Downing, Wisconsin

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Downing
Downing, Wisconsin
Downing
Downing
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dunn County
Coordinates : 45 ° 3 ′  N , 92 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 3 ′  N , 92 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 265 (as of 2010)
Population density : 34.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 7.67 km 2  (about 3 mi 2 )
Height : 299 m
Postal code : 54734
Area code : +1 715,534
FIPS : 55-20675
GNIS ID : 1564091

Downing is a municipality (with the status of Village ) in Dunn County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . At the 2010 census , Downing had 265 residents.

geography

Downing is located in northwestern Wisconsin at 45 ° 02'47 "north latitude and 92 ° 07'56" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​7.67 km².

Neighboring towns to Downing are Connorsville (8 miles north), Boyceville (4.5 miles east), Knapp (9 miles southeast), Wilson (8.3 miles south-southwest) and Glenwood City (2.6 miles west-northwest).

The closest major cities are Minnesota's capital, St. Paul (88.6 km west), Eau Claire (67.6 km southeast), La Crosse (195 km southeast), and Rochester , Minnesota (155 km southwest).

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 170 runs in a west-east direction as the main road through Downing. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line belonging to the Canadian National Railway Wisconsin Central describes an arc from east to north within the municipal area of ​​Downing.

With the Boyceville Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 8 km east. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (104 km to the west).

population

According to the 2010 census , Downing had 265 people in 97 households. The population density was 34.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.73 people each in the 97 households.

Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with two exceptions. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.4 percent (one person) of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

28.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 35,625  USD . The per capita income was $ 16,060. 20.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 28, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 28, 2014

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