Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1835 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Racine County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 42 ′ N , 87 ° 51 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 26,197 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 299.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 91.56 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of which 87.36 km 2 (approx. 34 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 218 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 53177, 53403, 53406 | ||
| Area code : | +1 262 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-54875 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2012620 | ||
| Website : | www.mtpleasantwi.gov | ||
| Mayor : | James Majdoch | ||
Mount Pleasant is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Racine County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Mount Pleasant had 26,197 residents.
Mount Pleasant is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area .
geography
Mount Pleasant is located in southeastern Wisconsin, in the southern suburbs of its largest city, Milwaukee . In the northeast, the municipality is bounded by the Root River , while in the south it reaches up to Lake Michigan .
The geographical coordinates of Mount Pleasant are 42 ° 41'51 "north latitude and 87 ° 51'21" west longitude. The municipal area extends over an area of 91.56 km², which is spread over 87.36 km² of land and 4.2 km² of water.
The Sturtevant parish is completely enclosed by the Mount Pleasant parish. Other neighboring towns are Caledonia (on the northern municipality border), Racine (on the northeastern municipality border), Kenosha (21.6 km south) and Union Grove (16.6 km west).
The closest major cities are Milwaukee (42.2 km north), Wisconsin's capital Madison (146 km west northwest), Rockford , Illinois (139 km west southwest) and Chicago , Illinois (118 km south).
traffic
The community of Mount Pleasant is bounded to the west by Interstate 94 , which runs here on a section together with US Highway 41 . Wisconsin Highways 11 , 20 run within the community area . 31 and 32 . All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
Two lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway run through Mount Pleasant and cross in Sturtevant.
Immediately behind the north-eastern municipal boundary is the John H. Batten Airport, a regional airport. The nearest major airports are Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (20 miles north) and O'Hare International Airport in Chicago (98 miles south).
population
According to the 2010 census , Mount Pleasant had 26,197 people in 11,136 households. The population density was 299.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.33 people lived in the 11,136 households.
The racial the population was composed of 86.0 percent white, 6.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 2.1 percent Asian and 2.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 8.3 percent of the population.
20.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 61,111 USD . The per capita income was $ 32,307. 7.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 26, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on December 26, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - John H. Batten Airport Accessed on 26 December 2013