Vilas County

administration
Vilas County Courthouse
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Eagle River
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 330 Court Street Eagle River, WI 54521-8362
Foundation :	1893
Made up from:	Oneida County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	21,430 (2010)
Population density :	9.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2636 km²
Water surface :	373 km²
map

Website : co.vilas.wi.us

The Vilas County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 21,430 residents and a population density of 9.5 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 21,368. The county seat is Eagle River .

Most of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Anishinabe located in Vilas County.

geography

The Eagle River in the city of the same name

The county is located in northern Wisconsin in a forest and lake-rich landscape on the Michigan border . It has an area of 2636 square kilometers, of which 373 square kilometers are water.

In Vilas County, the origin of the is Mississippi opens Wisconsin River , the over the Chippewa River also draining into the Mississippi Flambeau River and the Lake Superior opens in Michigan Presque Isle River .

The Eagle River , which also belongs to the Mississippi River basin via the Wisconsin River, flows through the southeast of the county .

The following neighboring counties border Vilas County:

	Gogebic County, Michigan	Iron County (Michigan)
Iron County
Price County	Oneida County	Forest County

history

William Vilas

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	4929	-
1910	6019	22.1%
1920	5649	-6.1%
1930	7294	29.1%
1940	8894	21.9%
1950	9363	5.3%
1960	9332	-0.3%
1970	10,958	17.4%
1980	16,535	50.9%
1990	17,707	7.1%
2000	21,033	18.8%
2010	21,430	1.9%
2013 estimate	21,368	-0.3%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Vilas County was formed in 1893 from parts of Oneida County. It was named after William Vilas (1840-1908), a former senator , post office secretary and interior secretary of the USA.

population

As of the 2010 census , Vilas County had 21,430 people in 10,668 households. The population density was 9.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 1.99 people lived in each of the 10,668 households.

The racial the population was composed of 87.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 11.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

17.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 28.1 percent were 65 years or older. 49.4 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 40,743 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,423. 14.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in Vilas County

City

Eagle River

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

structure

Vilas County is divided into 14 towns in addition to the city of Eagle River :

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Arbor Vitae	3316	55-02450
Town of Boulder Junction	933	55-08950
Town of Cloverland	1029	55-15850
Town of Conover	1235	55-16750
Town of Lac du Flambeau	3441	55-40687
Town of Land O'Lakes	861	55-42325
Town of Lincoln	2423	55-44525

Town	Population (2010)	FIPS
Town of Manitowish Waters	566	55-48462
Town of Phelps	1200	55-62425
Town of Plum Lake	491	55-63625
Town of Presque Isle	618	55-65425
Town of St. Germain	2085	55-70725
Town of Washington	1451	55-83750
Town of Winchester	383	55-87600