Cameron (Wisconsin)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Barron County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 25 ′ N , 91 ° 45 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,783 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 274.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.5 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 333 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54822 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-12250 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1562568 | ||
Cameron is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Barron County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Cameron had 1,783 residents.
geography
Cameron is located in northwest Wisconsin on the east bank of the Red Cedar River , a tributary of the Chippewa River that flows into the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Cameron are 45 ° 24'31 "north latitude and 91 ° 44'39" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 6.5 km².
Neighboring towns to Cameron are Rice Lake (11.9 km north), Weyerhaeuser (16.6 km east), Chetek (13.9 km southeast), Dallas ( 13.9 km south -southwest), and Barron (8.5 km west) .
The closest major cities are Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (171 km north), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (364 km east-southeast), Eau Claire (82.8 km south), Rochester , Minnesota (206 km south-southwest), and Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis (154 km west-southwest).
The border with Canada is around 400 km north.
traffic
The four-lane US Highway 53 runs in a north-south direction along the southwestern city limits of Cameron. The US Highway 8 runs as the main road through the center of Cameron and crosses on the western edge US 53. All other roads are minor roads, partly unpaved roadways or within the local area roads.
In Cameron, a north-south line of the Union Pacific Railroad crosses a stretch of the former Wisconsin Central , now part of the Canadian National Railway , running in a west-east direction .
With the Rice Lake Regional Airport there is a small regional airport in the northwest of the municipality of Cameron. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (161 km southwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Cameron had 1,783 people in 744 households. The population density was 274.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.4 people lived in each of the 744 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
26.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 41.480 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,697. 15.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 10, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 10, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - Rice Lake Regional Airport Accessed on August 10, 2013