Bridgeton is a second-ring suburb of Greater St.
Louis County, Missouri, United States.
The populated areas of the town/city are positioned between Lambert-St.
Louis International Airport and St.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.24 square miles (39.47 km2), of which 14.60 square miles (37.81 km2) is territory and 0.64 square miles (1.66 km2) is water. In a Spanish census two years later it had a populace (including slaves) of 77 males and 47 females. As the region received more and more English-speaking settlers, the village's name became Owen's Station.
Because of its location, including its adjacency to a ferry athwart the Missouri River, Bridgeton became a stop along the way from St.
The town/city was granted a state charter in 1843; throughout the next several years it was a stop along the way for emigrants seeking the primary trailheads to the Oregon and Santa Fe trails.
Louis International Airport, which caused a diminish in residentiary population.
The town/city period in size amid the decade, burgeoning through annexation, to 16 square miles (41 km2).
Levee-protected floodplains of the river, together with good access to interstate highways, rail, and the airport have interpreted into continued expansion for Bridgeton and close-by communities, and a diversification of the city's tax base.
The new runway led to the elimination of 2000 homes in the city, most prominently in the Carrollton subdivision, undoubtedly playing a momentous part in the city's recent populace decline. As of the census of 2010, there were 11,550 citizens , 4,760 homeholds, and 2,957 families residing in the city.
There were 5,088 housing units at an average density of 348.5 per square mile (134.6/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 72.4% White, 18.7% African American, 0.2% Native American, 2.5% Asian, 4.1% from other competitions, and 2.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,760 homeholds of which 28.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.9% were non-families.
32.3% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.94.
The median age in the town/city was 44.6 years.
19.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.5% were from 25 to 44; 29.2% were from 45 to 64; and 20.2% were 65 years of age or older.
In 2000, the town/city included 6,251 homeholds and 4,206 families.
There were 6,729 housing units at an average density of 461.8 per square mile (178.3/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 86.47% White, 9.05% African American, 2.27% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.21% Native American, 0.69% from other competitions, and 1.30% from two or more competitions.
There were 6,251 homeholds in the city, with an average of 2.43 members.
26.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.43, and the average family size was 2.95.
The median age of the city's inhabitants was 40 years, distributed as follows: The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $49,216; it was greater for families, at $57,797.
Regional airline Trans States Airlines is headquartered in Bridgeton. Trans States subsidiary Go - Jet Airlines is also headquartered in Bridgeton. Louis County, SSM De - Paul Health Center, is positioned in Bridgeton.
Louis County Library operates the Bridgeton Trails Branch in Bridgeton. The town/city is served by the Pattonville School District.
"Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Enumeration Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Bridgeton city, Missouri".
Enumeration Bureau, American Fact - Finder 2.
"Bridgeton city, Missouri." United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Bridgeton prepares to move town/city offices".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Bridgeton Trails Branch." "Bridgeton city, Missouri." City of Bridgeton official website Louis County, Missouri, United States
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Louis County, Missouri - Missouri populated places on the Missouri River - French colonial settlements of Upper Louisiana
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