Iowa County, Wisconsin

administration
The Iowa County Courthouse in Dodgeville, listed on the NRHP since 1972
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Dodgeville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 222 North Iowa Street Dodgeville, WI 53533-1557
Foundation :	October 9, 1829
Made up from:	Crawford County
Area code :	001 608
Demographics
Residents :	23,687 (2010)
Population density :	12 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1989 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

Website : www.iowacounty.org

The Iowa County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 23,687 residents and a population density of 12 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Dodgeville , named after Henry Dodge , a general and early governor of the Wisconsin Territory .

Iowa County is part of the Madison metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in southwest Wisconsin, on the south bank of the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . It is about 50 km to the south from Illinois , about 70 km to the west from Iowa , and has an area of 1989 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Iowa County:

Richland County		Sauk County
Grant County		Dane County
	Lafayette County	Green County

history

Iowa County was formed on October 9, 1829 from parts of Crawford County. It was named after the Iowa indigenous people .

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	23,114	-
1910	22,497	-2.7%
1920	21,504	-4.4%
1930	20,039	-6.8%
1940	20,595	2.8%
1950	19,610	-4.8%
1960	19,631	0.1%
1970	19.306	-1.7%
1980	19,802	2.6%
1990	20,150	1.8%
2000	22,780	13.1%
2010	23,687	4%
2012 estimate	23,807	0.5%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

As of the 2010 census , Iowa County had 23,687 people in 9,695 households. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.41 people lived in the 9,695 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 55,625 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,025. 8.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Iowa County

Citys

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Edmund

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Lafayette County

2 - partly in Grant County}

structure

Iowa County is divided into 14 towns in addition to the two cities and 13 villages :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Arena	1456	55-02575
Town of Brigham	1034	55-09600
Town of Clyde	306	55-15875
Town of Dodgeville	1708	55-20375
Town of Eden	355	55-22525
Town of Highland	750	55-34475
Town of Linden	847	55-44650

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Mifflin	585	55-51725
Town of Mineral Point	1033	55-53125
Town of Moscow	576	55-54425
Town of Pulaski	400	55-65700
Town of Ridgeway	568	55-67900
Town of Waldwick	473	55-83150
Town of Wyoming	302	55-89350

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