Bowling Green (Missouri)

Pike County

29-07660

Bowling Green is the county seat of Pike County in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri.

Geography

Bowling Green is located at 39 ° 20'30 " north latitude and 91 ° 12'00 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​5 km ², which consist exclusively of land area.

In Bowling Green, the U.S. Highways 61 and 54 intersect, there are over Highway 61 south-southeast direction 137 km to St. Louis, to the north 52 km to Hannibal, Missouri.

The city is located 19 km west of the Mississippi River, via the Highway 54 leads in Louisiana over a bridge in the neighboring state of Illinois.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 3,260 was determined. These distributed to 1,290 households in 798 families. The population density was 648.8 / km ². There were 1,420 buildings, which corresponds to a site density of 282.6 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 90.64 % White, 7.67 % African American, 0.12% Native Americans, 0.18 % Asian, and 0.21 % other. 1.17 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.74 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

27.2% were under the age of 18, 8.6 % from 18 to 24, 26.6 % 25-44, 19.3% from 45 to 64 and 18.3 % 65 and older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females were statistically 85.9 men in the over 18 -year-olds 80.6.

The average income per household was $ 27,287, the average family income is $ 36.619. Men's income averaged $ 28,871, and for women about $ 18,873. The per capita income amounted to $ 14,670. Around 10.5 % of families and 13.1 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Joel Bennett Clark, U.S. Senator
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