Shawano County

administration
Shawano County Courthouse
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Shawano
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 311 North Main Street Shawano, WI 54166-2145
Foundation :	1853
Made up from:	Oconto County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	41,949 (2010)
Population density :	18.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2355 km²
Water surface :	44 km²
map

Website : www.co.shawano.wi.us

The Shawano County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 41,949 residents and a population density of 18.2 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 41,643. The county seat is Shawano .

geography

The Shawano Lake

The county is located in east central Wisconsin, about 20 km west of Green Bay on Lake Michigan . It has an area of 2355 square kilometers, of which 44 square kilometers are water.

The Wolf River , which belongs to the catchment area of Lake Michigan via the Fox River , flows through Shawano County from north to south and forms the outflow of Shawano Lake in the middle of the county . The western part of the county is drained by the Embarrass River , which flows into the Wolf River in neighboring Waupaca County to the south.

The following neighboring counties border Shawano County:

Langlade County	Menominee County
Marathon County		Oconto County
Portage County	Outagamie County , Waupaca County	Brown County

history

Shawano County was formed in 1853 from parts of Oconto County. It was named, like the district capital, after the Indian expression for south or south .

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	27,475	-
1910	31,884	16%
1920	33,975	6.6%
1930	33,516	-1.4%
1940	35,378	5.6%
1950	35,249	-0.4%
1960	34,351	-2.5%
1970	32,650	-5%
1980	35,928	10%
1990	37,157	3.4%
2000	40,664	9.4%
2010	41,949	3.2%
2013 estimate	41,643	-0.7%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

According to the 2010 census , Shawano County had 41,949 people in 17,219 households. The population density was 18.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in the 17,219 households.

The racial the population was composed of 88.9 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 8.1 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 45,901 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,827. 11.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Shawano County localities

Citys

Marion ¹
Shawano

Villages

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Waupaca County

2 - partly in Marathon County

3 - partly in Brown and Oconto County

4 - partly in Oconto County

5 - partly in Menominee County

6 - partly in Brown County}

structure

In addition to the two cities and eleven villages, Shawano County is divided into 25 towns :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Almon	584	55-01375
Town of Angelica	1793	55-01975
Town of Aniwa	541	55-02100
Town of Bartelme	819	55-05000
Town of Belle Plaine	1855	55-06275
Town of Birnamwood	763	55-07625
Town of Fairbanks	616	55-24775
Town of Germania	332	55-28825
Town of Grant	991	55-30400

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Green Valley	1089	55-31500
Town of Hartland	904	55-33075
Town of Herman	776	55-34025
Town of Hutchins	600	55-36700
Town of Lessor	1263	55-43675
Town of Maple Grove	972	55-48900
Town of Morris	453	55-54250
Town of Navarino	446	55-55675
Town of Pella	865	55-61700

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Red Springs	925	55-66750
Town of Richmond	1864	55-67675
Town of Seneca	558	55-72550
Town of Washington	1895	55-83725
Town of Waukechon	1021	55-84225
Town of Wescott	3183	55-85275
Town of Wittenberg	833	55-88350