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6,053
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$40,883
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America/Chicago
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Metropolis, IL - History
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Welcome to the Metropolis Home page. The Metropolis Home page provides as much information as possible on Metropolis. Knowing Metropolis’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Metropolis’s Home page, you will also find Metropolis’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Metropolis has a population of 6053. 41.4% of Metropolis’s inhabitants are Male, and 58.6 are female. 51.7% of Metropolis is married and 61.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $81,668, and the average rent is $714. Household median income in Metropolis is $40,883, and the individual median income is $20,483. Metropolis’s Ethnic is the following: White(90.5%), Black(5.8%), Hispanic(4%), Multiple(3.3%), Asian(0.4%).
As of the census of 2000, there were 6,482 people, 2,896 households, and 1,708 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,295.1 inhabitants per square mile (500.0/km2). There were 3,265 housing units at an average density of 652.3 per square mile (251.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 90.53% White, 7.61% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.45% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.74% of the population. There were 2,896 households, out of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.6% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families. 36.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.77. In the city the population was spread out, with 20.0% under 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 24.8% ages 65 or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 79.5 males.
For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $25,371, and the median income for a family was $33,979. Males had a median income of $27,630 versus $17,561 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,967. About 12.5% of families and 17.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.8% of those under age 18 and 16.7% of those age 65 or over.
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