Marissa Township, St. Clair County, Illinois
St. Clair County
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The Marissa Township is one of 22 townships in St. Clair County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the Marissa Township 2468 inhabitants.
The Township 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
The Marissa Township is located in the south-eastern suburban area of St. Louis. The Mississippi River, which forms the border with the state of Missouri, is located 50 km to the west.
The Marissa Township Township is located at 38 ° 16 ' N, 89 ° 46' W38.266111111111 - 89.761111111111 and extends over 57.8 km ² spread over 55.5 km ² land and 2.3 km ² water surface.
The Marissa Township is located in the extreme southeast of the St. Clair County and is bordered to the east of Washington and on the south by the Randolph County. Inside the St. Clair County the Marissa Township is bordered to the west by the Lenzburg Township, on the northwest by the New Athens Township, and the north by the Fayetteville Township.
Traffic
In Marissa Township, the Illinois State Routes 4 and 13 run together. All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate within city roads.
In parallel to State Route 13 runs through the township a railway line of the Canadian National Railway, which runs from St. Louis to the southeast.
The St. Louis Downtown Airport is located around 60 km north-west, the greater Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport is located approximately 80 km northwest of Marissa Township.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Marissa Township 2468 people in 1019 households. The population density was 44.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1019 households lived statistically 2.42 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 46,406. The per capita income was $ 22,187. 16.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Township with Marissa Marissa ( with status " Village "), only an independent municipality.