Dane County

administration
Dane County Courthouse
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Madison
Foundation :	1836
Demographics
Residents :	488,073 (2010)
Population density :	156.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3207 km²
Water surface :	94 km²
map

Website : www.countyofdane.com

The Dane County is since 1836 existing County in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 488,073 residents and a population density of 156.8 people per square kilometer.

The county seat is Madison . The largest cities in Dane County are Madison, Sun Prairie , Fitchburg , Middleton, and Stoughton .

Dane County is the center of the metropolitan area of Madison .

geography

View across Lake Monona to Madison

Dane County is located in south-central Wisconsin and covers an area of 3,207 square kilometers, which is divided into 3,113 square kilometers of land and 94 square kilometers of water.

The largest lakes are Lake Mendota (39.8 square kilometers), Lake Monona (13.2 square kilometers), Lake Waubesa (8.4 square kilometers), and Lake Kegonsa (13.0 square kilometers) in and around Wisconsin's capital Madison . In this order, the lakes are traversed by the Yahara River , a tributary of the Rock River, which flows into the Mississippi in the neighboring state of Illinois .

In the extreme northwest, Dane County is bounded by the Wisconsin River , which also flows into the Mississippi on the approximately 130 km western border with Iowa .

The following neighboring counties border Dane County:

Sauk County	Columbia County	Dodge County
Iowa County		Jefferson County
Green County		Rock county

history

N. Dane

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	69,435	-
1910	77,435	11.5%
1920	89,432	15.5%
1930	112,737	26.1%
1940	130,660	15.9%
1950	169.357	29.6%
1960	222,095	31.1%
1970	290.272	30.7%
1980	323,545	11.5%
1990	367.085	13.5%
2000	426,526	16.2%
2010	488.073	14.4%
2012 estimate	503.523	3.2%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

Dane County was founded in 1836 on former Indian land. It was named after Nathan Dane , a member of the Continental Congress from Massachusetts . This was to recognize its crucial role in legislation in the Northwest Territory , which later became the state of Wisconsin, among others.

population

According to the 2010 census , Dane County had 488,073 people in 199,767 households. The population density was 156.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in 199,767 households.

The racial the population was composed of 86.6 percent white, 5.4 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 5.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.1 percent of the population.

21.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 61,913 USD . The per capita income was $ 33,118. 12.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

A small German-speaking minority speaks a dialect similar to Kölsch .

Localities in Dane County

Citys

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Windsor

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - mostly in Rock County

2 - partly in Green County

3 - partly in Jefferson County}

structure

In addition to the eight cities and 19 villages, Dane County is divided into 34 towns :

Town	Pop. (2010)	FIPS
Town of Albion	1951	55-00875
Town of Berry	1127	55-07025
Town of Black Earth	483	55-07825
Town of Blooming Grove	1815	55-08350
Town of Blue Mounds	968	55-08500
Town of Bristol	3765	55-09775
Town of Burke	3284	55-11150
Town of Christiana	1235	55-14650
Town of Cottage Grove	3875	55-17200
Town of Cross Plains	1507	55-17800
Town of Dane	990	55-18725
Town of Deerfield	1585	55-19275
Town of Dunkirk	1945	55-21100
Town of Dunn	4931	55-21125
Town of Madison	6279	55-48025
Town of Mazomania	1090	55-50250
Town of Medina	1376	55-50475

Town	Pop. (2010)	FIPS
Town of Middleton	5877	55-51600
Town of Montrose	1081	55-54100
Town of Oregon	3184	55-60225
Town of Perry	729	55-62050
Town of Pleasant Springs	3154	55-63375
Town of Primrose	731	55-65575
Town of Roxbury	1794	55-69850
Town of Rutland	1966	55-70400
Town of Springdale	1904	55-75850
Town of Springfield	2734	55-75875
Town of Sun Prairie	2326	55-78625
Town of Vermont	819	55-82525
Town of Verona	1948	55-82625
Town of Vienna	1482	55-82750
Town of Westport	3950	55-86125
Town of Windsor	6345	55-87750
Town of York	652	55-89450

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