Florence County, Wisconsin

administration
The Florence County Courthouse in Florence, listed on the NRHP since 1985
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Florence
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 501 Lake Ave. Florence, WI 54121-0000
Foundation :	1882
Made up from:	Marinette County Oconto County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	4423 (2010)
Population density :	3.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1288 km²
Water surface :	24 km²
map

Website : www.florencewisconsin.com

The Florence County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 4,423 residents and a population density of 3.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Florence .

geography

The county is located in northeast Wisconsin and borders Michigan to the north . It has an area of 1288 square kilometers, of which 24 square kilometers are water.

On the northeast border of Michigan, the uniting Michigamme River and the Brule River to the Menominee River , the further south in the Lake Michigan opens.

The following neighboring counties border Florence County:

	Iron County (Michigan)
Forest County		Dickinson County (Michigan)
		Marinette County

history

Florence County was formed in 1882 from parts of Marinette County and Oconto County. It was named, like the district capital, after Florence Terry Hulst , the first white woman to settle in the area.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	3197	-
1910	3381	5.8%
1920	3602	6.5%
1930	3768	4.6%
1940	4177	10.9%
1950	3756	-10.1%
1960	3437	-8.5%
1970	3298	-4%
1980	4172	26.5%
1990	4590	10%
2000	5088	10.8%
2010	4423	-13.1%
2012 estimate	4482	1.3%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

According to the 2010 census , Florence County had 4,423 people in 1,872 households. The population density was 3.5 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.36 people in each of the 1,872 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

16.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.7 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,652 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,128. 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Florence County localities

Florence Counties and Menominee Counties are the only counties in Wisconsin that do not have self-governing communities ( cities or villages ). The residents therefore live exclusively in non-parish settlements:

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

structure

Florence County is divided into eight towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Aurora	1036	55-03875
Town of Commonwealth	399	55-16550
Town of Fence	192	55-25575
Town of Fern	159	55-25675
Town of Florence	2002	55-26200
Town of Homestead	336	55-35600
Town of Long Lake	157	55-45625
Town of Tipler	142	55-79975