East St. Louis

city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States
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Summary

East St. Louis is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,207 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: St. Clair County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Mississippi River[5]
  • Postal code: 62071[6], 62201[7], 62202[8], 62203[9], 62204[10], 62205[11], 62206[12], 62207[13]
  • Commons category: East St. Louis, Illinois[14]
  • Local dialing code: 618[15]
  • Inception: June 6, 1820[16]
  • Coordinate location: 38.625, -90.1575[17]
  • Official website: http://www.cesl.us/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:East St. Louis, Illinois[19]
  • Population: 31,542[20], 27,006[21], 18,469[22]
  • Described by source: The New Student's Reference Work[23]
  • Official name: East St. Louis[24]
  • Category for people born here: Q26861202[25]
  • Number of households: 10,909[26]
  • Native label: East St. Louis[27]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from East St. Louis, Illinois[28]
  • Area: 36.989153[29], 37.221233[30]
  • Water as percent of area: 2.6407[31]
  • Per capita income: 18,251[32]
  • Date of incorporation: February 16, 1865[33]

Why It Matters

East St. Louis has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

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Class ancestry

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151048887
    Babelnet id → 00029488n
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  2. 7w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → —
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    Inception → +1820-06-06T00:00:00Z
    Per capita income → {'amount': '+18251'}
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