Evansville (Wisconsin)
Rock County
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Evansville is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Rock County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Evansville had 5012 inhabitants.
Geography
Evansville is located in southern Wisconsin. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located 135 km west-southwest.
The geographical coordinates of 42 ° 46'49 Evansville are " north latitude and 89 ° 17'57 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 8.57 km ².
Neighboring towns of Evansville are Stoughton ( 21.4 km NNE ), Fulton (17,5 km east), Janesville (28,9 km east-southeast ), Footville (18,3 km to the southeast ), Orfordville (18,8 km to the south), Brodhead ( 24.5 km SSW ), Albany (18,1 km southwest) and Brooklyn (12 km north-west ).
The nearest big cities are the capital of Wisconsin Madison ( 36.3 km NNW ), Milwaukee (135 km east-northeast ), Chicago (196 km southeast) and Rockford ( 68.1 km SSE ).
Traffic
In Evansville U.S. Highway 14 and the Wisconsin State Highways 59 and 213 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In Evansville is the western terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad branch line.
The Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville is located 38.3 kilometers south-east a small airport. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 45.9 km to the north) and Chicago Rockford International Airport ( 76.8 km SSE ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Evansville 5012 people in 1942 households. The population density was 584.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1942 households lived statistically 2.54 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
29.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 62,250. The per capita income was $ 24,059. 8.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Burr W. Jones (1846-1935), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was born and raised in Evansville
- Richard F. Pettigrew (1848-1926), Republican congressman in both houses of the U.S. Congress, went to school in Evansville