Kaukauna
| Kaukauna | |||
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 Center of Kaukauna |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1885 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Outagamie County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 17 ′ N , 88 ° 16 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
15,462 (as of 2010) 367,516 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 779.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 20.88 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 19.84 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 200 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54130 | ||
| Area code : | +1 920 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-38800 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1567364 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.kaukauna.wi.us | ||
 Kaukauna City Hall |
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Kaukauna is a town (with the status " City ") in Outagamie County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Kaukauna had 15,462 residents.
Kaukauna is in the metropolitan area called Fox Cities .
geography
Kaukauna is located in eastern Wisconsin, on both sides of the Fox River, which flows into Lake Michigan .
The geographical coordinates of Kaukauna are 44 ° 16'41 "north latitude and 88 ° 16'19" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 20.88 km², which is spread over 19.84 km² of land and 1.04 km² of water.
Neighboring towns of Kaukauna are Freedom (13.6 km north), Wrightstown (11.2 km northeast), Forest Junction (17.1 km southeast), Sherwood (13 km south), Combined Locks (on the southwest city limits), Little Chute (on the western city limits) and Appleton (8 miles west).
The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (22 miles northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (169 miles south), Chicago , Illinois (311 miles in the same direction), Rockford , Illinois (271 miles southwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (183 km southwest), La Crosse on the Mississippi (288 km west southwest), Eau Claire (307 km west northwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (437 km in the same direction) and Wausau (161 km northwest).
traffic
The four-lane US Highway 41 runs in a west-east direction along the northern outskirts of Kaukauna. Wisconsin State Highways 55 and 96 meet in the center of Kaukauna . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In Kaukauna several railroad lines for the freight traffic of the Canadian National Railway (CN) meet.
The nearest commercial airports are Outagamie County Regional Airport in Appleton (16 miles west) and Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay (21 miles northeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Kaukauna had 15,462 people in 6,270 households. The population density was 779.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.45 people lived in the 6270 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.5 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 1.3 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 53,402 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,974. 8.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Hendrick Aupaumut (1757-1830) - Sachem of the Stockbridge Indians - died in Kaukauna
- Jason Roebke - born in Kaukauna
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 25, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 25, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved March 25, 2014
