Fairmont City, Illinois

St. Clair County Madison County

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Fairmont City is a small town in St. Clair and Madison County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Fairmont City had 2436 inhabitants.

The city is located near the east bank of the Mississippi River in the middle of the Metro East in Illinois called lying eastern suburb area around the city of St. Louis in Missouri.

Geography

Fairmont City is located at 38 ° 39'04 north latitude and 90 ° 05'59 "west longitude. The city stretches over 6.1 km ², which consist exclusively of land area.

The town is located 9.3 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border to Missouri.

North of the city run on the same route to Interstate 55, Interstate 70 and U.S. Highway 40 in the south, the city is bordered by a number of railway lines.

The city of St. Louis is located approximately 14 km west of Fairmont City, Illinois ' capital Springfield is accessible via Interstate 55 by 144 km in a north - northeasterly direction.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 2,436 was determined. These were distributed to 871 households in 580 families. The population density was 396.5 / km ². There were 392 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 63.8 / km ².

The population consisted in 2000 of 66.5 % White, 1.2% Black or African American, 0.9% Native Americans, 0.1 % Asian and 27.5 % other. 3.7 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 55.4 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups. This Fairmont City has the highest proportion of Latinos in the region.

Among the 871 households 29.9 percent of children were under 18 years; 45.9 percent were married couples living together. 29.2 percent of households were single-person households. The average household size was 2.80 persons and the average family size 3.45 persons.

The population was spread out with 26.7 percent under the age of 18, 11.7 percent of 18 to 24 years, 28.7 percent 25-44 years, 18.6 percent from 45 to 64 years and 14.2 percent of 65 years or older. The median age was 32 years.

The median household income was $ 27,070, the median family income $ 31,296. The per capita income in Fairmont City was $ 12,203. Under the poverty line, 18.4 percent of the population lived.

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