Whitewater, Wisconsin

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Location in Wisconsin
Whitewater, Wisconsin
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Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
Counties : Walworth County
Jefferson County
Coordinates : 42 ° 50 ′  N , 88 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 50 ′  N , 88 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 14,390 (as of 2010)
Population density : 613.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 23.47 km 2  (approx. 9 mi 2 )
Height : 251 m
Postal code : 53190
Area code : +1 262
FIPS : 55-86925
GNIS ID : 1576690
Website : www.whitewater-wi.gov
Mayor : Cameron Clapper (City Manager)
Whitewater Wisconsin Municipal Building City Hall.jpg
Whitewater Town Hall

Whitewater is a city (with the status " City ") in Walworth County and to a lesser extent in Jefferson County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Whitewater had 14,390 residents.

Whitewater is home to the State University of Wisconsin campus .

geography

Whitewater is located in southeastern Wisconsin on the Bark River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Rock River .

The geographical coordinates of Whitewater are 42 ° 50'01 "north latitude and 88 ° 43'56" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​23.47 km².

Neighboring towns to Whitewater are Hebron (12 km northeast), Palmyra (16 km east northeast), Elkhorn (29 km southeast), Milton (13.6 km west-southwest), Lake Koshkonong (17 km northwest), Fort Atkinson (15.6 km north-northwest ) and Jefferson (14 miles in the same direction).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (228 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (81.5 km east northeast), Chicago , Illinois (172 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (82 km southwest) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (72 , 4 km west-northwest).

traffic

The four-lane US Highway 12 forms the southeast and southern bypass of Whitewater. Wisconsin State Routes 59 and 89 meet in the metropolitan area . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A route of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad , which runs from the Mississippi via Madison to Milwaukee, runs through the city for freight traffic .

With the Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport is located 20 km north-northeast a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (71.7 km northwest) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (77.4 km east northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , Whitewater had 14,390 people in 4,766 households. The population density was 613.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 4766 households.

The racial the population was composed of 88.0 percent white, 3.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.9 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 4.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 9.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 69.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 29,286  USD . The per capita income was $ 17,316. 34.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  2. ^ University of Wisconsin.Retrieved February 24, 2014
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 24, 2014
  4. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB). Accessed February 24, 2014

Web links

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