Green Lake County

administration
The Green Lake County Courthouse in Green Lake, listed on the NRHP since 1982
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Green Lake
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 492 Hill Street Green Lake, WI 54941-0000
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Marquette District
Area code :	001 920
Demographics
Residents :	19,051 (2010)
Population density :	20.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	985 km²
Water surface :	68 km²
map

Website : www.co.green-lake.wi.us

The Green Lake County is a county in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 19,051 residents and a population density of 20.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Green Lake .

geography

The county is located in southeast central Wisconsin. It has an area of 985 square kilometers, of which 68 square kilometers are water. In the center of the county is the eponymous Green Lake . In the northwest, the county is traversed by the Fox River , a tributary of Lake Michigan .

The following neighboring counties border Green Lake County:

	Waushara County	Winnebago County
Marquette County		Fond du Lac County
Columbia County		Dodge County

history

Green Lake County was formed from the Marquette District in 1858. It was named, like the district capital, after Green Lake, Wisconsin's deepest lake at 78 m.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	15,797	-
1910	15,491	-1.9%
1920	14,875	-4%
1930	13,913	-6.5%
1940	14.092	1.3%
1950	14,749	4.7%
1960	15,418	4.5%
1970	16,878	9.5%
1980	18,370	8.8%
1990	18,651	1.5%
2000	19,105	2.4%
2010	19.051	-0.3%
2012 estimate	19,039	-0.1%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

According to the 2010 census , Green Lake County had 19,051 people in 7,925 households. The population density was 20.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in the 7,925 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.4 percent of the population.

22.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 48,772 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,997. 10.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Green Lake County localities

Citys

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Dalton

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Waushara County}

structure

In addition to the four cities and two villages, Green Lake County is divided into ten towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Berlin	1140	55-06950
Town of Brooklyn	1826	55-10125
Town of Green Lake	1154	55-31350
Town of Kingston	1064	55-39775
Town of Mackford	560	55-46875
Town of Manchester	1022	55-48400
Town of Marquette	531	55-49525
Town of Princeton	1434	55-65625
Town of St. Marie	351	55-70925
Town of Seneca	408	55-72525