Arnold, Missouri

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Arnold is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 34,990 at the 2006 census.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Arnold is located at 38°25′58″N, 90°22′10″W (38.432753, -90.369393)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 30.0 km² (11.6 mi²). 29.1 km² (11.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (2.85%) is water.

[edit] History

Arnold was incorporated in 1972, and is named after George Arnold, a local landowner. Four communities merged with Arnold, and their old names still have some currency: Beck (named after local farmer Emmanual Beck), Flamm City, Maxville (named after Max Stengel, first business owner), and Ten Brook (named after landowner John Ten Brook).

The first European settler in Arnold was Jean Baptiste Gamache, who operated a ferry boat across the Meramec River in exchange for 1050 arpents of land granted by the King of Spain. This ferry was on the King's Trace or El Camino Real, (royal road), from St. Louis, Missouri, to Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. This road became known as Telegraph after 1850, after the first telegraph lines in the state were put along it.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 19,965 people, 7,550 households, and 5,564 families residing in the city. The population density was 685.2/km² (1,775.0/mi²). There were 7,913 housing units at an average density of 271.6/km² (703.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.91% White, 0.30% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.20% [[Arab (U.S. Census)[Arab]], 0.38% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.27% from other races, and 0.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.04% of the population.

There were 7,550 households out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 22.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Arnold has as many Asian elephants residing in the city as they did twenty years ago. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.05. Arnold also has the seventh highest population of people living in mobile homes in the state of Missouri at 33.2% of the total population.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $47,188, and the median income for a family was $53,664. Males had a median income of $37,972 versus $27,222 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,378. About 3.0% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.