Ferguson (Missouri)
St. Louis County
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Ferguson is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in St. Louis County in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the metropolitan area of Greater St. Louis. In 2010, Ferguson had 21,203 inhabitants.
Geography
Ferguson is located in the north- western suburbs of St. Louis at 38 ° 44'25 " north latitude and 90 ° 13'35 " west longitude. The city covers 11.3 km ². The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois, is located ten kilometers east of the city. The city is located in roughly equal proportions in the Ferguson and the Norwood Township.
At the urban area of Ferguson immediately adjacent places Calverton Park to the northwest, blackjack and Castle Point in the northeast, Dellwood in the southeast, Jennings in the southeast, Normandy and Cool Valley in the south and Kinloch and Berkeley are in the West. The downtown St. Louis is located 20.4 km south east.
Traffic
Along the northern border city of Ferguson leads to Interstate 270, the northern ring road of St. Louis. On the western city boundary crosses the Missouri State Route 367 All other roads are County Roads or more minor urban roads.
In the east-west direction through Ferguson, a railway line of the Norfolk Southern Railway, which runs from St. Louis to Kansas City.
The Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport is located 9.2 km west of Ferguson.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Ferguson 21,203 people in 8,192 households. The population density was 1317 people per square kilometer. In the 8192 households lived statistically 2.56 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 29.3 percent white, 67.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.3 percent were 65 years or older. 55.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 39,035. The per capita income was $ 20,227. 18.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.