Florence County (Wisconsin)
The Florence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the County had 4423 inhabitants and a population density of 3.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Florence.
Geography
The County is located in northeastern Wisconsin and is bordered to the north by Michigan. It has an area of 1288 square kilometers, of which 24 square kilometers are water surface.
The Michigamme River and the Brule River join at the northeastern border of Michigan to the Menominee River, which flows south further into Lake Michigan.
At the Florence County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Florence County was formed in 1882 from parts of the Marinette County and Oconto County. It was named, as well as the district capital, to Florence Terry Hulst, the first white woman who settled in this area.
Population
According to the census in 2010, lived in Florence County 4423 people in 1872 households. The population density was 3.5 people per square kilometer. In the 1872 households lived statistically 2.36 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
16.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.7 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 44,652. The per capita income was $ 22,128. 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Florence County
The Florence County and the Menominee County is the only county in Wisconsin, where there is no self-governing municipalities ( cities or Villages ). The people thus live exclusively in unincorporated settlements:
Census-designated places (CDP )
- Florence
- Long Lake
Other Unincorporated communities
- Aurora
- Commonwealth
- Fence
- Remote
- Hematite
- Pulp
- Ridgetop
- Spread Eagle
- Tipler
- Tyran
Structure
The Florence County is divided into eight Towns: