Whiting, Wisconsin
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Portage County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 30 ′ N , 89 ° 34 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,724 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 374 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5.59 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.61 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 331 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54481 | ||
| Area code : | +1 534, 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-86975 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1576695 | ||
| Website : | www.whitingwi.gov | ||
| Mayor : | Paul Stroik (President) | ||
Whiting is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Portage County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Whiting had 1724 residents.
geography
Whiting is located in central Wisconsin, at the confluence of the Plover River with the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi .
The geographical coordinates of Whiting are 44 ° 29'37 "north latitude and 89 ° 33'31" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 5.59 km², which is spread over 4.61 km² of land and 0.98 km² of water.
Neighboring towns to Whiting are Stevens Point (on the northern parish line), Custer (8 miles east-northeast), Plover (on the southern parish line), Rudolph (14.4 miles west) and Junction City (14.5 miles northwest).
The nearest major cities are Wausau (59.4 km north), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (141 km east), Appleton (113 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (244 km southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (171 km south), La Crosse along the Mississippi River (187 km west-southwest), Eau Claire (187 km WNW) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota (317 km in the same direction).
economy
Neenah Paper operates a paper mill in town.
traffic
The Interstate 39 and here extending on a common track section US Highway 51 resulting in a north-south direction at a distance of about one kilometer east to Whiting over. Business US 51 runs through the center in a north-south direction . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Canadian National Railway (CN) line runs through Whiting for freight traffic .
With the Stevens Point Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 7.3 km north-northeast. The nearest commercial airport is Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee near Wausau (36.3 km north-northwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Whiting had 1,724 people in 750 households. The population density was 374 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.13 people lived in each of the 750 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 2.0 percent Asian and 1.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
15.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 30.5 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 46,691 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,094. 8.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Village Board ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 March 24, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 24, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed March 24, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB). Accessed March 24, 2014
