Madison (Illinois)
Madison County St. Clair County
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Madison is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Madison County and to a lesser extent in St. Clair County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Madison had 3891 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
Madison is located in the north-eastern suburban area of St. Louis on the Mississippi River, which forms the border with the state of Missouri. Madison is located at 38 ° 40'57 " north latitude and 90 ° 09'25 " west longitude and extending over 45 km ², spread to 38 km ² of land and 7 km ² water surface.
At the height of the city of Madison Mississippi is not navigable, so that the river navigation overcomes this section on the Chain of Rocks Canal. Here is with Chain of Rocks Lock the lowest and last lock on the upper Mississippi and the only one below the mouth of the Missouri.
The chain under preservation of Rocks Bridge via the parallel Mississippi. Since the New Chain of Rocks Bridge was completed, the old bridge is closed to vehicular traffic and only pedestrians and cyclists passable.
In the north east borders the city to the Horseshoe Lake State Park, located on a no longer connected to the Mississippi bayou.
The city of Madison is located in Venice, the Nameoki and Chouteau Township of Madison County and the Canteen and the Stites Township of St. Clair County.
Towns nearby are Madison Granite City ( on the northern outskirts ), Fairmont City ( eastern outskirts ), Washington Park ( 11 km southeast ), Brooklyn ( on the southwestern outskirts ), Venice ( on the western outskirts ). On the opposite bank of the Mississippi are located in the north-west the places Glasgow Village and Bellefontaine Neighbors. Further south, the city of St. Louis closes at the center of which lies 10.1 km south west.
Traffic
Along the south-eastern outskirts of the city run on a common route Interstates 55 and 70 along the Mississippi here the Illinois section of the Great River Road forming Illinois State Route 3 runs throughout the town of Madison, furthermore, take the Illinois State Routes 111 and 203 together. All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roadways and urban streets.
In the city of Madison several railway lines of Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway run together that lead from here to St. Louis.
The St. Louis Downtown Airport is 17 km south, the greater Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport is located 23.7 km north west of Madison.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Madison 3891 people in 1573 households. The population density was 102.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1573 households lived statistically 2.45 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 39.7 percent white, 55.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 1.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 29,896. The per capita income was $ 19,311. 26.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.