Fairmont City, Illinois | |
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| Motto: City of good neighbors | |
 Location in St. Clair and Madison counties, Illinois | |
| Coordinates:38°38′52″N90°07′35″W / 38.64778°N 90.12639°W /38.64778; -90.12639[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| Counties | St. Clair;Madison |
| Townships | Canteen;Stites;Nameoki |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.55 sq mi (16.96 km2) |
| • Land | 6.20 sq mi (16.07 km2) |
| • Water | 0.34 sq mi (0.89 km2) |
| Elevation | 420 ft (130 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,265 |
| • Density | 365.1/sq mi (140.95/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 62201 |
| Area code | 618 |
| FIPS code | 17-24933 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2398855[1] |
| Website | www |
Fairmont City is avillage inSt. Clair andMadison counties,Illinois,United States. The population was 2,265 at the2020 census,[3] down from 2,635 in 2010. In the 1990s Fairmont City's Hispanic population doubled,[4] and as of 2020, over 79% of the population was of Hispanic descent.[5]
Fairmont City is located in northwestern St. Clair County. A small part of the village extends north into southwestern Madison County. The community is bordered to the northwest byBrooklyn, to the north byMadison, to the northeast byPontoon Beach, to the east byCollinsville, to the southeast byCaseyville, to the south byWashington Park, and to the southwest byEast St. Louis. The village limits extend west 3 miles (5 km) from the main portion of Fairmont City to touch theMississippi River directly across fromSt. Louis.
According to theU.S. Census Bureau, Fairmont City has a total area of 6.55 square miles (16.96 km2), of which 6.21 square miles (16.08 km2) are land and 0.34 square miles (0.88 km2), or 5.22%, are water.[2]
Fairmont City is built atop portions of theCahokia Mounds, a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site. Sam Chucalo Mound, one of the mounds, is in the western part of the village. Other mounds are in the eastern part of the village withinCahokia Mounds State Historic Site.
In April 2016, theUS Environmental Protection Agency added the Old American Zinc Fairmont City site to theNational Priorities List following the Illinois EPA discovering high levels of lead, arsenic, cadmium and zinc in soil samples. Collected soil samples from properties and alleyways showed residue of arsenic, cadmium and zinc.[6]
National City, a former company town to the west of Fairmont City, was dissolved in 1997, and annexed by Fairmont City.[7]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 1,056 | — | |
| 1930 | 1,827 | 73.0% | |
| 1940 | 1,905 | 4.3% | |
| 1950 | 2,284 | 19.9% | |
| 1960 | 2,688 | 17.7% | |
| 1970 | 2,769 | 3.0% | |
| 1980 | 2,313 | −16.5% | |
| 1990 | 2,140 | −7.5% | |
| 2000 | 2,436 | 13.8% | |
| 2010 | 2,635 | 8.2% | |
| 2020 | 2,265 | −14.0% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[8] | |||
As of thecensus[9] of 2000, there were 2,436 people, 871 households, and 580 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,013.1 inhabitants per square mile (391.2/km2). There were 939 housing units at an average density of 390.5 per square mile (150.8/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 41.54%White, 1.23%African American, 0.94%Native American, 0.08%Asian, 27.50% fromother races, and 3.69% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 55.38% of the population.
There were 871 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% weremarried couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.4% were non-families. Of all households, 29.2% were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.45.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 11.7% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 114.7 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $27,070, and the median income for a family was $31,296. Males had a median income of $21,766 versus $21,576 for females. Theper capita income for the village was $12,203. About 14.7% of families and 18.4% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 26.5% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over.
The Fairmont City Library was International Grand Prize First Place for the Libraryaware for Library-community interaction in 2017, beating out the Kansas City Public Library and Catawba County Library in North Carolina.[10]
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