Chesterfield, Missouri

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Chesterfield
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Location in Missouri
Basic data
Foundation : 1988
State : United States
State : Missouri
County : St. Louis County
Coordinates : 38 ° 39 ′  N , 90 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 39 ′  N , 90 ° 33 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 47,484 (as of 2010)
Population density : 581.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 84.8 km 2  (approx. 33 mi 2 ) of
which 81.6 km 2  (approx. 32 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 146 m
Postal code : 63017
Area code : +1 636
FIPS : 29-13600
GNIS ID : 0755881
Website : www.chesterfield.mo.us
Mayor : Bruce Geiger

Chesterfield is a town (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 Chesterfield had 47,484 residents.

geography

Chesterfield is located in the western suburbs of St. Louis on the south bank of the Missouri River at 38 ° 39'12 "north latitude and 90 ° 33'15" west longitude. The city extends over 84.8 km², which is spread over 81.6 km² of land and 3.2 km² of water.

The city is the center of Chesterfield Township , but also extends into the Lafayette , Maryland Heights, and the Missouri River Township .

Neighboring towns to Chesterfield are Clarkson Valley (6.6 km south), Wildwood (10.6 miles southwest), Weldon Spring (15.4 km northwest), Maryland Heights (10 miles northeast), Westwood (14.3 km east-southeast) , Manchester (12 km southeast) and Ballwin (9.8 km southeast). The center of the city of St. Louis is 21 miles east.

traffic

The Daniel Boone Bridge runs Interstate 64 across the Missouri

Interstate 64 , coming from the north-west over the Daniel Boone Bridge into St. Louis County, runs through the city of Chesterfield and shares a route with US Highways 40 and 61 . Through the eastern half of the city that leads Missouri State Route 340 The Missouri State Route 109 has northern terminus at the junction with State Route 340 to the east of Chesterfield. All other roads are county roads or subordinate inner-city connecting roads.

A Union Pacific Railroad runs west along the Missouri River from St. Louis.

To the west of the city of Chesterfield is the Spirit of St. Louis Airport . The larger Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is around 31 km northeast of the city.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1990 37,991 -
2000 46,802 23.2%
2010 47,484 1.5%
1990-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Chesterfield had 47,484 people in 19,224 households. The population density was 581.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.42 people each in the 19,224 households.

The racial the population was composed of 86.5 percent white, 2.6 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 8.6 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 98,309  USD . The per capita income was $ 51,210. 3.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Sons of the city

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 24, 2012

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