Bellefontaine Neighbors

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Bellefontaine Neighbors
St. Louis County Missouri Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Bellefontaine Neighbors Highlighted.svg
Location in Missouri
Basic data
Foundation : June 19, 1950
State : United States
State : Missouri
County : St. Louis County
Coordinates : 38 ° 44 ′  N , 90 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 44 ′  N , 90 ° 14 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 10,860 (as of 2010)
Population density : 961.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 11.3 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 140 m
Postal code : 63137
Area code : +1 314
FIPS : 29-04222
GNIS ID : 755748
Website : www.cityofbn.com
Mayor : Robert J. Doerr

Bellefontaine Neighbors is a city (with the status " City ") in St. Louis County in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri and part of the metropolitan region of Greater St. Louis . In 2010 , Bellefontaine Neighbors had 10,860 residents.

geography

Bellefontaine Neighbors is located in the northern suburbs of St. Louis in the St. Ferdinand Township at 38 ° 44'25 "north latitude and 90 ° 13'35" west longitude. The city extends over 11.3 km². The Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois , is less than a kilometer east of the city.

Neighboring places to Bellefontaine Neighbors are Spanish Lake (on the northern city limits), Riverview (on the northeastern city limits), Glasgow Village (on the eastern city limits), the city of St. Louis (on the southeastern city limits), Moline Acres (on the southwestern city ​​limit) City limits) and Castle Point (on the western city limits). Downtown St. Louis is 15 km south.

traffic

Interstate 270 , which serves as the northern bypass of the metropolitan area around St. Louis, runs west-east on the northern city limits of Bellefontaine Neighbors . Missouri State Route 367 intersects on the western city limits . All other roads are county roads or subordinate inner-city connecting roads.

In north-south direction through Bellefontaine Neighbors runs a railway line of the BNSF Railway , which runs from St. Louis along the Mississippi in a northerly direction.

The Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is located 22.6 km west of Bellefontaine Neighbors.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1960 13,650 -
1970 14,084 3.2%
1980 12,082 -14.2%
1990 10,922 -9.6%
2000 11,271 3.2%
2010 10,860 -3.6%
1960-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Bellefontaine Neighbors had 10,860 people in 4,311 households. The population density was 961.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.41 people lived in each of the 4,311 households.

The racial the population was composed of 25.7 percent white, 72.7 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. 53.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 45,647  USD . The per capita income was $ 15,256. 36.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 24, 2012
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 24, 2012
  3. ^ US Census Bureau, Decennial Censuses.Retrieved June 25, 2012

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