South Milwaukee
| South Milwaukee | |
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 Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Wisconsin |
| County : | Milwaukee County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 55 ′ N , 87 ° 52 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
21,156 (as of 2010) 1,751,316 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,706.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 12.4 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 204 m |
| Postal code : | 53172 |
| Area code : | +1 414 |
| FIPS : | 55-75125 |
| GNIS ID : | 157446 |
| Website : | smwi.org |
| Mayor : | Erik Brooks |
South Milwaukee is a city (with the status " City ") in Milwaukee County in the southeast of the US -amerikanischen state of Wisconsin . In 2010 , South Milwaukee had 21,156 residents. By 2013 the population increased to 21,239.
South Milwaukee is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area .
geography
South Milwaukee is located in southeastern Wisconsin, at the mouth of Oak Creek in Lake Michigan .
The geographical coordinates of South Milwaukee are 42 ° 54'40 "north latitude and 87 ° 51'51" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 12.4 km².
Milwaukee city center is 11 miles north-northwest. Other neighboring towns are Cudahy (on the northern city limits) and Oak Creek on the western, southwest and southern city limits.
The closest major cities to Milwaukee are Green Bay (210 km north), Appleton (189 km north-northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (143 km west), Chicago in the neighboring state of Illinois (139 km south-southeast) and Racine (14.8 km southeast) .
economy
South Milwaukee is the headquarters of Bucyrus International , formerly Bucyrus-Erie, which manufactures large excavator buckets and dragline excavators . Their shovels were also used in the construction of the Panama Canal .
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 3392 | - | |
| 1910 | 6092 | 79.6% | |
| 1920 | 7598 | 24.7% | |
| 1930 | 10,706 | 40.9% | |
| 1940 | 11,134 | 4% | |
| 1950 | 12,855 | 15.5% | |
| 1960 | 20,307 | 58% | |
| 1970 | 23,297 | 14.7% | |
| 1980 | 21,069 | -9.6% | |
| 1990 | 20,958 | -0.5% | |
| 2000 | 21,256 | 1.4% | |
| 2010 | 21,156 | -0.5% | |
| 2013 estimate | 21,239 | 0.4% | |
| 1960–2000 2010 2013 | |||
According to the 2010 census , South Milwaukee had 21,156 people in 9043 households. The population density was 1706.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in 9043 households.
The racial the population was composed of 91.6 percent white, 2.0 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian and 2.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 8.0 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 53,990 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,314. 10.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Roger Sherman Hoar (1887–1963), engineer, politician and writer
- Reginald Lisowski (1926-2005), wrestler
- Phil Sobocinski (* 1945), football player
- Gary George Wetzel (* 1947), US Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Vietnam War .
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of South Milwaukee. Retrieved July 31, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 31, 2014
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - South Milwaukee, Wisconsin ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 31, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ US Decennial Census.Retrieved July 30, 2014
