Cuba City

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Cuba City
Cuba City (Wisconsin)
Cuba City
Cuba City
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
Foundation : 1925 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
Counties : Grant County
Lafayette County
Coordinates : 42 ° 36 ′  N , 90 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 36 ′  N , 90 ° 26 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,086 (as of 2010)
Population density : 745 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.8 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 308 m
Postal code : 53807
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-17950
GNIS ID : 1563606
Website : www.cubacity.org
Mayor : Leland Weber

Cuba City is a small town (with a status of " City ") in Grant and Lafayette Counties in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 , Cuba City had 2086 inhabitants.

geography

Cuba City is located in southwest Wisconsin, 6 km west of the Galena River and around 20 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . The Illinois border is 7 miles south of the city. The geographical coordinates of Cuba City are 42 ° 36'20 "north latitude and 90 ° 25'47" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​2.8 km².

Neighboring towns are Platteville (10 miles north), Belmont (13 miles northeast), Benton (5.1 miles southeast), Hazel Green (8.4 miles south), and Dickeyville (15.4 miles west).

The closest major cities are La Crosse (185 km north-northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (125 km east-northeast), Rockford , Illinois (146 km east-southeast), and Dubuque , Iowa (19.4 km southwest).

traffic

The US Highway 61 and the Wisconsin State Highway 80 leads as the main road through Cuba City. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Platteville Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 9.9 km north. The nearest major airports are Dubuque Regional Airport (44.2 km southwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (144 km east-northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , Cuba City had 2,086 people in 847 households. The population density was 745 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.36 people lived in each of the 847 households.

The racial the population was composed of 99.1 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American and 0.1 percent Asian; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 45,861  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,140. 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 14, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 14, 2013

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