Swansea (Illinois)

St. Clair County

17-74119

Swansea is a city in St. Clair County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000 Swansea had 10,579 inhabitants.

The city is part of the Metro - East region called that includes the eastern part of Illinois lying in the metropolitan area of St. Louis in Missouri.

Geography

Swansea is located at 38 ° 32'30 " north latitude and 89 ° 59'14 " west longitude. The city covers 13.2 square kilometers, spread over 13.1 km ² land and 0.1 km ² water surface.

Swansea is located 1.7 km from the center of Belleville in the immediate vicinity of the main city of St. Clair County.

Swansea is located 22.5 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Missouri.

In Swansea, the Illinois State Route 159 and Illinois State Route 161 intersect

Swansea is located 27.3 km south east of St. Louis.

History

At the end of the 19th century, the area now Swansea farmland and industry was characterized. The residents were always intent on independence, so they opposed efforts to extend the city Belleville to the northwest. Thus was founded in December 1886, the independent community as New Swansea and nationally recognized.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 10,579 was determined. These distributed to 3,937 households in 2,799 families. The population density was 961.0 / km ². There were 4,102 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 316.0 / km ².

The population consisted in 2000 of 88.0 % White, 8.6% Black or African American, 0.2% Native Americans, 1.6 % Asian and 0.4 % other. 1.1 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 1.5% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

26.6 % were under the age of 18, 7.4 % from 18 to 24, 29.6% 25-44, 21.5% from 45 to 64 and 14.9 % 65 and older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females were statistically 90.4 men in the over 18 -year-olds 87.1.

The average income per household was $ 49,851, the average family income is $ 58,032. Men's income averaged $ 40,747, and for women about $ 29,911. The per capita income amounted to $ 25,634. Around 4.9 % of families and 6.7 % of the total population were income below the poverty line.