Venice (Illinois)
Madison County
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Venice is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Madison County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010 Venice had 1890 inhabitants.
The city 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
Venice is located in the northeastern suburb of St. Louis area on the east bank of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with the state of Missouri. The town is located at 38 ° 40'20 " north latitude and 90 ° 10'11 " west longitude. and extends over 5 km ². The city of Venice is located in Venice Township.
At the urban area of Venice limits Granite City and Madison in the north, Eagle Park in the east and in the south Brooklyn. To the west of the Mississippi River forms the border with the city of St. Louis, whose center lies 8.4 km south-southwest of Venice.
Traffic
By Venice runs along the Mississippi here the Illinois section of the Great River Road forming Illinois State Route 3 over the McKinley Bridge Venice is connected to the road network of St. Louis. All other roads are subordinate or urban roads.
In Venice several railway lines of different railway companies come together to perform on a common path through the Merchants Bridge to St. Louis.
The St. Louis Downtown Airport is located 15.3 km south, the greater Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport is located 22 km northwest of Venice.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Venice in 1890 people in 736 households. The population density was 378 people per square kilometer. In the 736 households lived statistically 2.56 per person.
The racial the population was made up of 3.3 percent White, 94.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
29.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older. 56.8 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 19,953. The per capita income was $ 13,960. 39.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.