Ferguson Township, Missouri
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Location in Missouri
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Missouri | ||
| County : | St. Louis County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 45 ′ N , 90 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 34,923 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,402.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 24.9 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 150 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 63033, 63135, 63136 | ||
| Area code : | +1 314 | ||
| FIPS : | 29-24004 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 767342 | ||
 Location of Ferguson Township in St. Louis County |
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The Ferguson Township is one of 28 townships in St. Louis County in the eastern part of the US -amerikanischen state of Missouri and part of the metropolitan region of Greater St. Louis . In 2010 , Ferguson Township had 34,923 residents.
geography
Ferguson Township is located in the northwest suburb of St. Louis . The Missouri River runs about 10 km northwest to northeast of the township; the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois , is about 10 km to the east.
The Ferguson Township is located at 38 ° 45 ' N , 90 ° 17' W and extends over 24.9 km².
The Ferguson Township is located in the north of St. Louis County and borders in the north and northeast on the Spanish Lake Township , in the east on the St. Ferdinand Township , in the south on the Norwood Township , in the west on the Airport Township and in the north-west on the Florissant Township .
traffic
The Interstate 270 , the northern ring road of St. Louis, crosses the center of Ferguson Township. All other streets within the township are inner-city connecting streets.
The southern edge of Ferguson Township is a railway line of the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), which runs from St. Louis to Kansas City .
The Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is located 2 km south-west of Ferguson Township.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Ferguson Township had 34,923 people in 13,642 households. The population density was 1,402.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 13,642 households.
The racial the population was composed of 67.6 percent African American, 29.1 percent white, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.3 percent Native American and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. 54.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 44,198 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,749. 13.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities
The population of Ferguson Township lives in the following localities:
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1 - mainly in the Spanish Lake Township
2 - partly in the Norwood Township
3 - mainly in the Florissant Township , partly in the Lewis and Clark , the Northwest and the Spanish Lake Township
4 - mainly in the Northwest Township, partly in the Airport , the Lewis and Clark and the Florissant Township
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 15, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed August 15, 2012
- ↑ BNSF System Map (overview of all railways in the USA) ( Memento of the original from May 5, 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. (PDF; 4.0 MB) Retrieved August 15, 2012
