Brookfield (Wisconsin)

Waukesha County

55-10025

Brookfield is a city in Waukesha County in the southeast of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2000, Brookfield had 38,649 inhabitants, an estimate in 2006 showed an increase in the population to 39 613.

The city is named after Waukesha the second largest in the same County, which is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The city was formed in 1954.

Geography

Brookfield is located at 43 ° 3'29 " north latitude and 88 ° 6'53 " west longitude and extends over 70.0 km ², spread to 69.6 km ² land and 0.4 km ² water surface. Brookfield is located on the watershed between the Fox River, which drains via the Illinois River and the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Michigan, whose water flows over the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River in the North Atlantic.

Brookfield is located 20 km west of Milwaukee. On the eastern edge runs in a north -south direction of the four-lane U.S. Highway 45, on the southern edge of U.S. Highway 18

Through the city also extend a series railway lines which lead from Milwaukee to the west.

In addition to Milwaukee, the nearest larger cities Waukesha (14,2 km southwest), Wisconsin's capital, Madison (114 miles west) and Racine (66 km southeast).

Demographic data

In the official census in 2000 a population of 38,649 was determined. These distributed to 13,891 households in 11,223 families. The population density was 555.0 inhabitants per square kilometer. There were 14,246 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 204.6 per square kilometer buildings.

The population was in 2000 from 94.2 percent White, 0.8 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native Americans, 3.8 percent Asian and 0.2 % other. 0.8 percent said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 1.2 percent of the population consisted of Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

26.8 percent were under 18 years, 4.6 percent between 18 to 24, 23.2 percent of 25-44, 27.8 percent from 45 to 64 and 17.6 percent 65 and older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females were statistically 93.7 men in the over 18 -year-olds 90.8.

The median income per household was 75 225 U.S. dollars ( USD), the median family income $ 83,691. The median income for men was $ 62,351, and for women about $ 37,589. The per capita income amounted to $ 37,292. About 1.4 percent of families and 2.2 percent of the total population were income below the poverty line.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Susan Close conductor ( b. 1952) - Senator in Wisconsin
• Caroline Ingalls (1839-1924) - Mother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Matt Katula (b. 1982) - NFL player (Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots )
• Joe Panos (born 1971) - NFL player (Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills)
• Joe Thomas ( b. 1984 ) - NFL player ( Cleveland Browns )
• Frank Urban (1930-2008) - Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1989-2005)

Twin Cities

Brookfield maintains the Hessian Seligenstadt a partnership.