Manitowoc County

administration
The Manitowoc County Courthouse in Manitowoc, listed on the NRHP since 1981
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Manitowoc
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Administration Building 1110 South 9th Street Manitowoc, WI 54220-5316
Foundation :	1836
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 920
Demographics
Residents :	81,442 (2010)
Population density :	53.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3869 km²
Water surface :	2338 km²
map

Website : www.co.manitowoc.wi.us

The Manitowoc County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 81,442 residents and a population density of 53.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Manitowoc .

geography

The county is located in eastern Wisconsin and borders Lake Michigan . It has an area of 3869 square kilometers, of which 2338 square kilometers are water.

The Manitowoc River and Twin Rivers flow into Lake Michigan in Manitowoc County.

The following neighboring counties border Manitowoc County:

Brown County		Kewaunee County
Calumet County
	Sheboygan County

history

Manitowoc County was formed in 1836 as the original county from parts of the Wisconsin Territory. It was named, like the district capital, after an Indian expression, which loosely translated means something like mysterious land .

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	235	-
1850	3702	1,475.3%
1860	22,416	505.5%
1870	33,364	48.8%
1880	37.505	12.4%
1890	37,831	0.9%
1900	42,261	11.7%
1910	44,978	6.4%
1920	51,644	14.8%
1930	58,674	13.6%
1940	61,617	5%
1950	67,159	9%
1960	75.215	12%
1970	82.294	9.4%
1980	82,918	0.8%
1990	80,421	-3%
2000	82,887	3.1%
2010	81,442	-1.7%
2012 estimate	80,671	-0.9%
1840–1890 1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

As of the 2010 census , Manitowoc County had 81,442 people in 34,224 households. The population density was 53.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.34 people lived in each of the 34,224 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.0 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 2.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.

21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 50,091 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,138. 9.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Personalities

Steven Avery , a wrongly convicted rape suspect who was innocent in prison for 18 years, grew up in the county.

Manitowoc County localities

Citys

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Collins

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Calumet County

2 - partly in Kewaunee County}

structure

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

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Cato	1566	55-13237
Town of Centerville	645	55-13750
Town of Cooperstown	1292	55-16950
Town of Eaton	833	55-22275
Town of Franklin	1264	55-27275
Town of Gibson	1344	55-28975
Town of Kossuth	2090	55-40425
Town of Liberty	1281	55-43850
Town of Manitowoc	1083	55-48525

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Manitowoc Rapids	2150	55-48575
Town of Maple Grove	835	55-48875
Town of Meeme	1446	55-50625
Town of Mishicot	1289	55-53350
Town of Newton	2264	55-57200
Town of Rockland	1001	55-68925
Town of Schleswig	1963	55-72075
Town of Two Creeks	437	55-81300
Town of Two Rivers	1795	55-81350