Dunn County, Wisconsin

administration
Dunn County Government Center
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Menomonia
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Dunn County Government Center 800 Wilson Avenue Menomonie, WI 54751-2739
Foundation :	1854
Made up from:	Chippewa County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	43,857 (2010)
Population density :	19.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2238 km²
Water surface :	31 km²
map

Website : www.dunncountywi.govoffice2.com

The Dunn County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 43,857 residents and a population density of 19.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Menomonie , named after the Indian word for wild rice .

geography

The county is located in central northwest Wisconsin, about 50 km to the west from the Mississippi , which forms the border with Minnesota . It has an area of 2238 square kilometers, of which 31 square kilometers are water.

In the southeast the Dunn County is traversed by the Chippewa River , into which the Red Cedar River joins from the right shortly before leaving the county .

The following neighboring counties border Dunn County:

Polk County	Barron County
St. Croix County		Chippewa County
Pierce County	Pepin County	Eau Claire County

history

Dunn County was formed in 1854 from parts of Chippewa County. It was named after Charles Dunn , an early chief justice of the Wisconsin Territory .

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	25,043	-
1910	25,260	0.9%
1920	26,970	6.8%
1930	27,037	0.2%
1940	27,375	1.3%
1950	27,341	-0.1%
1960	26,156	-4.3%
1970	29,154	11.5%
1980	34,314	17.7%
1990	35,909	4.6%
2000	39,858	11%
2010	43,857	10%
2012 estimate	44,072	0.5%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

The NRHP- listed Mabel Tainter Memorial Building in Menomonie

As of the 2010 census , Dunn County had 43,857 people in 16,348 households. The population density was 19.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.47 people lived in the 16,348 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.1 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 2.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

19.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 47,847 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,242. 16.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Dunn County

City

Menomonia

Villages

Census-designated places (CDP)

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Barron County

2 - partly in Pierce and St. Croix Counties}

structure

In addition to the one city and the seven villages, Dunn County is divided into 22 towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Colfax	1186	55-16300
Town of Dunn	1524	55-21150
Town of Eau Galle	757	55-22375
Town of Elk Mound	1792	55-23350
Town of Grant	385	55-30300
Town of Hay River	558	55-33400
Town of Lucas	764	55-46175
Town of Menomonia	3366	55-51050
Town of New Haven	677	55-56775
Town of Otter Creek	501	55-60725
Town of Peru	242	55-62125

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Red Cedar	2086	55-66550
Town of Rock Creek	1000	55-68700
Town of Sand Creek	570	55-71425
Town of Sheridan	454	55-73300
Town of Sherman	849	55-73375
Town of Spring Brook	1558	55-75750
Town of Stanton	791	55-76650
Town of Tainter	2319	55-78975
Town of Tiffany	618	55-79775
Town of Weston	594	55-85975
Town of Wilson	531	55-87375