Mound City (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| Foundation : | 1857 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Pulaski County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 5 ′ N , 89 ° 10 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 588 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 294 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 97 m | ||
| Postal code : | 62963 | ||
| Area code : | +1 618 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-50751 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 425213 | ||
Mound City is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Pulaski County to the south of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 , Mound City had 588 residents.
geography
Mound City lies at 37 ° 05'07 "north latitude and 89 ° 09'45" west longitude and extends over 2 km². The place is at the confluence of the Cache River in the Ohio River , which forms the border with Kentucky . The Mississippi , which separates Illinois from Missouri , is 8 km to the west, and the Indiana border is 175 km to the east.
Neighboring locations to Mound City are Urbandale (4.7 km southwest), Golden Lily (3.2 km southwest), Mounds (5.5 km northwest), and America (9.1 km northeast).
The nearest major cities are St. Louis , Missouri (235 km northwest), Louisville , Kentucky (412 km east northeast), Tennessee's capital Nashville (285 km southeast), and Tennessee's largest city, Memphis (271 km southwest).
traffic
The oldest traffic route is the Ohio River, on which an important part of the flow of goods is still transported through the eastern center of the USA. The river is kept navigable for large barges by dams, of which the lowest in the direction of the river is in Olmsted, 14 km northeast of Mound City .
Interstate 57 , which connects Chicago and Memphis, runs along the western edge of Mound City . Illinois State Route 34 runs through the center of Mound City and runs along the Ohio . All other roads are internal connecting roads as well as subordinate, partly unpaved roads.
The Cairo Regional Airport is a small airfield located 9.7 km southwest of Mound City. The nearest major airports are Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport (257 km northwest), Nashville International Airport (300 km southeast) and Memphis International Airport (288 km southwest).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Mound City had 588 people in 234 households. The population density was 294 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 234 households.
The racial the population was composed of 44.4 percent white, 53.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
29.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was at 28,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 12,842. 26.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 1, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed August 1, 2012