Crawford County, Wisconsin

administration
Crawford County Courthouse in Prarie du Chien, listed on the NRHP
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Prairie du Chien
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 220 North Beaumont Road Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821-1405
Foundation :	1818
Made up from:	Wisconsin Territory
Area code :	001 608
Demographics
Residents :	16,644 (2010)
Population density :	11.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1552 km²
Water surface :	69 km²
map

Website : crawfordcountywi.org

The Crawford County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 16,644 residents and a population density of 11.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Prairie du Chien , named after the French name of Prairie of the Dog , an Indian chief.

geography

The County located in the southwest Wisconsin, north of the mouth of the Wisconsin River in the border Iowa forming Mississippi . It extends over an area of 1552 square kilometers, of which 69 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Crawford County:

	Vernon County
Allamakee County, Iowa		Richland County
Clayton County, Iowa	Grant County

history

WH Crawford

Crawford County was formed in 1818 as the original county from parts of the Wisconsin Territory . It was named after William H. Crawford , the Treasury Secretary under James Monroe at the time. The first trading post here was established in 1685.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	17,286	-
1910	16,288	-5.8%
1920	16,772	3%
1930	16,781	0.1%
1940	18,328	9.2%
1950	17,652	-3.7%
1960	16,351	-7.4%
1970	15,252	-6.7%
1980	16,556	8.5%
1990	15,940	-3.7%
2000	17,243	8.2%
2010	16,644	-3.5%
2012 estimate	16,560	-0.5%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

According to the 2010 census , Crawford County had 16,644 people in 6,785 households. The population density was 11.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 6,785 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white, 1.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.4 percent were 65 years or older. 48.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,933 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,049. 12.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Crawford County localities

City

Prairie du Chien

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - predominantly in Vernon County}

structure

Crawford County is divided into eleven towns in addition to the city of Prairie du Chien and the ten Villages :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Bridgeport	990	55-09550
Town of Clayton	958	55-15075
Town of Eastman	739	55-21925
Town of Freeman	686	55-27700
Town of Haney	309	55-32500
Town of Marietta	470	55-49275
Town of Prairie du Chien	1073	55-65075
Town of Scott	462	55-72275
Town of Seneca	866	55-72500
Town of Utica	661	55-82100
Town of Wauzeka	422	55-84750

Freeman Utica Clayton Scott Haney Seneca Eastman Marietta Wauzeka Prairie you chien Bridge- port 1 ^{1 - De Soto} 2 ^{2 - Soldiers Grove} 3 ^{3 - Ferryville} 4th ^{4 - Gays Mills} 5 ^{5 - Mount Sterling} 6th ^{6 - Bell Center} 7th ^{7 - Lynxville} 8th ^{8 - Steuben} 9 ^{9 - Eastman} 10 ^{10 - Wauzeka} 11 ^{11 - Prairie du Chien}