Forest County, Wisconsin

administration
Forest County Courthouse
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Crandon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 200 East Madison Street Crandon, WI 54520-1415
Foundation :	April 11, 1885
Made up from:	Langlade County Oconto County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	9304 (2010)
Population density :	3.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2710 km²
Water surface :	84 km²
map

Website : www.co.forest.wi.gov

The Forest County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 9,304 residents and a population density of 3.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Crandon , named after Major Frank P. Crandon , a railroad pioneer.

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme northeast of Wisconsin, borders Michigan in the north and has an area of 2,710 square kilometers, of which 84 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Forest County:

Vilas County	Iron County (Michigan)	Florence County
Oneida County		Marinette County
Langlade County		Oconto County

history

Forest County was formed on April 11, 1885 from parts of Langlade County and Oconto County.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	1396	-
1910	6782	385.8%
1920	9850	45.2%
1930	11,118	12.9%
1940	11,805	6.2%
1950	9437	-20.1%
1960	7542	-20.1%
1970	7691	2%
1980	9044	17.6%
1990	8776	-3%
2000	10,024	14.2%
2010	9304	-7.2%
2012 estimate	9206	-1.1%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

Waubeno Public Library, listed in the NRHP since 1993

As of the 2010 census , Forest County had 9,304 people in 3,853 households. The population density was 3.5 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 3853 households.

The racial the population was composed of 82.3 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 13.8 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,215 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,684. 16.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

The significantly higher proportion of Indian population compared to the national average is due to the two Indian reservations Forest County Potawatomi Community of the Potawatomi and Sokaogon Chippewa Community of the Anishinabe .

Forest County localities

City

Crandon

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

structure

In addition to the City of Crandon, Forest County is divided into 14 towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Alvin	157	55-01625
Town of Argonne	512	55-02625
Town of Armstrong Creek	409	55-02950
Town of Blackwell	332	55-07950
Town of Caswell	91	55-13125
Town of Crandon	650	55-17450
Town of Freedom	345	55-27600

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Hiles	311	55-34650
Town of Laona	1212	55-42500
Town of Lincoln	955	55-44375
Town of Nashville	1064	55-55575
Town of Popple River	44	55-64050
Town of Ross	136	55-69625
Town of Wabeno	1166	55-83025