Cape Girardeau (Missouri)
| Cape Girardeau | |
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| Nickname : Cape, The City of Roses, River City | |
 Cape Girardeau on the Mississippi River |
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| Location in Missouri | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1793 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Missouri |
| Counties : |
Cape Girardeau County Scott County |
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 19 ′ N , 89 ° 33 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
39,628 (as of 2016) 97,443 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 630 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 63.0 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) of which 62.9 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 107 m |
| Postcodes : | 63701, 63702, 63703, 63705 |
| Area code : | +1 573 |
| FIPS : | 29-11242 |
| GNIS ID : | 0731549 |
| Website : | www.cityofcapegirardeau.org |
| Mayor : | Harry E. Rediger, |
Cape Girardeau (French: Cap-Girardeau ) is the largest city (with the status " City ") in Cape Girardeau County in the southeast of the US -amerikanischen state of Missouri . A small portion of the southern neighborhood extends into Scott County . In 2010 the city had 37,941 inhabitants.
geography
Cape Girardeau is on the west bank of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois . The city is located at 37 ° 18'33 "north latitude and 93 ° 32'47" west longitude and extends over 63 km 2 .
On the southern outskirts of Cape Girardeau, the Headwater Diversion Channel flows east , an artificially created flood channel, which in addition to the Castor River takes up a number of other rivers and flows into the Mississippi.
Cape Girardeau is across from East Cape Girardeau , Illinois, 158 km southeast of St. Louis , 53 km southwest of Carbondale , 86 km northwest of Paducah , and 87 km southwest of Marion .
traffic
The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge connects the city of Cape Girardeau with East Cape Girardeau in Illinois. On the western outskirts of the city, Interstate 55 runs parallel to the Mississippi and is the shortest connection from St. Louis to Memphis . US Highway 61 runs parallel through the city center . Missouri State Routes 34 , 74 and 177 also meet in Cape Girardeau .
A BNSF Railway runs through Cape Girardeau Township and runs along the entire length of the Mississippi.
Cape Girardeau Regional Airport is located on the southern outskirts of Cape Girardeau in Scott County .
Buildings
The KFVS transmission mast , a guyed transmission mast, which at the time of its completion was the tallest structure in the world. Today it is still the seventh highest building (as of March 2009).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 2663 | - | |
| 1870 | 3585 | 34.6% | |
| 1880 | 3889 | 8.5% | |
| 1890 | 4297 | 10.5% | |
| 1900 | 4815 | 12.1% | |
| 1910 | 8475 | 76% | |
| 1920 | 10,252 | 21% | |
| 1930 | 16,227 | 58.3% | |
| 1940 | 19,426 | 19.7% | |
| 1950 | 21,578 | 11.1% | |
| 1960 | 24,947 | 15.6% | |
| 1970 | 31,282 | 25.4% | |
| 1980 | 34,361 | 9.8% | |
| 1990 | 34,438 | 0.2% | |
| 2000 | 35,349 | 2.6% | |
| 2010 | 37,941 | 7.3% | |
| until 1990 2000-2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Cape Girardeau County had 37,941 people in 14,960 households. The population density was 603.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 14,960 households.
The racial the population was composed of 81.1 percent white, 12.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.9 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
19.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.6 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 39,284 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,680. 19.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- Dale Dye (born 1944), entrepreneur, actor and author
- Linda Maxine Godwin (* 1952), astronaut
- Chic Hecht (1928–2006), politician
- Rush Limbaugh (* 1951), radio host and political activist
- Tony Spinner (* 1963), guitarist and singer
- Billy Swan (born 1942), country singer and songwriter
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Cape Girardeau, MO ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 27, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 28, 2012
- ↑ Missouri Census Data Center ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 110 kB) Accessed April 28, 2012
