Rice Lake, Wisconsin
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| Foundation : | 1887 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Barron County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 30 ′ N , 91 ° 44 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 8,438 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 378.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 25.12 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) of which 22.27 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 350 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54868 | ||
| Area code : | +1 534, 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-67350 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1572268 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.rice-lake.wi.us | ||
| Mayor : | Steve Harrington | ||
Rice Lake is a small town (with the status " City ") in Barron County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Rice Lake had 8,438 residents, making it the county's largest city.
geography
Rice Lake is located in northwest Wisconsin on the western shore of Rice Lake , which is traversed by the Red Cedar River , a tributary of the Chippewa River, which flows into the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Rice Lake are 45 ° 29'54 "north latitude and 91 ° 44'20" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 25.12 km², which is spread over 22.27 km² of land and 2.85 km² of water.
Neighboring towns to Rice Lake are Haugen (12 km north), Cameron (11.9 km south), Barron (20.9 km southwest), and Cumberland (14.3 km west).
The closest major cities are Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (159 km north), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (376 km east-southeast), Eau Claire (94.3 km southeast), Rochester , Minnesota (231 km southwest), and Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis (165 km west-southwest).
The Canadian border is 418 km north.
traffic
The four-lane US Highway 53 runs north-south through the west of Rice Lake. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the former Wisconsin Central , which today belongs to the Canadian National Railway , runs through Rice Lake in a north-south direction .
The Rice Lake Regional Airport is located in an exclave of the urban area 12.4 km south of the city center, a small regional airport. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (173 km southwest).
population
As of the 2010 census , Rice Lake had 8,438 people in 3,936 households. The population density was 378.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically speaking, there were 2.09 people in each of the 3,936 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.2 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.
20.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.2 percent were 65 years or older. 53.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 37,981 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,973. 12.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
media
- RiceLake Chronotype , weekly newspaper
- WAQE , radio station
- WJMC , radio station
- WKFX , radio station
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 9, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed August 9, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - Rice Lake Regional Airport Retrieved on August 9, 2013