Racine County

administration
Racine County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP since 1980
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Racine
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 730 Wisconsin Avenue Racine, WI 53403-1238
Foundation :	1836
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 262
Demographics
Residents :	195,408 (2010)
Population density :	226.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2051 km²
Water surface :	1188 km²
map

Website : www.racineco.com

The Racine County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 195,408 residents and a population density of 226.4 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 195,041. The county seat is Racine .

Racine County is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area

geography

The county is located in southeastern Wisconsin, about 30 km from Illinois in the south and borders Lake Michigan in the east . It has an area of 2051 square kilometers, of which 1188 square kilometers are water.

In the east of the county is the confluence of the Root River in Lake Michigan. In the west, the county is traversed from north to south by the Fox River , which belongs to the Mississippi River basin over the Illinois River .

The following neighboring counties border Racine County:

Waukesha County		Milwaukee County
Walworth County
	Kenosha County

history

Racine County was formed in 1836 as the original county from parts of the Wisconsin Territory. It was named, like the district capital, after the former French name for the Root River.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	14,973	-
1860	21,360	42.7%
1870	26,740	25.2%
1880	30,922	15.6%
1890	36,268	17.3%
1900	45,644	25.9%
1910	57,424	25.8%
1920	78,961	37.5%
1930	90.217	14.3%
1940	94,047	4.2%
1950	109,585	16.5%
1960	141,781	29.4%
1970	170,838	20.5%
1980	173.132	1.3%
1990	175.034	1.1%
2000	188,831	7.9%
2010	195,408	3.5%
2013 estimate	195.041	-0.2%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Where the Root River flows into Lake Michigan

According to the 2010 census , Racine County had 195,408 people in 75,775 households. The population density was 226.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 75,775 households.

The racial the population was composed of 84.4 percent white, 11.6 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 12.3 percent of the population.

24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 54,900 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,292. 12.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Racine County

Citys

Burlington ¹
Racine

Villages

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Walworth County}

structure

In addition to the two cities and nine villages, Racine County is divided into six towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Burlington	6502	55-11225
Town of Dover	4051	55-20625
Town of Norway	7948	55-58600
Town of Raymond	3870	55-66375
Town of Waterford	6344	55-83850
Town of Yorkville	3071	55-89575

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 80000179.Retrieved August 15, 2014

^ Racine County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Racine County, WI Retrieved August 15, 2014
↑ ^a ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved August 15, 2014
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Wisconsin ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 15, 2014 @1@ 2

Web links

Commons : Racine County, Wisconsin - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

42.78 -87.76Coordinates: 42 ° 47 ′ N , 87 ° 46 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 80000179.Retrieved August 15, 2014