East Alton, Illinois

Madison County

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East Alton is a town ( with a status of "Village" ) in Madison County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, East Alton had 6301 inhabitants.

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

Geography

East Alton is located in the northern suburban area of St. Louis on the left bank of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with the state of Missouri. The town is located at 38 ° 52'49 " north latitude and 90 ° 06'40 " west longitude and extending over 15 sq km, spread over 14 km ² land and 1 km ² water surface. The place is located in Wood River Township.

An East Alton to the southeast directly the urban area of ​​Wood River, Rosewood Heights to the east, Bethalto in the Northeast and in the West Alton. On the opposite bank of the Mississippi is the St. Charles County in Missouri. The city of St. Louis is located 34.7 km south.

Traffic

By East Alton runs along the Mississippi here the Illinois section of the Great River Road forming Illinois State Route 143 All other roads are subordinate or urban roads.

By East Alton perform several lines of different railway companies that lead from here to St. Louis.

The St. Louis Regional Airport is 5.7 km to the east, the greater Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport is located 39.9 km south west of East Alton.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in East Alton 6301 people in 2762 households. The population density was 450.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 2762 households lived statistically 2.28 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 95.2 percent white, 1.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 35,496. The per capita income was $ 21,678. 25.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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