Marathon County

The Marathon County Courthouse in Wausau
administration
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Wausau
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 500 Forest Street Wausau, WI 54403-5554
Foundation :	1850
Made up from:	Portage County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	134,063  (2010)
Population density :	33.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	4082 km²
Water surface :	81 km²
map
Website : www.co.marathon.wi.us

The Marathon County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 134,063 residents and a population density of 33.5 people per square kilometer. By 2012 the population increased to 134,735. The county seat is Wausau . The Metropolitan Statistical Area of  Wausau is the same as Marathon County.

geography

The county is just north of the geographic center of Wisconsin. It has an area of ​​4082 square kilometers, of which 81 square kilometers are water surface.

The Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi, flows through Marathon County from north to south . Within the county, the Eau Claire River flows into the Wisconsin River from the left and the Big Rib River and the Big Eau Pleine River from the right .

The following neighboring counties border Marathon County:

Taylor County	Lincoln County	Langlade County
Clark County		Shawano County
	Portage County , Wood County	Waupaca County

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	43,256		-
1910	55.054		27.3%
1920	65,259		18.5%
1930	70,629		8.2%
1940	75,915		7.5%
1950	80,337		5.8%
1960	88,874		10.6%
1970	97,457		9.7%
1980	111,270		14.2%
1990	115,400		3.7%
2000	125,834		9%
2010	134.063		6.5%
2012 estimate	134,735		0.5%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

history

Marathon County was formed in 1850 from parts of Portage County. It was named after the Battle of Marathon in Greece .

population

According to the 2010 census , Marathon County had 134,063 people in 52,893 households. The population density was 33.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 52,893 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.9 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 5.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.

23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 53,762  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,173. 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Marathon County localities

Citys

Abbotsford 1 Colby 1 Marshfield 3

Mosinee Schofield Wausau

Villages

Athens Birnamwood 2 Brokaw Dorchester 1 Edgar

Elderon Fenwood Hatley Crown weather Marathon City

Rothschild Spencer Stratford Unity 1 Weston

Census-designated places (CDP)

• Knowlton
• Rib Mountain

Unincorporated Communities

Ashley Bevent Bradley Cherokee Corinth Dancy Emmerich Gad 4

Galloway Glandon Granite Heights Halder Hamburg Hogarty Get Ingersoll

Johnson Kalinke Little Chicago Little Eau Claire Little rose man March Rapids McMillan

Milan Moon Mount View Naugart Norrie Nutterville Pike Lake Poniatowski

Rangeline Rib Falls Ring Rocky Corners Rozellville Schnappsville Shantytown Snell

Sunset Swan Taegesville Weber Vienna Wuertsburg

^{1 - partly in Clark County
2 - mostly in Shawano County
3 - partly in Wood County
4 - partly in Taylor County}

structure

In addition to the six cities and 15 villages, Marathon County is divided into 41 towns :

Town Pop. (2010) FIPS Town of Bergen 641    55-06875 Town of Berlin 945    55-06975 Town of Bern 591    55-07000 Town of Bevent 1118    55-07125 Town of Brighton 612    55-09650 Town of Cassel 911    55-12975 Town of Cleveland 1488    55-15425 Town of Day 1085    55-18950 Town of Easton 1111    55-22025 Town of Eau Pleine 773    55-22425 Town of Elderon 606    55-23100 Town of Emmet 931    55-24025 Town of Frankfort 670    55-27150 Town of Franzen 578    55-27450

Town Pop. (2010) FIPS Town of Green Valley 541    55-31450 Town of Guenther 341    55-31800 Town of Halsey 651    55-32150 Town of Hamburg 918    55-32200 Town of Harrison 374    55-32900 Town of Hewitt 606    55-34225 Town of Holton 873    55-35500 Town of Hull 750    55-36325 Town of Johnson 985    55-38300 Town of Knowlton 1910    55-40150 Town of McMillan 1968    55-46975 Town of Maine 2337    55-48225 Town of Marathon 1048    55-49075 Town of Mosinee 2174    55-54525

Town Pop. (2010) FIPS Town of Norrie 976    55-57600 Town of Plover 689    55-63500 Town of Reid 1215    55-66950 Town of Rib Falls 993    55-67250 Town of Rib Mountain 6825    55-67325 Town of Rietbrock 981    55-67950 Town of Ringle 1711    55-68075 Town of Spencer 1581    55-75425 Town of Szczecin 2554    55-77150 Town of Texas 1615    55-79350 Town of Wausau 2229    55-84500 Town of Weston 639    55-86050 Town of Vienna 825    55-87025

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Marathon County

Individual evidence

1. ^ Marathon County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Marathon County, WI ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 18, 2014 
3. ↑ ^{a b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved March 18, 2014
4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Wisconsin ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 18, 2014 

Web links

Commons : Marathon County, Wisconsin  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website
• city-data.com - Marathon County, Wisconsin

Coordinates: 44 ° 54 '  N , 89 ° 46'  W