970 39,448 32.8%
1980 51,029 29.4%
1990 63,808 25%
2000 82.092 28.7%
2010 99,478 21.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Cass County was formed on March 3, 1835 as Van Buren County from parts of Jackson County. In 1848 it was renamed Cass County, named after Lewis Cass , a US Senator and presidential candidate .

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Cass County had 99,478 people in 35,957 households. The population density was 55 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.68 people lived in each of the 35,957 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.7 percent white, 3.5 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

26.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 59,226  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,740. 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cass County localities

Citys

0

0

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Bates County
2 - partly in Clay , Jackson and Platte County
3 - partly in Jackson County

structure

Cass County is divided into 18 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Austin Township 2096    29-02620
Big Creek Township 4442    29-05374
Camp Branch Township 2344    29-10936
Coldwater Township 1217    29-15382
Dayton Township 1071    29-18604
Dolan Township 1571    29-19738
Everett Township 484    29-22942
Grand River Township 11,530    29-28252
Index Township 1401    29-35072
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Mount Pleasant Township 20,426    29-50564
Peculiar Township 2895    29-56774
Pleasant Hill Township 9063    29-58412
Polk Township 1876    29-58718
Raymore Township 27,488    29-60770
Sherman Township 816    29-67394
Union Township 2304    29-74536
West Dolan Township 861    29-78694
West Peculiar Township 7593    29-78892

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 758473. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Cass County, MO. Retrieved October 18, 2012
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 18, 2012
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  6. ^ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Cass County.Retrieved October 16, 2011
  7. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 18, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 38 ° 39 ′  N , 94 ° 21 ′  W