Fairview Heights (Illinois)

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Fairview Heights
Fairview Heights (Illinois)
Fairview Heights
Fairview Heights
Location in Illinois
Basic data
State : United States
State : Illinois
County : St. Clair County
Coordinates : 38 ° 36 ′  N , 90 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 36 ′  N , 90 ° 0 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 17,078 (as of 2010)
Population density : 588.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 29.0 km 2  (approx. 11 mi 2 ) of
which 29.0 km 2  (approx. 11 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 178 m
Postal code : 62208
Area code : +1 618
FIPS : 17-25141
GNIS ID : 426338
Website : fairviewheights.com
Mayor : Gail D. Mitchell

Fairview Heights is a city (with the status " City ") in St. Clair County in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , Fairview Heights had a population of 17,078.

The city 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

According to the United States Census Bureau , the locality has an area of ​​29.0 km², of which 0.2 km² is water and the remainder 28.8 km² is land. Fairview Heights is east of St. Louis and extends along the Lincoln Trail.

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Fairview Heights had 17,078 people in 7,353 households. The population density was 588.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.32 people lived in the 7353 households.

The racial the population was composed of 66.7 percent white, 26.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 2.7 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0 percent of the population.

21.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 63,061  USD . The per capita income was $ 28,567. 8.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b American Fact Finder , accessed July 2, 2012

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