Chippewa County, Wisconsin

administration
Chippewa County Courthouse
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Chippewa Falls
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 711 N Bridge Street Chippewa Falls, WI 54729-1802
Foundation :	1845
Made up from:	Crawford County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	62,415 (2010)
Population density :	23.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2697 km²
Water surface :	80 km²
map

Website : www.co.chippewa.wi.us

Chippewa County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the county had 62,415 residents and a population density of 23.8 people per square kilometer. By 2012 the population increased to 62,922. The county seat is Chippewa Falls .

Chippewa County is part of the Eau Claire – Chippewa Falls metropolitan area .

geography

Lake Wissota State Park

The county is located in central northwest Wisconsin and has an area of 2,697 square kilometers, of which 80 square kilometers are water.

The Chippewa River , a left tributary of the Mississippi, flows through the county from northeast to southwest . In the south of the county, the Chippewa River is dammed up to form the 2,438 hectare Lake Wissota , on the east bank of which Lake Wissota State Park is located.

The following neighboring counties border Chippewa County:

Barron County	Rusk County
Dunn County		Taylor County
	Eau Claire County	Clark County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	33,037	-
1910	32,103	-2.8%
1920	36,482	13.6%
1930	37,342	2.4%
1940	40,703	9%
1950	42,839	5.2%
1960	45.096	5.3%
1970	47,717	5.8%
1980	52.127	9.2%
1990	52,360	0.4%
2000	55.195	5.4%
2010	62,415	13.1%
2012 estimate	62,922	0.8%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

Chippewa County was formed in 1845 from parts of Crawford County. It was named, like the district capital, after the Chippewa River.

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 62,415 people in 24,239 households in Chippewa County. The population density was 23.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.49 people lived in each of the 24,239 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.4 percent white, 1.6 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 1.4 percent Asian and 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.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.2 percent were 65 years or older. 48.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 50,239 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,346. 10.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Chippewa County localities

Citys

Villages

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - mostly in Eau Claire County

2 - partly in Clark County

3 - partly in Barron County}

structure

The Chippewa County is divided into 23 towns in addition to the five cities and the four villages :

Town	Pop. (2010)	FIPS
Anson	2076	55-02175
Arthur	759	55-03075
Auburn	697	55-03725
Birch Creek	517	55-07525
Bloomer	1050	55-08250
Cleveland	864	55-15350
Colburn	856	55-16125
Cooks Valley	805	55-16800

Town	Pop. (2010)	FIPS
Delmar	936	55-19625
Eagle Point	3053	55-21600
Edson	1089	55-22750
Estella	433	55-24375
Goetz	762	55-29700
Hallie	161	55-32125
Howard	798	55-36000
Lafayette	5765	55-40900

Town	Pop. (2010)	FIPS
Lake Holcombe	1031	55-41550
Ruby	494	55-69975
Sampson	892	55-71275
Seal	1044	55-73875
Tilden	1485	55-79875
Wheaton	2701	55-86537
Woodmohr	932	55-88875

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