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| | '''Lakeshire''' is a fourth-class city in south [[St. Louis County, Missouri|St. Louis County]], [[Missouri]]. It had a population of 1,432 at the 2010 census. | | '''Lakeshire''' is a fourth-class city in south [[St. Louis County, Missouri|St. Louis County]], [[Missouri]]. It had a population of 1,432 at the 2010 census. |
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| | + | ==Geography== |
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| | + | Lakeshire is located along Missouri State Highway 21 (locally known as Tesson Ferry Road) in St. Louis County, immediately north of the city of [[Green Park, Missouri|Green Park]] and about 10 miles southwest of downtown [[St. Louis]]. Its official coordinates are 38°32′21″N 90°20′14″W. |
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| | + | The city lies on gently rolling terrain, just northeast of Gravois Creek, a small tributary of the River des Peres and thence of the [[Mississippi River]]. Green Park has a total area of 0.21 square miles, and an average elevation of 577 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> |
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| | + | ==Demographics== |
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| | + | At the 2010 census, Lakeshire had a total of 1,432 inhabitants, grouped into 737 households, with a population density of 6,851.7 people per square mile. This figure represented a slight increase from the 2000 census, when Lakeshire had a population of 1,375. 93.72% of the inhabitants were White, 2.86% were African-American, 0.21% were Native American, 0.49% were Asian, 0.14% were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 1.12% were from some other race, and 1.47% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 3.28% of the population. |
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| | + | The median age in Lakeshire was 38 years, with 19.8% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 9.0% between 18 and 24 years old, 29.1% between 25 and 44, 27.7% between 45 and 64, and 14.5% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 47.2% male, 52.8% female.<ref>https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/census2010/report.php?g=16000US2940088|04000US29</ref> |
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| | + | According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Lakeshire had a median household income of $50,461, and a median family income of $57,083. The unemployment rate was 4.8%. The per capita income was $31,983. About 10.3% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 13.0% of those under the age of 18 and 9.5% of those 65 years of age or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2940088&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref> |
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| | + | ==References== |
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| | [[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]] | | [[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]] |