Stanley (Wisconsin)

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Stanley
Stanley (Wisconsin)
Stanley
Stanley
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
Foundation : 1895
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
Counties : Chippewa County
Clark County
Coordinates : 44 ° 58 ′  N , 90 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 58 ′  N , 90 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 3,608 (as of 2010)
161,151 (as of 2010)
Population density : 327.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 11.01 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 330 m
Postal code : 54768
Area code : +1 534, 715
FIPS : 55-76625
GNIS ID : 1574790
Website : stanleywisconsin.us
Mayor : Mike Henke

Stanley is a small town (with the status " City ") in Chippewa County , and to a lesser extent in Clark County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Stanley had 3608 residents.

Stanley is part of the metropolitan area of Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls metropolitan area .

geography

Stanley is located in western Wisconsin, on both sides of the Wolf River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin via the Eau Claire River and the Chippewa River . The geographical coordinates of Stanley are 44 ° 57'36 "north latitude and 90 ° 56'14" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​11.01 km².

Neighboring towns to Stanley are Thorp (11.1 km east) and Boyd (9.6 km west).

The closest major cities are Green Bay (255 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (314 km south-southeast), Eau Claire (55.5 km west-southwest), La Crosse (175 km south), Rochester , Minnesota (202 km southwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (195 km west) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (278 km north-northwest).

traffic

The four-lane Wisconsin State Highway 29 leads in a west-east direction through the south of Stanley. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

For freight traffic direction west-east into a railway line of the Canadian National Railway belonging Wisconsin Central through the city of Stanley.

The nearest airport is Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire, 49.9 km to the west.

population

According to the 2010 census , Stanley had 3,608 people in 930 households. The population density was 327.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 930 households.

The racial the population was composed of 80.4 percent white, 16.6 percent African American, 1.7 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.1 percent of the population.

15.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 72.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.0 percent were 65 years or older. Only 31.2 percent of the population was female, due to the Stanley Correctional Institution , a medium-security men's prison with 750 places.

The average annual income for a household was 32,917  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,255. 14.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 23, 2013
  2. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 23, 2013
  3. ^ Wisconsin Department of Corrections - Stanley Correctional Institution. Retrieved September 23, 2013

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