Avoca (Wisconsin)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Iowa County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 11 ′ N , 90 ° 19 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
637 (as of 2010) 568,593 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 100.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.32 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 213 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53506 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-04025 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1561035 | ||
| Website : | www.villageofavoca.com | ||
| Mayor : | Janet Perkins (President) | ||
Avoca is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Iowa County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Avoca had 637 inhabitants.
Avoca is part of the Madison metropolitan area .
geography
Avoca 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 105 km to the west-northwest. After Illinois there are 92 kilometers to the south.
The geographical coordinates of Avoca are 43 ° 10'55 "north latitude and 90 ° 19'28" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 6.32 km².
Neighboring towns to Avoca are Lone Rock (13.6 km east), Highland (18.7 km south-southwest), and Muscoda (9.9 km west). On the opposite bank of the Wisconsin River is Gotham , but it is 14 miles away via the nearest road bridge.
The nearest major cities are La Crosse (124 km northwest), Green Bay (296 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (85.3 km east), Rockford , Illinois (182 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (209 km east) km southwest) and Cedar Rapids , Iowa (211 km southwest).
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 133, which runs along Wisconsin, runs in a west-east direction as the main road through Avoca. 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 (135 km northwest), Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque , Iowa (107 km southwest), and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (93.9 km east).
population
According to the 2010 census , Avoca had 637 people in 261 households. The population density was 100.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.42 people lived in each of the 261 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.4 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 1.7 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.
24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 31,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,790. 23.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 11, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 11, 2013