Columbia (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1859 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| Counties : |
Monroe County St. Clair County |
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| Coordinates : | 38 ° 27 ′ N , 90 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 9,707 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 388.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 25 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 153 m | ||
| Postal code : | 62236 | ||
| Area code : | +1 618 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-15833 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 406399 | ||
| Website : | www.columbiaillinois.com | ||
| Mayor : | Kevin Hutchinson | ||
Columbia is a city (with a status of " City ") in Monroe and St. Clair Counties in the west of the US state of Illinois . In 2010 Columbia had 9,707 residents.
Columbia is located in the eastern part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area called Metro-East around the city of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri .
geography
Columbia is located in the southern suburbs of St. Louis on the east bank of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Missouri. Columbia is located at 38 ° 36'37 "north latitude and 90 ° 12'04" west longitude. The city extends over 25 km².
The city is mostly located in districts ("precincts") 3, 5, 34 and 36 of Monroe County, but also extends into the Sugar Loaf Township of St. Clair County.
Neighboring towns of Columbia are Dupo (9.7 km north), Millstadt (11.5 km east), Waterloo (13.7 km south-southeast), Valmeyer (15.7 km south-southwest) and Oakville on the opposite bank of the Mississippi in Missouri ( 13.7 km) , 8 km west). The center of the city of St. Louis is 25 km north.
traffic
Interstate 255 , the southern and western bypass of St. Louis, runs through the northwest of Columbia and runs here on a joint section of the route with US Highway 50 . The Illinois State Route 3 , coming from the south-east and into which the Illinois State Route 158 joins in the far south-east of the city , runs through the city center . All other roads are county roads or subordinate inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad line runs south along the Mississippi through Columbia .
On the western outskirts there is a small airfield, Sackman Field . The St. Louis Downtown Airport is 23 km north, the larger Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is 49 km north-northwest of Columbia.
Demographic data
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1970 | 4188 | - | |
| 1980 | 4269 | 1.9% | |
| 1990 | 5524 | 29.4% | |
| 2000 | 7922 | 43.4% | |
| 2010 | 9707 | 22.5% | |
| 1970-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Columbia had 9,707 people in 3,792 households. The population density was 388.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 3792 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
25.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 73,264 USD . The per capita income was $ 33,460. 3.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Town twinning
A partnership has existed with the German city of Gedern in Hesse since 1992 . This has its origin in the initiative of some Columbian residents who researched their ancestors. Only around 150 years after 156 people emigrated from there to the USA (mainly Columbia and Waterloo) were connections to their old homeland established. This happened in 1990. A year later, a delegation from Gedern visited the emigrants in Columbia. A friendship treaty was signed in April 1992 during the Columbia people's visit. The official sibling ceremony was in Columbia, Illinois, in May 1993.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 28, 2012
- ↑ according to Google Maps.Retrieved June 28, 2012
- ↑ 20/20 Master Plan Columbia, Illinois (PDF) ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2012 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. Retrieved June 28, 2012
- ^ Geschwisterungsverein Gedern - Columbia ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 28, 2012
