Outagamie County

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Outagamie County Courthouse
Outagamie County Courthouse
administration
US state : Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters : Appleton
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Administrative Building
410 South Walnut Street
Appleton, WI 54911-5920
Foundation : 1851
Made up from: Brown County
Area code : 001 920
Demographics
Residents : 176,695  (2010)
Population density : 106.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1669 km²
Water surface : 11 km²
map
Map of Outagamie County within Wisconsin
Website : www.co.outagamie.wi.us

The Outagamie County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 176,695 people and a population density of 106.6 people per square kilometer. By 2012 the population increased to 178,816. The county seat is Appleton , named after Samuel Appleton of Boston , father-in-law of Amos A. Lawrence , founder of Lawrence University .

geography

The county lies in the east of Wisconsin between the Lake Michigan belonging to Green Bay and Lake Winnebago . It is about 15 km to the northeast and about 60 km to the east from Lake Michigan and has an area of ​​1669 square kilometers, of which 11 square kilometers are water.

In the southeast it is traversed by the lower reaches of the Fox River ; through the west of the county flow the Wolf River and its tributary, the Embarras River , both of which belong to the river system of the Fox River.

The following neighboring counties border Outagamie County:

Shawano County
Waupaca County Compass card (de) .svg Brown County
Winnebago County Calumet County

history

Outagamie County was formed in 1851 from parts of Brown County. It was named after an Indian expression which, loosely translated, means people from the opposite bank .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 46,247 -
1910 49.102 6.2%
1920 55.113 12.2%
1930 62,790 13.9%
1940 70.032 11.5%
1950 81,722 16.7%
1960 101,794 24.6%
1970 119.356 17.3%
1980 128,799 7.9%
1990 140.510 9.1%
2000 160,971 14.6%
2010 176,695 9.8%
2012 estimate 178,816 1.2%
1900-2000 2000 2010-2012

population

As of the 2010 census , Outagamie County had 176,695 people in 69,396 households. The population density was 106.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 69,396 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.4 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 1.8 percent Native American, 3.2 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 57,584  USD . The per capita income was $ 28,185. 8.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Outagamie County localities

Citys

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Calumet and Winnebago County
2 - partly in Waupaca County
3 - partly in Brown County

structure

In addition to the four cities and ten villages, Outagamie County is divided into 20 towns :

Town Population
(2010)
FIPS
Town of Black Creek 1259    55-07750
Town of Bovina 1145    55-08975
Town of Buchanan 6755    55-10750
Town of Center 3402    55-13600
Town of Cicero 1103    55-14750
Town of Dale 2731    55-18525
Town of Deer Creek 637    55-19200
Town of Ellington 2758    55-23425
Town of Freedom 5842    55-27650
Town of Grand Chute 20,919    55-30075
Town of Greenville 10,309    55-31550
Town of Hortonia 1097    55-35825
Town of Kaukauna 1238    55-38825
Town of Liberty 867    55-43875
Town of Maine 866    55-48250
Town of Maple Creek 619    55-48775
Town of Oneida 4678    55-60000
Town of Osborn 1170    55-60400
Town of Seymour 1193    55-72750
Town of Vandenbroek 1474    55-82400

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Outagamie 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 - Outagamie County, WI ( Memento of the original from July 16, 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 25, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  3. a b National Association of Counties.Retrieved March 25, 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 25, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mcdc.missouri.edu

Web links

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Coordinates: 44 ° 25 ′  N , 88 ° 28 ′  W