Middleton, Wisconsin

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Middleton
The Dr.  Newman C. Rowley House in Middleton, listed in the NRHP since 1999 [1]
The Dr. Newman C. Rowley House in Middleton, listed on the NRHP since 1999
Location in Wisconsin
Middleton, Wisconsin
Middleton
Middleton
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dane County
Coordinates : 43 ° 6 ′  N , 89 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 6 ′  N , 89 ° 30 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
17,442 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 738.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 23.62 km 2  (approx. 9 mi 2 )
Height : 286 m
Postal code : 53562
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-51575
GNIS ID : 1569440
Website : www.ci.middleton.wi.us
Mayor : Kurt sunny day
First Lutheran Middleton.jpg
The First Lutheran Church in Middleton

Middleton is a city (with the status " City ") in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Middleton had 17,442 residents.

Middleton is part of the Madison metropolitan area .

geography

Middleton is located in south-central Wisconsin, in the northwest suburb of the capital, Madison . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located on the Mississippi and lies 136 km to the west-southwest.

The geographical coordinates of Middleton are 43 ° 05'50 "north latitude and 89 ° 30'15" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​23.62 km².

The center of Madison, which is south-east of the Middleton metropolitan area, is 9.5 km away. Other neighboring towns are Verona (13.8 km south), Cross Plains (13.3 km west-northwest), Dane (23.6 km north) and Waunakee (13.5 km north-northeast).

The nearest major cities besides Madison are Green Bay (232 km northeast), Milwaukee (136 km east), Chicago (245 km southeast) and Rockford (120 km south).

traffic

WSOR in Middleton

US Highways 12 and 14 meet in Middleton . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR), a regional ( Class II ) freight transport company, runs through Middleton from west to east . The only passenger train in the region of between Chicago and Seattle / Portland circulating Empire Builder from Amtrak , holds once a day in about 50 kilometers away in Columbus

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (11 miles southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Middleton had 17,442 people in 8,037 households. The population density was 738.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.16 people lived in each of the 8,037 households.

The racial the population was composed of 87.1 percent white, 3.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 4.2 percent Asian and 2.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.6 percent of the population.

21.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 60,337  USD . The per capita income was $ 39,364. 5.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 99000518.Retrieved November 19, 2013
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 19, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 19, 2013

Web links

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