Prentice, Wisconsin

Prentice
	Prentice
	Prentice
Basic data
State :	United States
State :	Wisconsin
County :	Price County
Coordinates :	45 ° 33 ′ N , 90 ° 17 ′ W Coordinates: 45 ° 33 ′ N , 90 ° 17 ′ W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	660 (as of 2010)
Population density :	126.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	5.23 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height :	469 m
Postal code :	54556
Area code :	+1 715
FIPS :	55-65325
GNIS ID :	1571914
Website :	www.vil.prentice.wi.gov
Mayor :	Brian Schmidt (President)

Prentice is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Price County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Prentice had 660 inhabitants.

geography

Prentice is located in north-central Wisconsin on both sides of the southern headwaters of the Jump River , which is part of the Mississippi basin via the Chippewa River .

The geographical coordinates of Prentice are 45 ° 32'46 "north latitude and 90 ° 17'12" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 5.23 km² and is almost completely surrounded by the Town of Prentice without belonging to it.

Neighboring towns to Prentice are Worcester (6.7 km north), Brantwood (15.7 km east), Ogema (14 km south), Catawba (20 km west) and Phillips (22 km north-northwest).

The nearest major cities are Eau Claire (170 km southwest), Rochester in Minnesota (315 km in the same direction), the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) in Minnesota (265 km west southwest), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (247 km) km northwest), Wausau (118 km southeast), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (268 km in the same direction), and Wisconsin's capital Madison (343 km southeast).

traffic

In the north, the municipality is bounded by US Highway 8 , which runs in a west-east direction . Wisconsin State Highway 13, which runs north to south, crosses the northwest parish boundary . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

In Prentice two railroad lines for the freight traffic of the Canadian National Railway (CN) cross.

In the east of the municipality is the Prentice Airport, a small airfield. The nearest regional airport is Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport (45 miles east). The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (280 km west-southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Prentice had 660 people in 293 households. The population density was 126.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.25 people lived in each of the 293 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.9 percent African American and 0.9 percent Native American; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.

25.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.8 percent were 65 years or older. 54.2 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 32,188 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,326. 19.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.