Bethalto, Illinois
Madison County
17-05599
Bethalto is a Village in Madison County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000 Bethalto had 9,454 inhabitants.
Bethalto is located near the Mississippi River and is part of the Metro - East region called that includes the eastern part of Illinois lying in the metropolitan area of St. Louis in Missouri.
Location and transport
Bethalto is located at 38 ° 54'15 " north latitude and 90 ° 02'48 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 16.8 km ², which consists exclusively of land area.
Through the south of Bethalto leads the running in the east-west direction Illinois State Route 140, the previously congruent proceeds with this Illinois State Route 111 branches off to the south of the southwest of the village. On the western edge of Bethalto the highway-like developed Illinois State Route 255, which forms the eastern ring road of the metropolitan area of St. Louis runs.
On the southern edge of Bethalto is the St. Louis Regional Airport.
12.1 km west of Bethalto flows of the Mississippi River, which forms the border between Illinois and Missouri.
The city of St. Louis is located 45.8 km south west of Bethalto, Illinois ' capital Springfield is located 121 km to the north- northeast.
Demographic data
In the census of 2000 a population of 9,454 was determined. These distributed to 3,810 households in 2,647 families. The population density was 561.2 / km ². There were 3,979 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 236.2 / km ².
The population consisted in 2000 of 97.8 % White, 0.8 % African American, 0.2% Native Americans, 0.4 % Asian and 0.3 % other. 0.4 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 1.0% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
25.4% were under the age of 18, 8.5 % from 18 to 24, 28.7 % 25-44, 22.9% from 45 to 64 and 14.8 % 65 and older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females were statistically 91.3 men in the over 18 -year-olds 85.0.
The average income per household was $ 42,201, the average family income is $ 50,764. Men's income averaged $ 41,512, and for women about $ 22,981. The per capita income amounted to $ 18,697. Around 6.5 % of families and 9.2 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.