Lafayette Township (St. Louis County, Missouri)
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Location in Missouri
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Missouri | ||
| County : | St. Louis County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 37 ′ N , 90 ° 33 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 33,513 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,070.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 31.3 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 196 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 63011, 63021, 63022, 63024 | ||
| Area code : | +1 314 | ||
| FIPS : | 29-39682 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2397823 | ||
 Location of Lafayette Township in St. Louis County |
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The Lafayette 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 , Lafayette Township had 33,513 residents.
geography
The Lafayette Township is located in the western suburbs of St. Louis . The Missouri River runs about 3 km north; the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois , is about 30 km to the east.
The Lafayette Township is located at 38 ° 37 ' N , 90 ° 33' W and extends over 31.3 km².
Lafayette Township is located in the mid-southwest of St. Louis County and borders the Missouri River Township in the east, Queeny Township in the southeast , Meramec Township in the south, Wildhorse Township in the west and Chesterfield in the northwest and north Township .
traffic
Interstate 64 forms the northern boundary of the township . The southern boundary is formed by Missouri State Route 100 , which runs on the stretch of old Route 66 . In the west, the township is partially bounded by Missouri State Route 340 , in the east by Missouri State Route 140 . All other streets within the township are inner-city connecting streets.
The Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is located about 25 km northeast of Lafayette Township.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Lafayette Township had 33,513 people in 13,270 households. The population density was 1070.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 13,270 households.
The racial the population was composed of 89.0 percent white, 2.6 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 6.3 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.
22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 92,414 USD . The per capita income was $ 43,197. 2.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities
The population of the Lafayette Township lives in the following places (with the status " City "):
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1 - partly in Wildhorse and Meramec Township
2 - mainly in Chesterfield Township , partly in Maryland Heights and Missouri River Township
3 - mainly in Wildhorse Township
4 - mainly in Queeny Township , partly in Missouri River Township
5 - mainly in the Missouri River Township, partly in the Maryland Heights Township
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 17, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 17, 2012