Lafayette County, Wisconsin

administration
The Lafayette County Courthouse in Darlington, listed on the NRHP since 1978
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Darlington
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 626 Main Street Darlington, WI 53530-1397
Foundation :	1846
Made up from:	Iowa County
Area code :	001 608
Demographics
Residents :	16,836 (2010)
Population density :	10.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1644 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.co.lafayette.wi.gov

The Lafayette County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 16,836 residents and a population density of 10.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Darlington , named after Joshua Darling , the former landowner.

geography

The county is located in southwest Wisconsin, bordering Illinois , is about 25 km to the west from Iowa . It has an area of 1644 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Lafayette County:

	Iowa County
Grant County		Green County
	Jo Daviess County, Illinois	Stephenson County (Illinois)

history

Lafayette

Lafayette County was formed from parts of Iowa County in 1846. It was named after Marie-Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette , a French general and politician. He took part in the American Revolutionary War on the colonist side and played an important role in the French Revolution .

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	20,959	-
1910	20,075	-4.2%
1920	20.002	-0.4%
1930	18,649	-6.8%
1940	18,695	0.2%
1950	18,137	-3%
1960	18,142	0%
1970	17,456	-3.8%
1980	17,412	-0.3%
1990	16,076	-7.7%
2000	16,137	0.4%
2010	16,836	4.3%
2012 estimate	16,853	0.1%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

As of the 2010 census , Lafayette County had 16,836 people in 6,533 households. The population density was 10.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.56 people lived in each of the 6533 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.1 percent of the population.

25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 48,114 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,026. 9.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Lafayette County localities

Citys

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Woodford

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Grant County

2 - partly in Iowa County}

structure

In addition to the three cities and seven villages, Lafayette County is divided into 18 towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Argyle	436	55-02675
Town of Belmont	767	55-06450
Town of Benton	504	55-06850
Town of Blanchard	264	55-08100
Town of Darlington	875	55-18900
Town of Elk Grove	551	55-23262
Town of Fayette	376	55-25475
Town of Gratiot	550	55-30600
Town of Kendall	454	55-39125

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Lamont	314	55-42175
Town of Monticello	133	55-54025
Town of New Diggings	502	55-56625
Town of Seymour	446	55-72700
Town of Shullsburg	354	55-73850
Town of Wayne	490	55-84850
Town of White Oak Springs	118	55-86800
Town of Willow Springs	758	55-87275
Town of Wiota	856	55-88050

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