Richland County, Wisconsin

administration
Richland County Courthouse
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Richland Center
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 181 Seminary Street Richland Center, WI 53581
Foundation :	1842
Made up from:	Iowa County
Area code :	001 608
Demographics
Residents :	18,021 (2010)
Population density :	11.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1526 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Website : www.co.richland.wi.us

The Richland County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 18,021 residents and a population density of 11.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Richland Center .

geography

The county is located in southwest Wisconsin, on the north bank of the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . It is about 50 km from Iowa to the west and about 50 miles from Illinois to the south. It has an area of 1526 square kilometers of which 8 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Richland County:

	Vernon County
Crawford County		Sauk County
Grant County		Iowa County

history

Richland County was formed in 1842 from parts of Iowa County. It was named after the (rich) good farmland.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	19,483	-
1910	18,809	-3.5%
1920	19,823	5.4%
1930	19,525	-1.5%
1940	20,381	4.4%
1950	19,245	-5.6%
1960	17,684	-8.1%
1970	17,079	-3.4%
1980	17,476	2.3%
1990	17,521	0.3%
2000	17,924	2.3%
2010	18,021	0.5%
2012 estimate	17,818	-1.1%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

As of the 2010 census , Richland County had 18,021 people in 7,510 households. The population density was 11.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in each of the 7510 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.3 percent of the population.

22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,326 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,913. 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Richland County localities

City

Richland Center

Villages

Viola ²
Yuba

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Sauk County

2 - partly in Vernon County}

structure

Richland County is divided into 16 towns along with the six incorporated municipalities :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Akan	403	55-00675
Town of Bloom	512	55-08175
Town of Buena Vista	1869	55-10950
Town of Dayton	693	55-19000
Town of Eagle	531	55-21400
Town of Forest	352	55-26475
Town of Henrietta	493	55-33925
Town of Ithaca	619	55-37500

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Marshall	567	55-49600
Town of Orion	579	55-60350
Town of Richland	1379	55-67575
Town of Richwood	533	55-67775
Town of Rockbridge	734	55-68675
Town of Sylvan	555	55-78825
Town of Westford	530	55-85675
Town of Willow	579	55-87250

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