CITY OF KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI							TABLE 13
Miscellaneous Statistical Data
As of March 31, 2003
Date of Incorporation							February 20, 1853
Adoption of Current City Charter							April 5, 1983
Form of government							Charter
Area							9 square miles
Miles of streets:
City maintained							109 miles
County maintained							7.4  miles
Privately maintained							5 miles
State maintained							3.7 miles
Highway maintained							2 miles
Miles of sidewalks							111 miles
Fire protection:
Number of stations							3
Number of employees (includes 12 paramedic/firefighters)							42
Fire Hydrants							1150 (50 privately owned)
Vehicles:
Pumpers							3
Aerial ladder							1
Ambulance/Rescue							2
Police protection:
Number of employees:
Commissioned officers							57
Other full-time employees							13
School crossing guards							12
Explorer scouts							12
Police stations							1
Vehicles							25
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CITY OF KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI							TABLE 13 (continued)
Miscellaneous Statistical Data
As of March 31, 2003
Parks and Recreation:
Acres of parks							327
Other facilities:
One Community Center containing regulation gym and 400 seat theater
One outdoor amphitheater - capacity approximately 700
One indoor enclosed ice skating rink
Twelve tennis courts
One Aquatic facility
Eight ball diamonds
Two handball courts
One physical fitness trail
Walker Lake
Enterprise Funds:
Electric:
Number of customer accounts:
Residential							8,397
Commercial							1,347
Substations							6
Distribution capacity (Megawatts)							140 MVA
Miles of line							127
Miles of major transmission lines (34.5 KV)							6
(Ameren UE serves the remainder of Kirkwood)
Street lights							2,300
Water:
Number of customer accounts:
Residential							9,397
Commercial							834
Daily average consumption (gallons)							4,000,000
Daily plant capacity							6,000,000
(additional water is purchased from St. Louis County Water Company as needed)
Miles of water mains							135
Sanitation:
Number of customer accounts:
Residential							9,397
Commercial							140
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CITY OF KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI							TABLE 13 (continued)
Miscellaneous Statistical Data
As of March 31, 2003
Population:
1910							4,171
1920							4,422
1930							9,169
1940							12,132
1950							18,640
1960							29,421
1970							31,890
1980							27,987
1990							27,291
2000							27,324
Median family income (2000 census data)							$72,830
Median household income (2000 census data)							$55,122
Municipal bond rating:
Moody's Investor Service, Inc.				Aa
Standard & Poors Corp.				AA
The St. Louis Community College - Meramec - is located within the City of Kirkwood. There were
13,217 full-time and part-time students attending for credit courses during the fall semester, 2001.
There were 36,795 registrations for non-credit courses during the fall semester 2001.  These
numbers included 120 students dually enrolled in area high schools.
St. Joseph Hospital is located within the City of Kirkwood and is a full-service institution with a
bed capacity of 332.
The library serving the Kirkwood area is independently administered and operated by the Kirkwood
Library Board.
The sewer system within the city of Kirkwood is owned and maintained by the Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District.
The School system is independently served by the R-7 School District and private schools.
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