Germantown (Wisconsin)

Washington County

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German Town is a town ( with a status of "Village" ) in Washington County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, German Town had 19 749 inhabitants.

The village is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.

The first settlers, among others originate from a group that has broken out in 1852 Altstrimmig and Mittelstrimmig.

Geography

German Town is located in southeastern Wisconsin, in the northwest suburban area of Milwaukee. The geographical coordinates of 43 ° 13'43 German Town are " north latitude and 88 ° 06'37 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 34.5 km ² and is completely surrounded by the Town of German Town, without belonging to it.

Neighboring towns of German Town are Grafton (21,9 km northeast), Mequon (10,6 km to the east ), Menomonee Falls ( on the southern city limits ), Sussex (18,5 km southwest), Richfield ( on the northwest city limits ) and Jackson ( 14.6 north-northwest ).

The city center of Milwaukee is 29 km to the southeast. The other nearest big cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (175 km north), Chicago, Illinois (178 km south), Rockford, Illinois (158 km southwest) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (126 km west-southwest ).

Traffic

In northwest-southeast direction lead to a four-lane track shared the U.S. highways 41 and 45 by German Town. In addition, still take the Wisconsin State Highways 145, 167 and 175 together in German Town. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In German Town several railway lines of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad meet ( WSOR ), along a regional (Class II ) Freight Transportation Company and the Union Pacific Railroad.

The nearest airport is General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee ( 40.1 km southeast).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in German Town 19 749 people in 7766 households. The population density was 572.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 7766 households lived statistically 2.53 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 92.6 percent white, 2.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 3.1 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 73,646. The per capita income was $ 35,690. 4.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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