Wright County, Iowa

administration
The Wright County Courthouse in Clarion, listed on the NRHP since 1981
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Clarion
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 115 North Main Street Clarion, IA 50525-1459
Foundation :	January 15, 1851
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 515
Demographics
Residents :	13,229 (2010)
Population density :	8.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1509 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.wrightcounty.org

The Wright County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 13,229 residents and a population density of 8.8 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 12,972. The county seat is Clarion .

geography

The county is located in north-central Iowa and has an area of 1,509 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water.

The west of the county is traversed in a north-south direction by the Boone River , which belongs to the Mississippi river basin via the Des Moines River . The Iowa River flows through the northeast of the county and also flows into the Mississippi from the right.

The following neighboring counties border Wright County:

Kossuth County	Hancock County	Cerro Gordo County
Humboldt County		Franklin County
Webster County	Hamilton County	Hardin County

history

Silas Wright (left) and Joseph Albert Wright (right)

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	653	-
1870	2392	266.3%
1880	5062	111.6%
1890	12,057	138.2%
1900	18,227	51.2%
1910	17,951	-1.5%
1920	20,348	13.4%
1930	20,216	-0.6%
1940	20,038	-0.9%
1950	19,652	-1.9%
1960	19,447	-1 %
1970	17,294	-11.1%
1980	16,319	-5.6%
1990	14,269	-12.6%
2000	14,334	0.5%
2010	13,229	-7.7%
2013 estimate	12,972	-1.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Wright County was formed on January 15, 1851. It was named after Silas Wright (1795–1847), a former Senator (1833–1844) and later Governor of New York (1845–1846), and after Joseph Albert Wright (1810–1867), the tenth Governor of Indiana (1849– 1857).

population

According to the 2010 census , Wright County had 13,229 people in 5,545 households. The population density was 8.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in each of the 5545 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.8 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 9.6 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,035 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,068. 11.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Wright County localities

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Franklin County}

structure

Wright County is divided into 16 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Belmond Township	433	19-90186
Blaine Township	688	19-90261
Boone Township	119	19-90306
Dayton Township	358	19-90918
Eagle Grove Township	3870	19-91101
Grant Township	1597	19-91722
Iowa Township	346	19-92076
Lake Township	326	19-92367

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Liberty Township	688	19-92499
Lincoln Township	1386	19-92637
Norway Township	166	19-93144
Pleasant Township	2475	19-93387
Troy township	247	19-94143
Vernon Township	103	19-94344
Wall Lake Township	106	19-94386
Woolstock Township	321	19-94779

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000277. Retrieved January 6, 2015
↑ GNIS-ID: 465287. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Wright County, IA. Retrieved January 5, 2015
↑ ^a ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved January 5, 2015
^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
↑ 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Wright County, Iowa - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000277. Retrieved January 6, 2015

[2] GNIS-ID: 465287. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-3] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Wright County, IA. Retrieved January 5, 2015

[naco-4] National Association of Counties.Retrieved January 5, 2015

[5] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011

[6] Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011

[7] 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .