Black Earth
| Black Earth | |||
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 In the center of Black Earth |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Dane County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 8 ′ N , 89 ° 45 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,338 (as of 2010) 568,593 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 600 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.23 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 283 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53515 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-07800 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1561861 | ||
| Website : | www.blackearthwisconsin.com | ||
| Mayor : | Patrick Troge | ||
 Mills Street in Black Earth |
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Black Earth is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Black Earth had 1,338 inhabitants.
Black Earth is part of the Madison metropolitan area .
geography
Black Earth is located in south central Wisconsin, in the northwest suburb of Wisconsin's capital, Madison . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located on the Mississippi and lies 124 km southwest.
The geographical coordinates of Black Earth are 43 ° 08 '14 "north latitude and 89 ° 44' 48" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 2.23 km².
The center of Madison is 19 miles east-southeast. Other neighboring towns are Sauk City (18.1 km north), Cross Plains (7.9 km east-southeast), Mount Horeb (16.5 km south), Vermont (9.4 km south-southwest) and Mazomanie (6.9 km northwest) .
The closest major cities are Green Bay (150 miles northeast), Milwaukee (168 miles east), Chicago (264 miles southeast), and Rockford (137 miles southeast).
traffic
The US Highway 14 and the congruently running on this section Wisconsin State Highways 78 leading north to the center of Black Earth over. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad , a regional ( Class II ) freight transport company, runs through Black Earth parallel to US 14 .
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (38.8 km east).
population
As of the 2010 census , Black Earth had 1,338 people in 559 households. The population density was 600 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.32 people lived in each of the 559 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 1.4 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 64,250 USD . The per capita income was $ 29,581. 3.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 27, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 27, 2013