Lewis and Clark Township, St. Louis County, Missouri

St. Louis County

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The Lewis and Clark Township is one of 28 townships in St. Louis County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Greater St. Louis. In 2010, the Lewis and Clark Township 37 217 inhabitants.

Geography

The Lewis and Clark Township is located in the northern suburban area of St. Louis on the right bank of the Missouri River. The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois, is located a few kilometers north.

The Lewis and Clark Township is located at 38 ° 48'29 " north latitude and 90 ° 20'40 " west longitude and extending over 30 km ², spread to 26.9 km ² land and 3.1 km ² water surface.

The Lewis and Clark Township is located in the extreme north of the St. Louis County and is bordered to the north and northwest by the Missouri separately to the St. Charles County. Inside the St. Louis County borders the Lewis and Clark Township in the east to the Spanish Lake Township, to the southeast by the Florissant Township and the south and southwest by the Northwest Township.

Traffic

In the extreme south of the Lewis and Clark Township crosses Interstate 270, which serves as a northern bypass of the metropolitan area of St. Louis, U.S. Highway 67 All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate within city roads.

The Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport is located approximately 7 km south of the township.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Lewis and Clark Township 37 217 people in 13 888 households. The population density was 1383.5 people per square kilometer. In the 13 888 households lived statistically 2.65 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 61.7 percent white, 33.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.5 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 56,843. The per capita income was $ 25,072. 3.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places

In addition to scattered settlement, most of the population of the Lewis and Clark Township lives in the following localities ( with the status of "City" ):

• Florissant
• Hazelwood

Both cities each extending over the territories of several townships.