Fairview Heights is a city in St. Clair County,

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. The population was 17,078 at the 2010 census. Fairview Heights is a dominant shopping center for Southern Illinois and includes numerous shopping plazas and the St. Clair Square mall.

Geography

Fairview Heights is located at . According to the 2010 census, Fairview Heights has a total area of , of which (or 99.33%) is land and (or 0.67%) is water. French Village, Illinois is an unincorporated community (Class Code U4) located immediately west of Fairview Heights at .IL Hometown Locator, ''French Village, Illinois''
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Demographics

At the 2000 census there were 15,034 people, 6,026 households, and 4,206 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 6,310 housing units at an average density of . The

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of the city was 78.40% White, 17.07% African American, 0.17% Native American, 2.14% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other races, and 1.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.92%. Of the 6,026 households 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.4% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 26.6% of households were one person and 10.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.00. The age distribution was 23.4% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males. The median household income was $49,131 and the median family income was $56,161. Males had a median income of $38,287 versus $27,218 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,614. About 4.2% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the

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, including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Three elementary/middle school districts serve Fairview Heights: Grant-Illini District 110 covers the west side of the community, and

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covers the east side of town. A small portion on the northeast corner of the community is covered by O'Fallon District 90 and another portion on the far western edge is served by East St. Louis District 189. Trade colleges in Fairview Heights, IL include the Regency Beauty Institute and

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References

External links

City of Fairview Heights
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