Racine, Wisconsin

Racine
	Nickname : The Belle City of the Lakes
	; Racine
Location in Wisconsin
	Racine
	Racine
Basic data
Foundation :	1834
State :	United States
State :	Wisconsin
County :	Racine County
Coordinates :	42 ° 44 ′ N , 87 ° 48 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 44 ′ N , 87 ° 48 ′ W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants : ; - Metropolitan Area :	78,860 (as of 2010); 1,751,316 (as of 2010)
Population density :	1,961.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	48.4 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) of; which 40.2 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	188 m
Postal code :	53403
Area code :	+1 262
FIPS :	55-66000
GNIS ID :	1572015
Website :	www.cityofracine.org
Mayor :	John Dickert
	; At the confluence of the Root River with Lake Michigan

Racine is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Racine County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Racine had 78,860 inhabitants, the number of which decreased slightly to 78,303 by 2012.

Racine is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area .

geography

Racine is located in southeastern Wisconsin at the confluence of the Root River with Lake Michigan . The urban area extends over an area of 48.4 km², which is spread over 40.2 km² of land and 8.1 km² of water.

The closest major cities are Milwaukee (24 miles north), Wisconsin's capital Madison (168 km west northwest), Rockford , Illinois (142 km west southwest) and Chicago (107 km south).

history

By the end of the 19th century, Racine had straight, wide streets, beautiful public buildings, a theological seminary, factories for agricultural machinery, wagons, woolen goods, etc., a shipyard and ironworks. In 1885 the city had 19,636 inhabitants.

economy

The international company SC Johnson & Son was founded in Racine in 1886 and is still based here today. The group manufactures cleaning and care products as well as insect repellants such as: B. Autan . Despite its size with 12,000 employees worldwide and an annual turnover of 6.6 billion US dollars ( 2004 ), the company is still family-owned. Other major companies are Modine or to Robert Bosch GmbH belonging toolmaker Dremel and the company Putzmeister , a leading manufacturer of concrete pumps .

Attractions

Wind Point Lighthouse: at the north end of Racine Harbor
SC Johnson and Son Administration Building and Research Tower: a US National Historic Landmark , built between 1936–1939
Racine Zoological Gardens
Thomas P. Hardy House, Frank Lloyd Wright House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The Prairie School, private elite school, Frank Lloyd Wright building
Racine Art Museum , museum of handicrafts and contemporary art

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	5107	-
1860	7822	53.2%
1870	9880	26.3%
1880	16,031	62.3%
1890	21,014	31.1%
1900	29.102	38.5%
1910	38.002	30.6%
1920	58,593	54.2%
1930	67,542	15.3%
1940	67.195	-0.5%
1950	71.193	5.9%
1960	89.144	25.2%
1970	95.162	6.8%
1980	85,725	-9.9%
1990	84,298	-1.7%
2000	81,855	-2.9%
2010	78,860	-3.7%
2012 estimate	78,303	-0.7%
1850-2000 2010-2012

According to the 2010 census , Racine had 78,860 people in 30,530 households. The population density was 1961.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 30,530 households.

The racial the population was composed of 61.8 percent white, 22.6 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 10.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 4.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 20.7 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

27.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 38,789 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,079. 21.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

sons and daughters of the town

Frank Bencriscutto (1928–1997), composer
Caron Butler (born 1980), basketball player
Gerald Cannon (* 1958), jazz bassist
Chi Coltrane (* 1948), rock musician and songwriter
Ellen Corby (1911–1999), actress
Christopher Crowe (* 1948), screenwriter, producer, director and actor
Clifford Earle (1935-2017), mathematician
Joel Frahm (* 1970), jazz musician
George Gillett (born 1938), businessman
Greg Graffin (born 1964), singer in the punk band Bad Religion
Chad Harbach (* 1975), writer
Max Hardcore (* 1956), porn actor and film producer
Paul Percy Harris (1868–1947), founder of Rotary International
Kevin Henkes (* 1960), writer and illustrator
Russ Johnson (* 1965), jazz and improvisation musician
David Kherdian (born 1931), writer
Larry Kusche (* 1940), pilot, flight instructor, librarian and non-fiction author
Fredric March (1897–1975), actor
Peter Madsen (* 1955), jazz pianist
Billy Maxted (1917-2001), jazz pianist
Benedikt Mayer (* 1953), German politician
Barbara McNair (1934–2007), actress
Gwen Moore (* 1951), politician
Paul Seitz (* 1951), composer and music teacher
Brandon Shack-Harris (born 1981), poker player
Richard John Sklba (* 1935), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Milwaukee
Lawrence H. Smith (1892-1958), politician