Coraopolis

Coraopolis
	Nickname : Cory
	; 5th Avenue in Carapolis
Location in Pennsylvania
	Coraopolis
	Coraopolis
Basic data
Foundation :	1886
State :	United States
State :	Pennsylvania
County :	Allegheny County
Coordinates :	40 ° 31 ′ N , 80 ° 10 ′ W Coordinates: 40 ° 31 ′ N , 80 ° 10 ′ W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	5,677 (as of 2010)
Population density :	1,669.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	3.4 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height :	220 m
Postal code :	15108
Area code :	+1 412
FIPS :	42-16144
GNIS ID :	1213955
Website :	www.coraopolispa.com
Mayor :	Anthony Celeste
	; Location of Coraopolis in Alleghany County

Coraopolis is a small town (with the status " Borough ") in Allegheny County in the west of the US -amerikanischen state of Pennsylvania . In 2010 Coraopolis had 5677 inhabitants.

Coraopolis is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Pittsburgh .

geography

Coraopolis is located on the south bank of the Ohio River a few kilometers below Pittsburgh. The city is 40 ° 31'06 "north latitude and 80 ° 10'00" west longitude and extends over 3.4 km². The intersection of the three states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia , where the Ohio leaves Pennsylvania, is 42.2 km northwest of Coraopolis.

South of the Ohio, the place borders in the southeast on the Robinson Township and in the west and south on the Moon Township . The Neville Township is located on an island in the Ohio area off Coraopolis .

Pittsburgh city center is 20.6 km southeast of Coraopolis. The nearest other major cities are Ohio's capital Columbus (290 km west), Cleveland , Ohio (201 km northwest) and Pennsylvania's capital Harrisburg (352 km east).

Economy and Transport

Sporting goods retailer Dick's Sporting Goods and construction company American Bridge Company are based in Coraopolis.

Coraopolis is located on the Ohio, one of the most important waterways in the eastern United States.

The Pennsylvania State Route 51 , which runs parallel to the Ohio, runs through the center of Coraopolis . A road branches off from this and leads over the Coraopolis Bridge to the Neville Township on an island in Ohio. About one kilometer west of Coraopolis, Interstate 79 crosses the Ohio over the Neville Island Bridge .

The CSX Transportation railroad runs through Coraopolis and runs west along the Ohio.

The Pittsburgh International Airport is located 16.8 km southwest of Coraopolis.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Coraopolis had 5,677 people in 2,680 households. The population density was 1669.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.10 people lived in 2680 households.

The racial the population was composed of 83.1 percent white, 12.0 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 3.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

19.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.5 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 32,087 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,032. 20.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.