Polk County, Wisconsin

administration
Former Polk County Courthouse and now Polk County Museum, listed on the NRHP since 1982
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Balsam Lake
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 Polk County Plaza Balsam Lake, WI 54810-9082
Foundation :	1853
Made up from:	St. Croix County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	44,205 (2010)
Population density :	18.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2477 km²
Water surface :	101 km²
map

Website : www.co.polk.wi.us

The Polk County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 44,205 residents and a population density of 18.6 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 43,476. The county seat is Balsam Lake .

geography

The county is located in northwest Wisconsin and is bounded to the west by the St. Croix River , which forms the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota .

Polk County covers an area of 2,477 square kilometers, of which 101 square kilometers are water.

The following neighboring counties border Polk County:

	Burnett County
Chisago County, Minnesota		Barron County
Washington County, Minnesota	St. Croix County	Dunn County

history

James Polk

Polk County was formed in 1853 from parts of St. Croix County. It was named after James K. Polk , the eleventh President of the USA.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	17.801	-
1910	21,367	20%
1920	26,870	25.8%
1930	26,567	-1.1%
1940	26,197	-1.4%
1950	24,944	-4.8%
1960	24,968	0.1%
1970	26,666	6.8%
1980	32,351	21.3%
1990	34,773	7.5%
2000	41,319	18.8%
2010	44.205	7%
2013 estimate	43,476	-1.6%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

According to the 2010 census , Polk County had 44,205 people in 18,304 households. The population density was 18.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.38 people in each of the 18,304 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 49,595 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,691. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Polk County localities

Citys

Villages

Osceola
Turtle Lake ¹

Census-designated places (CDP)

Lewis

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Barron County

2 - partly in Burnett County}

structure

In addition to the two cities and ten villages, Polk County is divided into 24 towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Alden	2786	55-00950
Town of Apple River	1146	55-02350
Town of Balsam Lake	1411	55-04500
Town of Beaver	835	55-05825
Town of Black Brook	1325	55-07700
Town of Bone Lake	717	55-08750
Town of Clam Falls	596	55-14837
Town of Clayton	975	55-15125
Town of Clear Lake	899	55-15275
Town of Eureka	1649	55-24450
Town of Farmington	1836	55-25350
Town of Garfield	1692	55-28350

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Georgetown	977	55-28725
Town of Johnstown	534	55-38400
Town of Laketown	961	55-41900
Town of Lincoln	2208	55-44475
Town of Lorain	284	55-45775
Town of Luck	930	55-46225
Town of McKinley	347	55-46900
Town of Milltown	1226	55-52100
Town of Osceola	2855	55-60475
Town of St. Croix Falls	1165	55-70575
Town of Sterling	790	55-77050
Town of West Sweden	699	55-86350