Portage County, Wisconsin

administration
Portage County Courthouse
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Stevens Point
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1516 Church Street Stevens Point, WI 54481-3501
Foundation :	December 7, 1836
Made up from:	Brown County Crawford County Iowa County Milwaukee County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	70,019 (2010)
Population density :	33.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2131 km²
Water surface :	43 km²
map

Website : www.co.portage.wi.us

The Portage County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 70,019 residents and a population density of 33.5 people per square kilometer. By 2012 the population had increased to 70,433. The county seat is Stevens Point , named after George Stevens , an early settler in the area.

geography

The county is located slightly east of the geographic center of Wisconsin and has an area of 2,131 square kilometers, of which 43 square kilometers are water.

The county is traversed by the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The county's largest tributary to the Wisconsin River is the Plover River .

The following neighboring counties border Portage County:

	Marathon County	Shawano County
Wood County		Waupaca County
Adams County		Waushara County

history

Portage County was formed on December 7, 1836 from parts of Brown County, Crawford County, Iowa County, and Milwaukee County. It was named after the watershed ( French : Portage - transition) between the Fox River and the Wisconsin River.

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	29,483	-
1910	30,945	5%
1920	33,649	8.7%
1930	33,827	0.5%
1940	35,800	5.8%
1950	34,858	-2.6%
1960	36,964	6%
1970	47,541	28.6%
1980	57,420	20.8%
1990	61,405	6.9%
2000	67,182	9.4%
2010	70.019	4.2%
2012 estimate	70,433	0.6%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

population

According to the 2010 census , Portage County had 70,433 people in 27,982 households. The population density was 33.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.38 people each in the 27,982 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.9 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 2.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.9 percent of the population.

20.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 51,422 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,208. 13.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Portage County localities

City

Stevens Point

Villages

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Wood County}

structure

In addition to the City of Stevens Point and the ten Villages, Portage County is divided into 17 towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Alban	885	55-00725
Town of Almond	680	55-01425
Town of Amherst	1325	55-01775
Town of Belmont	616	55-06475
Town of Buena Vista	1198	55-10925
Town of Carson	1305	55-12725
Town of Dewey	932	55-19975
Town of Eau Pleine	908	55-22450
Town of Grant	1906	55-30350

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Hull	5346	55-36350
Town of Lanark	1527	55-42225
Town of Linwood	1121	55-44800
Town of New Hope	718	55-56850
Town of Pine Grove	937	55-62825
Town of Plover	1701	55-63550
Town of Sharon	1982	55-72850
Town of Stockton	2917	55-77537