Eau Claire (Wisconsin)
Eau Claire County Chippewa County
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Eau Claire is a city ( with the status of City) and the administrative seat of Eau Claire County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. A small part of the metropolitan area extends into the Chippewa County. In the census in 2010 Eau Claire had 65 883 inhabitants.
Eau Claire is one of the core cities in the metropolitan region of Eau Claire- Chippewa Falls metropolitan area.
At the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, founded in 1916 nearly 11,000 students are enrolled. The retailer Menards is headquartered in Eau Claire.
The name of the city is the singularisierte form of the French name Eaux Claires (, Clear Water ') and refers to the River Eau Claire River.
Geography
Eau Claire is located in the central northwestern Wisconsin at the mouth of the Eau Claire River in the Chippewa River, a left tributary of the Mississippi.
The geographical coordinates of Eau Claire are 44 ° 48'53 " north latitude and 91 ° 29'34 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 83.8 km ², spread to 78.4 km ² land and 5.4 km ² water surface.
Neighboring towns of Eau Claire are Lake Hallie (at the north-eastern city limits ), Chippewa Falls (19 km northeast), Altoona ( at the eastern city limits ), and Fall Creek (20 km east-southeast ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (311 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (287 km south-east ), La Crosse (140 km south), Rochester, Minnesota (146 km southwest) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( 150 km west ).
Traffic
Interstate 94 and the four-lane U.S. Highway 53 along its southern and eastern ring road of Eau Claire. The U.S. Highway 12 leads in west-east direction through the south of the city. In addition, meet in the city, the Wisconsin State Highways 37, 93 and 312 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Along the Chippewa River runs with the Chippewa River State Trail, a rail trail for walkers and cyclists. In the winter the trail can be traveled with snowmobiles and skis.
In the city of Eau Claire several railway lines of the Union Pacific Railroad meet together.
With the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport is located in the northeastern area, a regional airport.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Eau Claire 65 883 people in 26,803 households. The population density was 840.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 26,803 households lived statistically 2.29 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 91.4 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 4.6 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
19.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 69.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 43,410. The per capita income was $ 23,582. 19.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Emilee Anderson (* 1995) - ski jumper - born and raised in Eau Claire
- Elizabeth Anderson (* 1989) - ski jumper - born and raised in Eau Claire
- James Morsley Anderson ( born 1940 ) - physician and chemist - was born and raised in Eau Claire
- LeMoine Batson (1898-1991) - ski jumper - born and raised in Eau Claire
- Katie Bethke (* 1988) - football player - born in Eau Claire
- Mary Brunner ( b. 1943 ) - former member of the Manson Family - born in Eau Claire
- Jake Dowell ( born 1985 ) - professional hockey player - born and raised in Eau Claire
- Paul Menard ( born 1980 ) - NASCAR driver - born in Eau Claire
- Michael Griffin (1842-1899) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1894-1899) - died in Eau Claire
- Steven Craig "Steve" Gunderson ( born 1951 ) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives ( 1981-1997 ) - Born and raised in eaus Claire
- Justin Vernon ( born 1981 ) - musician and frontman of Bon Iver - born in Eau Claire
- Geoff Keezer (* 1970) - Jazz pianist and composer - born in Eau Claire
- Steven Majstorovic (* 1946) - political scientist - taught at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
- HC Erik Midelfort (* 1942) - historian - born in Eau Claire
- Brad Radke (born 1972 ) - professional baseball - born and raised in Eau Claire
- George B. Shaw (1854-1894) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1893-1894) - died in eaus Claire
- Roderick Strong ( b. 1983 ) - Wrestler - born in Eau Claire
- Marcus Thrane (1817-1890) - Norwegian socialist - died in Eau Claire
- Reed Zuehlke (* 1960) - ski jumper - born and raised in Eau Claire