Florence (CDP), Wisconsin

Florence County

26175

Florence is a settlement on community- free area and the administrative seat of Florence County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP). In 2010, Florence had 592 inhabitants.

Geography

Florence is located in northeastern Wisconsin, on the south bank of the border with Michigan forming Brule River. This unites about 5 km north-east of the town with the Michigamme River to the opening into the 100 km southeast to Lake Michigan Menominee River. The Lake Superior, the largest of the five Great Lakes, located about 100 km north.

The geographical coordinates of Florence are 45 ° 55'20 " north latitude and 88 ° 15'06 " west longitude. The town is the center of the Town of Florence and covers an area of 4.62 km ².

Neighboring cities of Florence are Commonwealth ( on the southeast city limits ), Iron Mountain, Michigan (23,1 km southeast) and Tyran (5.2 km to the northwest ).

The nearest large towns are Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada (348 km to the east, across from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (178 km south), Wisconsin's capital, Madison ( 394 km south-southwest ), Wausau (200 km southwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( 469 km west-southwest ) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota ( 354 km west-northwest ).

Traffic

The running on a common route U.S. Highways 2 and 141 result in a west-east direction as the main road through Florence. To the east of the site the Wisconsin State Routes 70 and 101 meet at its eastern or northern terminus. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.

With the Ford Airport is located 26.9 km south east in Iron Mountain, Michigan the next Regional Airport.

Population

According to the census in 2010, lived in Florence 592 people in 256 households. The population density was 128.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 256 households lived statistically 2.09 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white and 1.9 percent of Native Americans; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

19.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 27.5 percent were 65 years or older. 53.9 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 32,833. The per capita income was $ 13,767. 19.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.