Walworth County, Wisconsin

Walworth County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Elkhorn
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 W Walworth Elkhorn, WI 53121-1769
Foundation :	1836
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 262
Demographics
Residents :	102,228  (2010)
Population density :	71.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1493 km²
Water surface :	55 km²
map
Website : www.co.walworth.wi.us

The Walworth County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 102,228 residents and a population density of 71.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Elkhorn .

geography

The county is located in southeast Wisconsin, borders Illinois to the south , and is approximately 60 km from Lake Michigan in the east . It has an area of ​​1493 square kilometers, of which 55 square kilometers are water surface. The following neighboring counties border Walworth County:

Jefferson County		Waukesha County
Rock county		Racine County , Kenosha County
Boone County (Illinois)		McHenry County (Illinois)

history

Walworth

Walworth County was formed in 1836 as the original county from parts of the Wisconsin Territory. It was named after Reuben Hyde Walworth , a New York lawyer and statesman.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1850	17,862		-
1860	26,496		48.3%
1870	25,972		-2%
1880	26,249		1.1%
1890	27,860		6.1%
1900	29,259		5%
1910	29,614		1.2%
1920	29,327		-1 %
1930	31,058		5.9%
1940	33.103		6.6%
1950	41,584		25.6%
1960	52,368		25.9%
1970	63,444		21.2%
1980	71,507		12.7%
1990	75,000		4.9%
2000	93,759		25%
2010	102.228		9%
2012 estimate	102,851		0.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

As of the 2010 census , Walworth County had 102,228 people in 39,407 households. The population density was 71.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 39,407 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.3 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 10.7 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 54,443  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,005. 12.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

religion

There are eight Catholic parishes:

• St. Andrew, Delavan
• St. Peter, East Troy
• St. Patrick, Elkhorn
• St. Benedict, Fontana
• St. Francis de Sales, Lake Geneva
• St. Joseph, Lyons
• St. Catherine, Sharon
• St. Patrick, Whitewater

Walworth County localities

Citys

Burlington 1 Delavan Elkhorn

Lake Geneva Whitewater 4

Villages

Bloomfield Darien East Troy

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake Genoa City 2 Mukwonago 3

Sharon Walworth Williams Bay

Census-designated places

Como Delavan Lake Lake Ivanhoe Lake Lorraine

Lauderdale Lakes Potter Lake Springfield Turtle Lake

Other Unincorporated Communities

Abell's Corners Adams Allen's Grove Bardwell Big Foot Prairie Bowers

East Delavan Fairfield 5 Heart Prairie Hilburn Honey Creek Inlet

La Grange Lake Beulah Lake Como Lake Lawn Lauderdale Lauderdale Shores

Linton Little Prairie Lyons Billion North Bloomfield Richmond

Spring prairie Tibbets Troy Troy Center Voree Zenda

^{1 - partly in Racine County
2 - partly in Kenosha County
3 - partly in Waukesha County
4 - partly in Jefferson County
5 - partly in Rock County}

structure

In addition to the five cities and nine villages, Walworth County is divided into 16 towns :

Town Population (2010) FIPS Town of Bloomfield 6278    55-08275 Town of Darien 1693    55-18850 Town of Delavan 5285    55-19475 Town of East Troy 4021    55-22125 Town of Geneva 4993    55-28550 Town of Lafayette 1979    55-40950 Town of La Grange 2454    55-41050 Town of Linn 2383    55-44750

Town Population (2010) FIPS Town of Lyons 3698    55-46725 Town of Richmond 1884    55-67725 Town of Sharon 907    55-72900 Town of Spring Prairie 2181    55-76175 Town of Sugar Creek 3943    55-78100 Town of Troy 2353    55-80875 Town of Walworth 1702    55-83275 Town of Whitewater 1471    55-86950

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Walworth County

Individual evidence

1. ^ Walworth 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 - Walworth County, WI. Retrieved February 26, 2014
3. ↑ ^{a b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved February 26, 2014
4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ 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 February 26, 2014 

Web links

Commons : Walworth County, Wisconsin  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website
• city-data.com - Walworth County, Wisconsin

Coordinates: 42 ° 40 ′  N , 88 ° 32 ′  W