Mount Pleasant (Iowa)
Henry County
19-54705
Mount Pleasant is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Henry County in the southeast of the U.S. state of Iowa. In 2010, Mount Pleasant had 8668 inhabitants.
Geography
Mount Pleasant is located approximately 3 km north of Skunk River, which flows about 60 km to the southeast in the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois. The city is located at 40 ° 57'49 " north latitude and 91 ° 33'29 " west longitude and extends over 20.0 km ², spread to 19.9 km ² land and 0.1 km ² water surface.
The nearby towns of Mount Pleasant are Westwood (6.4 miles west) and New London (13,9 km to the east).
The nearest large towns are the Quad Cities (139 km northeast), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (217 km north-west ) and Cedar Rapids (119 km north).
Traffic
In the city meet the U.S. Highways 34 and 218 and Iowa Highway 27 together. All other streets within the city are subordinate in the numbering.
In the center of Mount Pleasant is a station of Amtrak, which is served daily from transcontinental express train California Zephyr, which runs from Chicago to San Francisco.
In the southeast of the urban area of Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport is located.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Mount Pleasant 8668 people in 3284 households. The population density was 435.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 85.7 percent white, 4.3 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 4.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 6.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 3284 households lived statistically 2.56 per person.
21.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 47.3 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 40,265. The per capita income was $ 23,460. 16.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- James Van Allen (1914-2006) - Astrophysicist and space pioneer - born in Mount Pleasant
- Tom Vilsack ( born 1950 ) - former Mayor of Mount Pleasant, Governor of Iowa ( 1999-2007 ), Minister of Agriculture of the United States (since 2009)