Fitchburg (Wisconsin)
55-25950
Fitchburg is part of the metropolitan area of Madison.
Geography
Fitchburg is located in south central Wisconsin, in the southern suburban area of the capital, Madison. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located 140 km west-southwest.
The geographic coordinates of Fitchburg are 42 ° 57'39 " north latitude and 89 ° 28'11 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 91.19 km ².
The center of the north adjacent to the city of Fitchburg Madison is 9.4 km away. Other neighboring towns are McFarland (18 km east), Stoughton ( 24 km southeast ), Oregon ( on the southern city limits ), Verona (at the western city limit) and Middleton (20 km north-west ).
The nearest big cities are Green Bay (233 km northeast), Milwaukee (137 km east), Chicago (240 km southeast) and Rockford (101 km south-southeast ).
Traffic
The four-lane U.S. Highway 14 runs north -south through the eastern parts of the city of Fitchburg. By the northwest corner of the metropolitan area leads the U.S. Highway 151 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (20 km north-northeast ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Fitchburg 25,260 people in 9955 households. The population density was 277 people per square kilometer. In the 9955 households lived statistically 2.45 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 72.2 percent white, 10.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 4.9 percent Asian and 8.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 17.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.6 percent were 65 years or older. 48.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 63,811. The per capita - income amounted to 33,955 USD. 12.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Economy
In Fitchburg, the seat of the Biotechnikkonzerns Promega.