Dane County, Wisconsin
The Dane County is an existing since 1836 County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the County had 488 073 inhabitants and a population density of 156.8 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The County Seat ( administrative seat ) is Madison. The largest cities in Dane County are Madison, Sun Prairie, Fitchburg, Middleton and Stoughton.
Geography
The Dane County is located in south central Wisconsin and covers an area of 3207 square kilometers, spread over 3113 square kilometers of land and 94 square kilometers of water.
The largest lakes are located in and around Wisconsin's capital Madison Lake Mendota ( 39.8 square miles ), Lake Monona ( 13.2 square miles ), Lake Waubesa (8.4 square miles ) and Lake Kegonsa ( 13.0 square kilometers). In this order, the lakes are drained by the Yahara River, a tributary of the opening into the Mississippi River in the neighboring state of Illinois Rock River.
In the far north-west is limited by the Dane County Wisconsin River, which also opens at the 130 km westerly border with Iowa in the Mississippi.
History
The Dane County was founded in 1836 on former Indian land. It was named for Nathan Dane, a Member of the Continental Congress from Massachusetts. So should its crucial role in the legislative process in the Northwest Territory, later emerged from the other under the State of Wisconsin, to be appreciated.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Dane County 488 073 people in 199 767 households. The population density was 156.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 199 767 households lived statistically 2.35 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 86.6 percent white, 5.4 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 5.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity or 6.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 61,913. The per capita income was $ 33,118. 12.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
A small German -speaking minority speaks a dialect similar to the Kölschen.
Citys
- Edgerton1
- Fitchburg
- Madison
- Middleton
- Monona
- Stoughton
- Sun Prairie
- Verona
Villages
- Belleville2
- Black Earth
- Blue Mounds
- Brooklyn2
- Cambridge3
- Cottage Grove
- Cross Plains
- Deerfield
- DeForest
- Maple Bluff
- Marshall
- Mazomanie
- McFarland
- Mount Horeb
- Oregon
- Rockdale
- Shorewood Hills
- Waunakee
Census-designated place (CDP )
- Windsor
Other Unincorporated communities
- Albion
- Alden's Corners
- Ashton Corners
- Ashton
- Bakers Corners
- Basco
- Daleyville
- Dean Ville
- Door Creek
- Dunkirk
- East Bristol
- Elvers
- Five Points
- Forward
- Hanerville
- Highwood
- Hillside
- Hoffman Corners
- Hope
- Indian Heights
- Kegonsa
- Kingsley Corners
- Kleve Ville
- Lake Windsor
- London3
- Lutheran Hill
- Martinsville
- Marx Ville
- Middleton Junction
- Montrose
- Morrisonville
- Mount Vernon
- Nora
- North Bristol
- Norway Grove
- Old Deerfield
- Paoli
- Pierceville
- Pine Bluff
- Primrose
- Riley
- Roxbury
- Rutland
- Schey Acres
- Springfield Corners
- Stone
- Token Creek
- Utica
- Vermont
- Vilas
- West Middleton
- York Centre
1 - predominantly in Rock County 2 - partially in Green County 3 - partly in Jefferson County