Ferguson, Missouri
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| Foundation : | 1894 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Missouri |
| County : | St. Louis County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 45 ′ N , 90 ° 18 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 21,203 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,317 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 16.1 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 154 m |
| Postal code : | 63135 |
| Area code : | +1 314 |
| FIPS : | 29-23986 |
| GNIS ID : | 756046 |
| Website : | www.fergusoncity.com |
| Mayor : | James Knowles III |
Ferguson is a city (with a status of " City ") in St. Louis County in the US state of Missouri and part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area . In 2010 Ferguson had 21,203 residents. The city is shaped by the electronics group Emerson Electric Company , which has its headquarters and extensive production facilities here.
geography
Ferguson is located in the northwestern suburb of St. Louis at 38 ° 44'25 "north latitude and 90 ° 13'35" west longitude. The city extends over 11.3 km². The Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois , is ten kilometers east of the city. The city is roughly equally divided into Ferguson and Norwood Township .
Places immediately adjacent to the urban area of Ferguson are Calverton Park in the northwest, Black Jack and Castle Point in the northeast, Dellwood in the southeast, Jennings in the southeast, Normandy and Cool Valley in the south and Kinloch and Berkeley in the west. Downtown St. Louis is 12 miles to the southeast.
history
The city of Ferguson was founded in 1855 when William B. Ferguson transferred part of his farmland to the North Missouri Railroad Company . This set up a depot, which was regularly approached - it was called Ferguson Station . William B. Ferguson subsequently sold his land to entrepreneurs and homeowners, turning the railway station into a small settlement.
Ferguson was promoted to City in 1894, at which point the population had grown to 1200, from 185 in 1880. Ferguson had transformed from a rural parish into a "railroad suburb" of St. Louis by the late 19th century. A series of incorporations between 1904 and the 1980s also contributed to the dynamic growth of the city.
After the Second World War, the electronics company Emerson Electric Company moved its headquarters from neighboring St. Louis to Ferguson. As one of the first cities in St. Louis County , Ferguson was headed by a full-time city manager from 1954 .
Michael Brown dies
Ferguson gained worldwide notoriety in August 2014 after a white police officer shot and killed 18-year-old African American Michael Brown on August 9 and riots broke out. As a result, a state of emergency was imposed on the city and the National Guard was dispatched. The unrest intensified on November 24, 2014, when a jury's decision was announced that the officer would not be charged.
population
development
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 1015 | - | |
| 1910 | 1658 | 63.3% | |
| 1920 | 1874 | 13% | |
| 1930 | 3798 | 102.7% | |
| 1940 | 5724 | 50.7% | |
| 1950 | 11,573 | 102.2% | |
| 1960 | 22,149 | 91.4% | |
| 1970 | 28,759 | 29.8% | |
| 1980 | 24,740 | -14% | |
| 1990 | 22,286 | -9.9% | |
| 2000 | 22.406 | 0.5% | |
| 2010 | 21,203 | -5.4% | |
| 1900-2000 2010 | |||
Ferguson's population structure has changed a lot since the early 1980s (20th century). In 1970, 99% of the total population of Ferguson was white and only 1% African-American, by 1980 the proportion of white had decreased to 85% and the proportion of African-American had increased to 14%. In 1990 the census showed 73.8% of the total population to be whites and 25.1% to be African American. In 2000, the weighting had shifted further in favor of African Americans, or they now made up the majority of the resident population. Now 44.7% were white and 52.5% were African American. This development continued. In 2010 the census for Ferguson (City) still showed 29.3% white and 67.4% African American.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Ferguson had 21,203 people in 8,192 households. The population density was 1317 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.56 people lived in each of the 8192 households.
According to the census , the population was composed of 29.3 percent white, 67.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.4 percent remnant; 2.0 percent assigned themselves to two or more of the aforementioned groups. By race, 1.2 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.3 percent were 65 years or older. 55.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 39,035 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,227. 18.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
traffic
Along the northern city limits of Ferguson is Interstate 270 , the northern St. Louis bypass. Missouri State Route 367 intersects on the western city limits . All other roads are county roads or subordinate inner-city connecting roads.
In east-west direction runs through Ferguson a railway line of the Norfolk Southern Railway , which leads from St. Louis to Kansas City .
The Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is 9.2 km west of Ferguson.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d United States Census Bureau ( Memento of the original dated August 19, 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. Retrieved August 18, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 27, 2012
- ↑ a b Tim Fox: Where We Live: A Guide to St. Louis Communities , Missouri History Museum, 1995, p. 186. ISBN 978-1-883982-12-6 ( Online )
- ↑ aboutstlouis.com: Ferguson Missouri . Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ↑ Emerson Announces Ferguson Forward Program ( 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.
- ^ City History. Retrieved November 25, 2014 .
- ^ State of emergency imposed in Ferguson ( Memento from August 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Tagesschau from August 16, 2014, accessed on August 17, 2014.
- ^ Riots after killing of teenagers: Governor sends National Guard to Ferguson Spiegel Online August 18, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/fergusson-anklage-101.html ( Memento from November 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Census of Population an Housing.Retrieved August 15, 2014
- ↑ USA TODAY August 19, 2014: 5 things to know about Ferguson Police Department - s. here graphic: Shift in Ferguson Residents 1970 to 2010 (according to Census Bureau)
- ↑ New York Times August 12, 2014: The Death of Michael Brown. Racial History Behind the Ferguson Protests
