Janesville, Wisconsin
| Janesville | |||
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 Downtown Janesville |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1835 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Rock county | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 41 ′ N , 89 ° 1 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
64,159 (as of 2016) 161,620 (as of 2016) |
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| Population density : | 899.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 72.8 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of which 71.3 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 265 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 53548 | ||
| Area code : | +1 755 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-37825 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1567100 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.janesville.wi.us | ||
| Mayor : | Mark Freitag (City Manager) | ||
Janesville is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Rock County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2016 Janesville had 64,159 residents. Janesville is named after Henry F. Janes, who was the first to provide a regular ferry service across the Rock River here .
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1980 | 51,071 | - | |
| 1990 | 52.210 | 2.2% | |
| 2000 | 59,498 | 14% | |
| 2010 | 63,575 | 6.9% | |
| 2016 estimate | 64.159 | 0.9% | |
| 1980–2000 2010 2016 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Janesville had 63,575 people in 25,828 households. The population density was 891.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.43 people lived in each of the 25,828 households.
The racial the population was composed of 91.7 percent white, 2.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.3 percent Asian and 2.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.4 percent of the population.
24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 49,772 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,009. 13.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
education
Be it in the city Blackhawk Technical College , the University of Wisconsin-Rock County and the University of Wisconsin System .
economy
Janesville's largest employer was General Motors. The plant was closed after the economic crisis. Now it's Mercy Health System and the Janesville School District.
sons and daughters of the town
- James H. Budd (1851-1908), Governor of California, 1895-1899
- John Henry Comstock (1849-1931), entomologist
- Milton Robert Carr (born 1943), politician
- Russell Feingold (* 1953), US Senator 1993–2011
- Stan Fox (1952-2000), racing driver
- Tucker Fredricks (* 1984), speed skater
- Kellie Greene (1934–2009), jazz musician
- John Ralph Koch (1898–1989), chemist and university professor
- Travis Kvapil (* 1976), NASCAR racing driver
- Paul Ryan (* 1970), American politician
- Helen Weidenhaupt (* 1954), German politician (SPD)
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919), poet
literature
- Amy Goldstein: Janesville: An American Story . New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 13, 2013
- ↑ US Decennial Census. Retrieved December 13, 2013
- ↑ State & County QuickFacts - Janesville ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 13, 2013
