Maryland Heights
| Maryland Heights | |
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 Location in Missouri
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Missouri |
| County : | St. Louis County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 43 ′ N , 90 ° 26 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 27,472 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 495.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 61.0 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) of which 55.4 km 2 (approx. 21 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 162 m |
| Postal code : | 63043 |
| Area code : | +1 314 |
| FIPS : | 29-46586 |
| GNIS ID : | 756359 |
| Website : | www.marylandheights.com |
| Mayor : | Mike Moeller |
Maryland Heights is a city (with the status " City ") in St. Louis County in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri and part of the metropolitan region of Greater St. Louis . In 2010 , Maryland Heights had a population of 27,472.
geography
Maryland Heights is located in the northwest suburb of St. Louis on the south bank of the Missouri River at 38 ° 39'12 "north latitude and 90 ° 33'15" west longitude. The city extends over 84.8 km², which is spread over 81.6 km² of land and 3.2 km² of water.
The city is the center of Maryland Heights Township , but also extends into the Northwest , Midland , Airport , Creve Coeur, and Chesterfield Township .
Neighboring towns to Maryland Heights are Bridgeton (9.1 km north), Bridgeton Terrace (7.5 km northeast), Breckenridge Hills (7 km east), Overland (7.1 km east-southeast), Creve Coeur (6.6 km south ), Chesterfield (11 miles southwest), and Saint Peters (across the Missouri River 14 miles northwest). The center of the city of St. Louis is 25.2 km to the east.
traffic
The northern limit of the city is Interstate 70 , which comes over the Blanchette Memorial Bridge from the northwest over the Missouri into St. Louis County. About five kilometers south of it there is a second Missouri bridge to Maryland Heights, over which the freeway Missouri State Route 364 leads to the south of the city. Both roads meet Interstate 270 , the western St. Louis bypass.
A Union Pacific Railroad runs west along the Missouri River from St. Louis.
To the west of the Maryland Heights metropolitan area is Creve Coeur Airport . The larger Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is located around 9.7 km northeast of the city.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1970 | 8805 | - | |
| 1980 | 5676 | -35.5% | |
| 1990 | 25,407 | 347.6% | |
| 2000 | 25,756 | 1.4% | |
| 2010 | 27,472 | 6.7% | |
| 1970-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Maryland Heights had 27,472 people in 12,180 households. The population density was 495.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.21 people lived in each of the 12,180 households.
The racial the population was composed of 73.2 percent white, 11.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 9.8 percent Asian and 2.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.5 percent of the population.
28.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 52,221 USD . The per capita income was $ 28,106. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 27, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 27, 2012
- ^ Census of Population an Housing.Retrieved June 27, 2012