Bayfield (Wisconsin)
Bayfield County
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Bayfield is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Bayfield County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Bayfield had 487 inhabitants.
Geography
Bayfield is located in northern Wisconsin on the Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior, the largest of the five Great Lakes. The geographical coordinates of 46 ° 48'39 Bayfield " north latitude and 90 ° 49'06 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 2.25 km ².
East of Bayfield are the Apostle Islands, which were provided as Apostle Islands National Lakeshore under protection. On Madeline Iceland, the largest island of the Apostle Islands, is the Big Bay State Park.
Towns nearby Bayfield are Red Cliff (5,8 km north- north-east ) and Washburn ( 19.9 km SSW ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay ( 448 km southeast), Eau Claire (290 km south-southwest ), Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis ( 339 km southwest ), Duluth, Minnesota (138 miles west) and on the opposite shore of the lake lying Thunder Bay in the Canadian province of Ontario (450 km north- northeast ) ( by road 442 km west first and then northeast, on the water is much shorter ).
The border with Canada is located approximately 400 km north.
Traffic
From Bayfield a ferry to the offshore island Madeline Iceland.
The State Trunk Highway 13 runs as the main road through Bayfield. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
By Madeline Iceland Airport is located on a small island of the same airfield. The nearest commercial airports are the Central Wisconsin Airport ( SSE 317 km ) in Wausau, Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire (285 km south-southwest ), the Duluth International Airport (147 km west ) and the greater Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 346 km southwest).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Bayfield 487 people in 261 households. The population density was 211.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 261 households lived statistically 1.87 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 77.8 percent White, 0.2 percent (one person) Black or African American, 14.8 percent Native American and 1.0 percent Asian; 6.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
15.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 29,620. The per capita income was $ 23,504. 12.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.