Rib Mountain
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Marathon County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 55 ′ N , 89 ° 41 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
5,651 (as of 2010) 134,063 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 180 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 33.8 km 2 (approx. 13 mi 2 ) of which 31.4 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 399 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54401 | ||
| Area code : | +1 534, 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-67320 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1867665 | ||
Rib Mountain is a settlement on community-free area in Marathon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 Rib Mountain had 5651 inhabitants.
Rib Mountain is part of the Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area , which coincides with Marathon County.
geography
Rib Mountain is located in central Wisconsin, on Rib Mountain at the confluence of the Big Rib River with the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi .
The geographical coordinates of Rib Mountain are 44 ° 54'46 "north latitude and 89 ° 40'31" west longitude. The place extends over an area of 33.8 km², which is spread over 31.4 km² of land and 2.4 km² of water. The place forms the center of the Town of Rib Mountain .
The mountain range is located in Rib Mountain State Park , which also includes the Granite Peak Ski Area .
Neighboring towns to Rib Mountain are Wausau (north on the opposite bank of the Rib River and northeast on the opposite bank of the Wisconsin River), Schofield (east on the opposite bank of the Wisconsin River), Rothschild (southeast on the opposite bank of the Wisconsin River), Mosinee (12 mi south) and Marathon City (18.3 km west).
The nearest larger cities besides Wausau are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (150 km east-southeast), Appleton (159 km southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (290 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (225 km south), La Crosse am Mississippi (227 km southwest), Eau Claire (163 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (286 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (372 km northwest).
traffic
On the southeastern outskirts of the town, the four-lane Wisconsin State Highway 29 joins the four -lane US Highway 51 , which runs north-south through Rib Mountain. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Wausau Downtown Airport there is a small airfield 12 km northeast. The nearest commercial airport is Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee (11.8 miles south).
population
According to the 2010 census , Rib Mountain had 5,651 people in 2,232 households. The population density was 180 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 2232 households.
The racial the population was composed of 93.1 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 5.6 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.
22.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 75,842 USD . The per capita income was $ 33,033. 4.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 21, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Rib Mountain State Park.Retrieved March 21, 2014
- ↑ Granite Peak ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 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 March 21, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 21, 2014
