Pepin County

administration
former Pepin County Courthouse
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Durand
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 740, 7th Avenue West Durand, WI 54736-0039
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Dunn County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	7469 (2010)
Population density :	12.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	644 km²
Water surface :	42 km²
map

Website : www.co.pepin.wi.us

The Pepin County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 7,469 people and a population density of 12.4 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 7,360. The county seat is Durand , named after Miles Durand Prindle , an early settler in the area.

geography

The county is located in western Wisconsin at the confluence of the Chippewa River with the Mississippi , which forms the border with Minnesota . It has an area of 644 square kilometers, of which 42 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Pepin County:

Pierce County	Dunn County
Goodhue County, Minnesota		Eau Claire County
Wabasha County, Minnesota	Buffalo County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	7905	-
1910	7577	-4.1%
1920	7481	-1.3%
1930	7450	-0.4%
1940	7897	6%
1950	7462	-5.5%
1960	7332	-1.7%
1970	7319	-0.2%
1980	7477	2.2%
1990	7107	-4.9%
2000	7213	1.5%
2010	7469	3.5%
2013 estimate	7360	-1.5%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Pepin County was formed in 1858 from parts of Dunn County. It was named after the French conquerors Pierre and Jean Pepin du Chardonnets .

population

According to the 2010 census , Pepin County had 7,469 people in 3,017 households. The population density was 12.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.43 people each in the 3,017 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.1 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 49,544 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,436. 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Pepin County

City

Durand

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Arkansaw

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Pierce County}

structure

Pepin County is divided into eight towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Albany	676	55-00800
Town of Durand	742	55-21250
Town of Frankfort	343	55-27175
Town of Lima	702	55-44075
Town of Pepin	721	55-61950
Town of Stockholm	197	55-77500
Town of Waterville	831	55-84025
Town of Waubeek	423	55-84100