Kimberly (Wisconsin)

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Kimberly
Kimberly Town Hall
Kimberly Town Hall
Location in Wisconsin
Kimberly (Wisconsin)
Kimberly
Kimberly
Basic data
Foundation : 1889
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Outagamie County
Coordinates : 44 ° 16 ′  N , 88 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 16 ′  N , 88 ° 20 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
6,468 (as of 2010)
367,516 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,031.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.27 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 223 m
Postal code : 54136
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-39650
GNIS ID : 1567486
Website : www.vokimberly.org
Mayor : Chuck Kuen (President)

Kimberly is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Outagamie County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Kimberly had 6,468 residents.

Kimberly is located in the metropolitan area called Fox Cities .

geography

The Fox River as seen from Kimberly

Kimberly is located in eastern Wisconsin, on the south bank of the Fox River, which flows into Lake Michigan .

The geographical coordinates of Kimberly are 44 ° 16'20 "north latitude and 88 ° 20'20" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​6.27 km².

Kimberly's neighboring towns are Little Chute (on the opposite north bank of the Fox River), Combined Locks (on the eastern parish line), Kaukauna (9 km east), Harrison (5.4 km south-southeast), and Appleton (on the western parish line).

The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (41 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (169 km south), Chicago in Illinois (321 km in the same direction), Rockford in Illinois (265 km south-southwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison ( 177 km southwest), La Crosse on the Mississippi (282 km west), Eau Claire (301 km west-northwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (431 km in the same direction) and Wausau (160 km northwest).

traffic

The four-lane Wisconsin State Highway 441 forms the eastern bypass of Appleton and at the same time the western boundary of Kimberly. County Highway CE runs through south Kimberly, while County Highway N forms the eastern parish boundary. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Canadian National Railway (CN) railway line runs along the Fox River through Kimberly for freight traffic .

The nearest airports are Outagamie County Regional Airport at Appleton (15.3 km west) and Austin Straubel International Airport at Green Bay (38.9 km northeast).

population

As of the 2010 census , Kimberly had 6,468 people in 2,739 households. The population density was 1031.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 2,739 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.0 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 2.1 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.3 percent of the population.

24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 44,369  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,841. 12 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Village Board of Trustees.Retrieved March 31, 2014
  2. a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved March 31, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 31, 2014
  4. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB). Accessed March 31, 2014

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