Mercer, Wisconsin
| Mercer | |||
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 Center of Mercer |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Iron County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 10 ′ N , 90 ° 4 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 516 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 44.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 14.19 km 2 (about 5 mi 2 ) of which 11.53 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 488 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54547 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715,534 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-51175 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1569357 | ||
Mercer is a settlement on community-free area in Iron County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 , Mercer had 516 residents.
geography
Mercer is located on Mercer Lake in northern Wisconsin, around 20 km south of the Michigan border and around 60 km south of Lake Superior .
The geographical coordinates of Mercer are 46 ° 09'56 "north latitude and 90 ° 03'46" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 14.19 km², which is spread over 11.53 km² of land and 2.66 km² of water. Mercer is the largest and most important settlement within the Town of Mercer .
Neighboring towns to Mercer are Winchester (10.1 miles east-northeast), Manitowish Waters (16.8 km east), Manitowish (5.8 km southeast), Powell (13.7 km in the same direction), and Carter (11 km northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (299 km southeast), Wausau (163 km south), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (367 km southwest) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (210 km west-northwest).
traffic
The US Highway 51 runs as the main road through Mercer. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
With the Manitowish Waters Airport there is a small airfield 17.2 km east. The nearest regional airports are Duluth International Airport (219 km west-northwest) and Central Wisconsin Airport near Wausau (183 km south). The nearest major international airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (377 km southwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Mercer had 516 people in 276 households. The population density was 44.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 1.87 people each in the 276 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.4 percent white, 0.6 percent Native American and 1.0 percent Asian. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.4 percent of the population.
12.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 36.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 35,625 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,042. 7.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 18, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 18, 2014
