Steele (Missouri)

Pemiscot County

29-70558

Steele is a city in Pemiscot County in the Bootheel ( boot heel ) mentioned the extreme southeast of the U.S. state of Missouri. The 2263 inhabitants, is situated near the western bank of the Mississippi River.

Geography

Steele is located at 36 ° 05'08 " north latitude and 89 ° 49'46 " west longitude. The city covers more than 4.9 square kilometers, which consist exclusively of land area.

Steele is located 15 kilometers west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border between Missouri and Tennessee.

By Steele leads U.S. Highway 61, the Missouri Route 164 branches off from the in the city center. 2 km east of the town extends Interstate 55, which runs from Chicago through St. Louis and Memphis to New Orleans.

12 km south of the town is the border between Missouri and Arkansas. The distance from Steele to Memphis is 135 km, 331 km to St. Louis.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 2,263 was determined. These were distributed to 887 households in 582 families. The population density was 464.8 / km ². There were 971 buildings, which corresponds to a site density of 199.4 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 80.87 % White, 17.41 % African American, and 0.93 % other. 0.75 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 1.81% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

29.7% were under the age of 18, 8.8 % from 18 to 24, 23.8 % 25-44, 21.8 % from 45 to 64 and 16.0 % 65 and older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females were statistically 84.7 men in the over 18 -year-olds 79.0.

The average income per household was $ 20,958, the average family income is $ 29,125. Men's income averaged $ 30,595, and for women about $ 19,286. The per capita income amounted to $ 13,695. Around 25.5 % of families and 31.3 % of the total population were income below the poverty line.