Poplar (Wisconsin)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Douglas County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 35 ′ N , 91 ° 48 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
603 (as of 2010) 279,771 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 19.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 30.9 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 299 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54864 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715,534 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-63975 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1571768 | ||
| Website : | www.villageofpoplar.com | ||
| Mayor : | Leo Naumann (President) | ||
Poplar is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Douglas County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Poplar had 603 inhabitants.
Poplar is part of the interstate Twin Ports metropolitan area around the cities of Superior and Duluth in Minnesota .
geography
The community is located in northwest Wisconsin not far from Lake Superior , the largest of the five Great Lakes in North America.
The geographical coordinates of Poplar are 46 ° 35'02 "north latitude and 91 ° 47'57" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 30.9 km².
Neighboring towns to Poplar are Brule (18.7 km east-southeast), Lake Nebagamon (12.3 km southeast), Solon Springs (28.8 km south), Hawthorne (15.8 km southwest), Amnicon Falls (7.8 km west-northwest ) and Wentworth (2.2 miles northwest).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (486 km southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (501 km south-southeast), Eau Claire (220 km south), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (276 km southwest) and Thunder Bay in the Canadian province of Ontario (342 km northeast).
traffic
The US Highway 2 leads in west-east direction as the main road through Poplar. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airport is Duluth International Airport (46.5 km northwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , 603 people in 229 households lived in Poplar. The population density was 19.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.63 people lived in each of the 229 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.5 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 1.7 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races.
26.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 57,857 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,711. 12.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 25, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 25, 2014