Sauk County

administration
Sauk County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP since 1982
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Baraboo
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 515 Oak Street Baraboo, WI 53913-2416
Foundation :	January 11, 1840
Made up from:	Crawford County Dane County Portage County
Area code :	001 608
Demographics
Residents :	61,976 (2010)
Population density :	28.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2197 km²
Water surface :	28 km²
map

Website : www.co.sauk.wi.us

The Sauk County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 61,976 residents and a population density of 28.6 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population increased to 63,162. The county seat is Baraboo , which was named after the Baraboo River .

geography

The county is located in south-central Wisconsin and has an area of 2,197 square kilometers, of which 28 square kilometers are water.

It is bounded on the northeast, southeast and south by the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The Baraboo River flows through the county from west to east, before flowing into the Wisconsin River in neighboring Columbia County.

The following neighboring counties border Sauk County:

Vernon County	Juneau County	Adams County
Richland County		Columbia County
	Iowa County	Dane County

Protected areas

history

Sauk County was formed on January 11, 1840 from parts of Crawford County, Dane County and Portage County. It was named after the indigenous Sauk people .

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	33.006	-
1910	32,869	-0.4%
1920	32,548	-1 %
1930	32.030	-1.6%
1940	33,700	5.2%
1950	38,120	13.1%
1960	36,179	-5.1%
1970	39,057	8th %
1980	43,469	11.3%
1990	46,975	8.1%
2000	55,225	17.6%
2010	61,976	12.2%
2013 estimate	63.162	1.9%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

According to the 2010 census , Sauk County had 61,976 people in 25,461 households. The population density was 28.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.4 people lived in each of the 25,461 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.9 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 1.4 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 52,355 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,144. 9.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Sauk County localities

Citys

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Bluffview
Lake Wisconsin ³

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Adams , Columbia and Juneau Counties

2 - partly in Richland County

3 - partly in Columbia County}

structure

In addition to the three cities and 14 villages, Sauk County is divided into 22 towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Baraboo	1672	55-04650
Town of Bear Creek	595	55-05600
Town of Dellona	1552	55-19550
Town of Delton	2391	55-19675
Town of Excelsior	1575	55-24675
Town of Fairfield	1077	55-24900
Town of Franklin	652	55-27350
Town of Freedom	447	55-27675
Town of Greenfield	932	55-31250
Town of Honey Creek	733	55-35625
Town of Ironton	660	55-37250

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of La Valle	1302	55-42850
Town of Merrimac	942	55-51350
Town of Prairie du Sac	1144	55-65125
Town of Reedsburg	1293	55-66825
Town of Spring Green	1697	55-76050
Town of Sumpter	1191	55-78525
Town of Troy	794	55-80825
Town of Washington	1007	55-83700
Town of Westfield	571	55-85625
Town of Winfield	856	55-87775
Town of Woodland	790	55-88775