Cass County, Missouri (MO)

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• • 91,68283.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6,3605.8%Two or more races
  • 5,4915.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,7673.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,2641.2%Some other race alone
  • 5720.5%Asian alone
  • 2980.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2040.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 86
• Burglaries: 74
• Thefts: 121
• Auto thefts: 27

Crime in 2019 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 5
• Assaults: 79
• Burglaries: 91
• Thefts: 176
• Auto thefts: 27

Health of residents in Cass County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $2,298 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $1,860 (0.9%)

Area name: Kansas City, MO-KS HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cass County is $612 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $703 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $951 a month.

Cities in this county include: Belton, Raymore, Harrisonville, Pleasant Hill, Peculiar, Garden City, Drexel, Lake Winnebago, Archie, Loch Lloyd.

2019 air pollution in Cass County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 5.9 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Current college students: 2,813
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 26.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,655 (66.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2642010 or later
• 3352000 to 2009
• 3801990 to 1999
• 2601980 to 1989
• 1311970 to 1979
• 406Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 29.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 35.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 34,766
• One, attached: 2,474
• Two: 836
• 3 or 4: 1,779
• 5 to 9: 913
• 20 to 49: 322
• 50 or more: 663
• Mobile homes: 2,888
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 19

Housing units in Cass County with a mortgage: 22,143 (2,415 second mortgage, 108 home equity loan, 2,121 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 626

Religion statistics for Cass County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cass County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Missouri Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4490, Natural disaster type: Other
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1961: March 23, 2011, FEMA Id: 1961, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3317: February 03, 2011, FEMA Id: 3317, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 12, 2010 to July 31, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1934: August 17, 2010, FEMA Id: 1934, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 28, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3303: January 30, 2009, FEMA Id: 3303, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 01, 2008 to August 13, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1773: June 25, 2008, FEMA Id: 1773, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Missouri Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: December 08, 2007 to December 15, 2007, Emergency Declared EM-3281: December 12, 2007, FEMA Id: 3281, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 05, 2007 to May 18, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1708: June 11, 2007, FEMA Id: 1708, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: March 08, 2006 to March 13, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1631: March 16, 2006, FEMA Id: 1631, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3232: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3232, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.86% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($65,055 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.56% relocated from other counties in Missouri ($37,166 average AGI)
3.30% relocated from other states ($27,889 average AGI)

Cass County:	3.30%
Missouri average:	3.04%

from Jackson County, MO	3.79% ($63,852 average AGI)
from Johnson County, KS	1.01% ($99,219)
from Clay County, MO	0.31% ($52,522)
from Bates County, MO	0.30% ($48,392)
from Johnson County, MO	0.15% ($49,613)
from Wyandotte County, KS	0.13% ($49,055)
from Henry County, MO	0.11% ($42,340)

7.82% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($59,156 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.13% relocated to other counties in Missouri ($37,082 average AGI)
2.69% relocated to other states ($22,074 average AGI)

Cass County:	2.69%
Missouri average:	2.88%

to Jackson County, MO	3.07% ($57,448 average AGI)
to Johnson County, KS	0.68% ($72,010)
to Clay County, MO	0.28% ($46,277)
to Bates County, MO	0.26% ($51,982)
to Johnson County, MO	0.22% ($51,703)
to Henry County, MO	0.16% ($46,594)
to Benton County, MO	0.12% ($58,122)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 9.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Cass County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 20,236 (4,451 living alone), Female householders: 22,125 (6,535 living alone)

• 23,144 spouses (22,803 opposite-sex spouses), 2,322 unmarried partners, (2,284 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 33,243 children (29,967 natural, 793 adopted, 2,483 stepchildren), 1,826 grandchildren, 573 brothers or sisters, 1,820 parents, 241 foster children, 1,467 other relatives, 1,621 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,020

Size of family households: 13,961 2-persons, 5,005 3-persons, 6,443 4-persons, 2,902 5-persons, 737 6-persons, 846 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,986 1-person, 1,260 2-persons, 120 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 44 7-or-more-persons.

17,476 married couples with children.
6,262 single-parent households (2,062 men, 4,200 women).

97.6% of residents of Cass speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $410,423,000 ($4,481 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $73,225,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $208,290,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $68,429,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,522,000
Federal grants: $51,691,000
Federal procurement contracts: $6,812,000 ($3,827,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $65,678,000 ($50,788,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,958,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $136,352,000
Federal Government insurance: $31,406,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.96 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Cass County, Missouri
• 2402020 or later
• 4,7272010 to 2019
• 7,9722000 to 2009
• 8,4721990 to 1999
• 6,6471980 to 1989
• 7,5201970 to 1979
• 3,6471960 to 1969
• 2,4041950 to 1959
• 5871940 to 1949
• 2,4441939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cass County, Missouri

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cass County, Missouri
• 1541 room
• 1972 rooms
• 2633 rooms
• 2,3874 rooms
• 5,4985 rooms
• 6,7366 rooms
• 7,7567 rooms
• 4,0168 rooms
• 7,1339+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cass County, Missouri
• 3291 room
• 6382 rooms
• 1,4203 rooms
• 1,3234 rooms
• 2,2465 rooms
• 1,3186 rooms
• 4347 rooms
• 2418 rooms
• 2729+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cass County, Missouri

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cass County, Missouri
• 154no bedroom
• 4591 bedroom
• 3,9292 bedrooms
• 18,5123 bedrooms
• 8,4404 bedrooms
• 2,6465+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cass County, Missouri
• 426no bedroom
• 1,7101 bedroom
• 2,9082 bedrooms
• 2,5703 bedrooms
• 5344 bedrooms
• 735+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Cass County, Missouri in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cass County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 933no vehicle
• 6,1601 vehicle
• 13,8352 vehicles
• 8,1683 vehicles
• 3,0274 vehicles
• 2,0175+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cass County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,635no vehicle
• 3,7441 vehicle
• 1,8682 vehicles
• 4483 vehicles
• 2254 vehicles
• 3015+ vehicles

86.7% of Cass County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Missouri.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 67,855
• Other state: 39,353
• Northeast: 1,649
• Midwest: 26,377
• South: 6,988
• West: 4,339

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 773
• Number of aged recipients: 44
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 729
• Number of recipients under 18: 141
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 547
• Number of recipients older than 64: 85
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 306
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 330

Cass County on our top lists:

• #26 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #37 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #95 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"