Perryville (Missouri)
Perry County
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Perryville is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Perry County in the southeast of the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010 the town had 8225 inhabitants.
Geography
Perryville is located a few kilometers west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois. The city is located at 37 ° 07'12 " north latitude and 93 ° 28'49 " west longitude and extending over 34.45 km ².
Neighboring towns are Chester, Illinois (23,8 km to the north), Belgique (20,9 km northeast), Crosstown (15,5 km to the east ), Longtown (11,3 km to the southeast ), Highland (7.9 km southwest) and Silver Lake ( 15.5 km west-southwest ).
The nearest big cities are St. Louis (130 km north), Tennessee's capital Nashville (405 km south-east ), Memphis (330 km south), Springfield ( 399 km west ) and Missouri's capital Jefferson City (280 km north-west ).
Traffic
Through the western parts of the city of Perryville runs parallel to the Mississippi Interstate 55, which is the shortest route from St. Louis to Memphis. Through the town center leads the U.S. Highway 61, which also runs parallel to the Mississippi. Due to the north-west of Perryville leads the Missouri State Route 51, which traverses about 20 km north of the city to the Mississippi.
18.4 km north of the city lies the Perryville Municipal Airport. The nearest major airport is St. Louis 148 North northwest airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Perryville 8225 people in 3370 households. The population density was 417.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 3370 households lived statistically 2.4 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 41,092. The per capita income was $ 21,276. 15.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.