Oneida County, Wisconsin

administration
The Oneida County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP since 1981
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Rhinelander
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 400 Rhinelander, WI 54501-0400
Foundation :	1885
Made up from:	Lincoln County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	35,998 (2010)
Population density :	12.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3201 km²
Water surface :	288 km²
map

Website : www.oneida.wi.gov

The Oneida County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 35,998 residents and a population density of 12.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Rhinelander , named after F. W. Rhinelander , a president of the Lakeshore and Western Railroad .

geography

The county is located in northern Wisconsin and about 22 miles from Michigan . It has an area of 3201 square kilometers, of which 288 square kilometers are water.

From northeast to southwest the county is traversed by the upper reaches of the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi .

The following neighboring counties border Oneida County:

	Vilas County
Price County		Forest County
	Lincoln County	Langlade County

history

Oneida County was formed in 1885 from parts of Lincoln County. It was named after the indigenous people of Oneida , one of the six Iroquois nations .

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	8875	-
1910	11,433	28.8%
1920	13,996	22.4%
1930	15,899	13.6%
1940	18,938	19.1%
1950	20,648	9%
1960	22,112	7.1%
1970	24,427	10.5%
1980	31,216	27.8%
1990	31,679	1.5%
2000	36,776	16.1%
2010	35,998	-2.1%
2012 estimate	35,714	-0.8%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

As of the 2010 census , Oneida County had 35,998 people in 16,226 households. The population density was 12.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 16,226 people lived in each of the 2.17 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

17.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,181 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,374. 10.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Oneida County

City:

Rhinelander

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Lincoln and Price County

2 - partly in Lincoln County}

structure

In addition to the city of Rhinelander, Oneida County is divided into 20 towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Cassian	985	55-13025
Town of Crescent	2033	55-17625
Town of Enterprise	315	55-24125
Town of Hazelhurst	1273	55-33575
Town of Lake Tomahawk	1043	55-41887
Town of Little Rice	306	55-45150
Town of Lynne	141	55-46650
Town of Minocqua	4385	55-53225
Town of Monico	309	55-53662
Town of Newbold	2719	55-56425

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Nokomis	1371	55-57450
Town of Pelican	2764	55-61625
Town of Piehl	86	55-62600
Town of Pine Lake	2740	55-62925
Town of Schoepke	387	55-72125
Town of Stella	650	55-76975
Town of Sugar Camp	1694	55-78075
Town of Three Lakes	2131	55-79700
Town of Woodboro	813	55-88625
Town of Woodruff	2055	55-88950