Allouez, Wisconsin
Brown County
55-01150
Allouez is a village ( with a status of "Village" ) in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Allouez had 13,975 inhabitants.
Allouez is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Green Bay.
Geography
Allouez is located in eastern Wisconsin, on the right bank of the Fox River, 8 km upstream of its confluence with the Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan. The geographical coordinates of 44 ° 28'39 Allouez are " north latitude and 88 ° 00'58 " west longitude. The municipal area extends distribute ² water surface over an area of 13.34 km ², which is 11.94 km ² on land and 1.4 km.
Neighboring cities of Allouez are Bellevue ( on the southeast city limits ), De Pere ( on the southwest city limits ) Ashwaubenon ( on the opposite bank of the Fox River on the northwest city limits ) and Green Bay ( on the northeast city limits ).
The center of Green Bay is 6.5 km north-east of Allouez. The other nearest major cities are Milwaukee (184 km south), Chicago ( 329 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital, Madison (219 km southwest), Eau Claire (310 miles west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( 455 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (531 km north-west ).
Traffic
The Fox River is navigable by dams and locks for inland waterway vessels that can reach the basin of the Mississippi between the Port of Green Bay on the Fox - Wisconsin Waterway.
The four-lane Highway 172 crosses in Wisconsin northwest-southeast direction after the bridge over the Fox River, the municipality of Allouez. The running along the Fox River, Wisconsin Highway 57 leads as the main road through Allouez. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and urban roads.
By Allouez runs a railway line of the Canadian National Railway today belonging Wisconsin Central.
With the Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay is located 11.2 km west of the nearest airport. The next airports are the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (197 km south), the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago ( 309 km in the same direction) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 458 km west ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Allouez 13,975 people in 5432 households. The population density was 1170.4 people per square kilometer. In the 5432 households lived statistically 2.35 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 89.7 percent white, 5.0 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 1.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 1.0 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
20.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 47.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 63,381. The per capita income was $ 29,908. 7.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Donald A. Kuske (1922-1944) - fighter pilot - buried in Allouez
- Mike Michalske (1903-1983) - American football player and coach - buried in Allouez