Arena (Wisconsin)

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Basic data
Foundation : 1836
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Iowa County
Coordinates : 43 ° 10 ′  N , 89 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 10 ′  N , 89 ° 55 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
834 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 278 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.0 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 224 m
Postal code : 53503
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-02550
GNIS ID : 1560929
Website : www.villageofarena.net
Mayor : Paul Pustina (President)
ArenaWisconsinWaterTower.jpg
Arena water tower

Arena is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Iowa County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Arena had 834 residents.

Arena is part of the Madison metropolitan area .

geography

Arena is located in southwest Wisconsin on the south bank of the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The intersection of the three states of Minnesota , Iowa and Wisconsin is located on the Mississippi and is 136 km west-northwest. After Illinois , it is 94 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of Arena are 43 ° 09'56 "north latitude and 89 ° 54'46" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​3.0 km².

Neighboring towns to Arena are Mazomanie (10.8 km east), Blue Mounds (14.1 km south-southeast), Barneveld (14.4 km south), Ridgeway (15.7 km southwest), Wyoming (18.5 km west-southwest), and Spring Green (8.9 miles west).

The nearest major cities are La Crosse (154 km northwest), Green Bay (258 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (46.8 km east-southeast), Rockford , Illinois (158 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (234 km southwest) and Cedar Rapids , Iowa, 236 km southwest.

traffic

The US Highway 14 runs from west to east direction as the main road through Arena. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railroad line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad runs along the Wisconsin River for freight traffic , which runs from the Mississippi to Madison and from there to Milwaukee .

The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (165 km northwest), Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque , Iowa (133 km southwest), and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (55.4 km east).

population

According to the 2010 census , 834 people in 323 households lived in Arena. The population density was 278 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.58 people lived in each of the 323 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

29.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 52,115  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,650. 12.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 5, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed November 5, 2013

Web links

Commons : Arena, Wisconsin  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files