De Pere, Wisconsin

Brown County

55-19775

De Pere is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, De Pere had 23,800 inhabitants.

De Pere is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Green Bay.

Geography

De Pere is located in eastern Wisconsin, on both sides of the Fox River, 11 km upstream from its confluence with the Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan. The geographical coordinates of De Pere are 44 ° 26'56 " north latitude and 88 ° 03'37 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​31.86 km ², spread over 29.99 km ² land and 1.87 km ² water surface.

Towns nearby De Pere are Allouez and Bellevue ( on the northeast city limits ), Denmark ( 26.9 km southeast), Greenleaf (16 km south), Wrightstown (southeast ), Little Rapids (at the southeastern outskirts ), Hobart (11, 8 km west-northwest ) and Ashwaubenon on the north- western city limit).

The center of Green Bay is located 9.7 km northeast of De Pere. The other nearest major cities are Milwaukee (186 km south), Chicago ( 331 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital, Madison (212 km southwest), Eau Claire (310 km to the west, the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( 456 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (532 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 U.S. Highway 41 runs along the northwestern city limits of De Pere. The Wisconsin State Highways 32 and 57 meet together in the center of De Pere. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and urban roads.

By De Pere runs a railway line of the Canadian National Railway today belonging Wisconsin Central.

With the Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay is located 11.9 km northwest of the nearest airport. The next airports are the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (199 km south), the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago ( 311 km in the same direction) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 459 km west ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in De Pere 23,800 people in 9254 households. The population density was 793.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 9254 households lived statistically 2.39 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 94.0 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 1.2 percent Native American, 1.5 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.1 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 54,477. The per capita income was $ 25,932. 7.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

  • Robert John Cornell (1919-2009) - Catholic priest and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975-1979) - lived until his death in De Pere
  • Mark Andrew Green ( born 1960 ) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives ( 1999-2007 ) - attended school in De Pere
  • James F. Hughes (1883-1940 - Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1933-1935) - lived for many years in De Pere and is buried here
  • Todd Buffa (1952-2012) - Jazz vocalist and arranger - born and raised in De Pere
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