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Demographics of Granite City |
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Granite City is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 31,301 at the 2000 census. Roughly 67,000 people live in the immediate Granite City area. Granite City is part of the Greater St. Louis and was named by the Niedringhaus brothers who operated a Graniteware plant in the city. Granite City is often simply called "Granite." Granite City is located at [show location on an interactive map] 38°43′4″N, 90°7′46″W (38.717849, -90.129529),[2] adjacent to the Chain of Rocks Canal on the Upper Mississippi River bordering Horseshoe Lake on its southeastern side. The city sits in the American Bottom, a wide, flat and fertile plain. Although at risk during the Great Flood of 1993, the city never flooded and is protected by a series of levees along both the Mississippi River and Chain of Rocks Canal. Granite City is located six miles (10 km) northeast of St. Louis in the Metro East.
Granite City is conveniently located within just a few miles of five interstate highways. Interstate 270 passes through the northern edge of the city and Interstates 255, 70, 55, and 64 all pass just to the south and east of the city.
Route 3 is a major thoroughfare along the western edge of the city and provides quick access to downtown St. Louis across the recently renovated McKinley Bridge.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 17.2 square miles (44.5 km²), of which, 16.7 square miles (43.2 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) of it (2.85%) is water.
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