Sawyer County

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Sawyer County Courthouse
Sawyer County Courthouse
administration
US state : Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters : Hayward
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
10610 Main Street
Hayward, WI 54843-6595
Foundation : 1883
Made up from: Ashland County
Chippewa County
Area code : 001 715
Demographics
Residents : 16,557  (2010)
Population density : 5.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 3497 km²
Water surface : 243 km²
map
Map of Sawyer County within Wisconsin
Website : www.sawyercountygov.org

The Sawyer County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 16,557 residents and a population density of 5.1 people per square kilometer. By 2013, the population decreased slightly to 16,513. The county seat is Hayward , named after Anthony Judson Hayward , who owned the only sawmill in the area.

geography

The county is located in northwestern Wisconsin and has an area of ​​3,497 square kilometers, of which 243 square kilometers are water.

The Namekagon River flows through the northwest of the county and forms part of the Mississippi River basin over the Saint Croix River . The southeast of Sawyer County is traversed by the Flambeau River , which is also drained by the Mississippi via the Chippewa River .

The following neighboring counties border Sawyer County:

Douglas County Bayfield County Ashland County
Washburn County Compass card (de) .svg Price County
Barron County Rusk County

history

Philetus Sawyer
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 3593 -
1910 6227 73.3%
1920 8243 32.4%
1930 8878 7.7%
1940 11,540 30%
1950 10,323 -10.5%
1960 9475 -8.2%
1970 9670 2.1%
1980 12,843 32.8%
1990 14,181 10.4%
2000 16,196 14.2%
2010 16,557 2.2%
2013 estimate 16,513 -0.3%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Sawyer County was formed in 1883 from parts of Ashland County and Chippewa County. It was named after Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), a member of the US House of Representatives and US Senator .

population

As of the 2010 census , Sawyer County had 16,557 people in 7,720 households. The population density was 5.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.1 people lived in each of the 7720 households.

The racial the population was composed of 78.8 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 17.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 3.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.

20.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.7 percent were 65 years or older. 49.4 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 39,814  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,213. 19.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Sawyer County localities

City

Villages

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

1 - partially in Washburn County

structure

In addition to the one city and the four villages, Sawyer County is divided into 16 towns :

Town Population
(2010)
FIPS
Town of Bass Lake 2377    55-05200
Town of Couderay 401    55-17250
Town of Draper 204    55-20825
Town of Edgewater 519    55-22625
Town of Hayward 3567    55-33475
Town of Hunter 678    55-36450
Town of Lenroot 1279    55-43400
Town of Meadowbrook 131    55-50300
Town Population
(2010)
FIPS
Town of Meteor 158    55-51425
Town of Ojibwa 249    55-59600
Town of Radisson 405    55-66075
Town of Round Lake 977    55-69750
Town of Sand Lake 813    55-71500
Town of Spider Lake 351    55-75450
Town of Weirgor 332    55-85100
Town of Winter 960    55-88000

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sawyer County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Sawyer County, WI. Retrieved August 20, 2014
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties. Retrieved August 20, 2014
  4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. 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 20, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mcdc.missouri.edu

Web links

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Coordinates: 45 ° 54 '  N , 91 ° 8'  W