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Raytown, Missouri
9,807 Black residents · 32.7% of the place
Raytown is a city in Missouri, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 30,012 residents in all, 9,807 of them Black alone — 32.7% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 30,012 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,807 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 32.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Missouri places | 13 of 1082 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Raytown grew — 7,421 in 2010 and 9,807 in 2020, a change of +32.2%. The Black share of Raytown moved from 25.1% to 32.7% over the same span.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Raytown stands in the gazetteer as one of the 1082 places the Census Bureau counts in Missouri. Raytown's Black population of 9,807 ranks 13 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Raytown as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
The institutions of Raytown — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 30,012 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Raytown: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.