Lincoln County, Wisconsin

administration
The Lincoln County Courthouse in Merrill, listed on the NRHP since 1978
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Merrill
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1110 East Main Street Merrill, WI 54452-2554
Foundation :	1874
Made up from:	Marathon County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	28,743 (2010)
Population density :	12.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2349 km²
Water surface :	62 km²
map

Website : www.co.lincoln.wi.us

The Lincoln County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 28,743 residents and a population density of 12.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Merrill , which was named after the railroad pioneer S. S. Merrill .

geography

The county is located in north-central Wisconsin and has an area of 2349 square kilometers, of which 62 square kilometers are water.

The Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi , flows through the county from north to south.

The following neighboring counties border Lincoln County:

Price County	Oneida County
Taylor County		Langlade County
	Marathon County

history

Lincoln

Lincoln County was formed in 1874 from parts of Marathon County. It was named after Abraham Lincoln , the 16th President of the USA.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	16,269	-
1910	19,064	17.2%
1920	21,084	10.6%
1930	21,072	-0.1%
1940	22,536	6.9%
1950	22,235	-1.3%
1960	22,338	0.5%
1970	23,499	5.2%
1980	26,555	13%
1990	26,993	1.6%
2000	29,641	9.8%
2010	28,743	-3%
2012 estimate	28,392	-1.2%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

As of the 2010 census , Lincoln County had 28,743 people in 12,754 households. The population density was 12.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.2 people lived in each of the 12,754 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

21.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 48,293 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,119. 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Lincoln County localities

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Price and Oneida County

2 - partly in Oneida County}

structure

Lincoln County is divided into 16 towns in addition to the two cities :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Birch	594	55-07500
Town of Bradley	2408	55-09225
Town of Corning	883	55-17125
Town of Harding	372	55-32650
Town of Harrison	833	55-32875
Town of King	855	55-39675
Town of Merrill	2980	55-51275
Town of Pine River	1869	55-62950

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Rock Falls	618	55-68825
Town of Russell	677	55-70325
Town of Schley	934	55-72100
Town of Scott	1432	55-72300
Town of Skanawan	391	55-74250
Town of Somo	114	55-74725
Town of Tomahawk	416	55-80150
Town of Wilson	309	55-87425