Allouez (Brown County, Wisconsin)

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Allouez
Wisconsin Highway 57 in Allouez
Wisconsin Highway 57 in Allouez
Location in Wisconsin
Allouez, Wisconsin
Allouez
Allouez
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Brown County
Coordinates : 44 ° 29 ′  N , 88 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′  N , 88 ° 1 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
13,975 (as of 2010)
306,241 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,170.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 13.34 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of
which 11.94 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 182 m
Postal code : 54301
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-01150
GNIS ID : 1560790
Website : www.villageofallouez.com

Allouez is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Brown County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Allouez had 13,975 inhabitants.

Allouez is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Green Bay .

geography

Allouez is located in eastern Wisconsin, on the right bank of the Fox River , 8 km above its confluence with Green Bay , part of Lake Michigan . The geographical coordinates of Allouez are 44 ° 28'39 "north latitude and 88 ° 00'58" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​13.34 km², which is spread over 11.94 km² of land and 1.4 km² of water.

Neighboring places of Allouez are Bellevue (on the southeastern border), De Pere (on the southwestern border), Ashwaubenon (on the opposite bank of the Fox River on the northwestern border) and Green Bay (on the northeastern border).

Green Bay city center is 4 miles northeast of Allouez. The other nearest major cities are Milwaukee (184 km south), Chicago (329 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (219 km southwest), Eau Claire (310 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (455 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior , Minnesota (531 km northwest).

traffic

The Fox River is navigable through dams and locks for barges that can reach the Mississippi river basin between the port of Green Bay via the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway .

The four-lane Wisconsin Highway 172 crosses the municipality of Allouez in a northwest-southeast direction after the bridge over the Fox River. The Wisconsin Highway 57 , which runs along the Fox River, is the main road through Allouez. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

By Allouez a railway line today for running Canadian National Railway belonging Wisconsin Central .

The Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay is 11.2 km to the west, the nearest airport. The nearest major airports are Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (197 km south), O'Hare International Airport in Chicago (309 km in the same direction) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (458 km west).

population

According to the 2010 census , Allouez had 13,975 people in 5,432 households. The population density was 1170.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in 5432 households.

The racial the population was composed of 89.7 percent white, 5.0 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 1.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.7 percent of the population.

20.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 47.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 63,381  USD . The per capita income was $ 29,908. 7.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

  • Donald A. Kuske (1922–1944) - fighter pilot - buried in Allouez
  • Mike Michalske (1903–1983) - American football player and coach - buried in Allouez

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b American Fact Finder , Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps , accessed on September 1, 2013.
  3. Memorial cross for Lt. Kuske (KIA 6/13/44) , accessed September 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Find a Grave - Mike Michalske , Retrieved September 1, 2013.

Web links

Commons : Allouez, Wisconsin  - collection of images, videos, and audio files