Venice (Illinois)

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Venice
Venice (Illinois)
Venice
Venice
Location in Illinois
Basic data
State : United States
State : Illinois
County : Madison County
Coordinates : 38 ° 40 ′  N , 90 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 40 ′  N , 90 ° 10 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,890 (as of 2010)
Population density : 378 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 125 m
Postal code : 62090
Area code : +1 618
FIPS : 17-77473
GNIS ID : 420250

Venice is a city (with the status " City ") in Madison County in the west of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 Venice had 1890 inhabitants.

The city is located in the eastern part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area called Metro-East around the city of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri .

geography

Venice is located in the northeastern suburb of St. Louis on the east bank of the Mississippi , which forms the border with the state of Missouri. The place is at 38 ° 40'20 "north latitude and 90 ° 10'11" west longitude. and extends over 5 km². The city of Venice is located in the Venice Township .

The urban area of ​​Venice is bordered by Granite City and Madison in the north, Eagle Park in the east and Brooklyn in the south. In the west, the Mississippi forms the border with the urban area of ​​St. Louis, the center of which is 8.4 km south-southwest of Venice.

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The McKinley Bridge (front) and the Merchants Bridge (rear)

By the Venice here the Illinois portion extending along the Mississippi Great River Road forming Illinois State Route 3 . The McKinley Bridge connects Venice to the St. Louis road network. All other roads are subordinate or inner-city connecting roads.

In Venice, several railway lines from different railway companies converge to run on a common route over the Merchants Bridge to St. Louis.

The St. Louis Downtown Airport is 15.3 km south, the larger Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is 22 km northwest of Venice.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Venice had 1,890 people in 736 households. The population density was 378 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.56 people lived in each of the 736 households.

The racial the population was composed of 3.3 percent white, 94.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

29.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older. 56.8 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 19,953  USD . The per capita income was $ 13,960. 39.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 2, 2012
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 2, 2012

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