Greenwood (Wisconsin)

Clark County

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Greenwood is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Greenwood had 1026 inhabitants.

Geography

Greenwood is located in northwestern Wisconsin's center at the Black River, a left tributary of the Mississippi. The geographical coordinates of 44 ° 46'13 Greenwood " north latitude and 90 ° 35'58 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​7.41 km ².

Towns nearby Greenwood are Longwood (13,1 km to the north ), Spencer (28,6 km east ), Loyal (12,4 km to the southeast ) and Neillsville (24,8 km to the south).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay (239 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (279 km south-southeast ), La Crosse (145 km southwest), Eau Claire ( 81.1 km west ), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (240 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (323 km north- north-west ).

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 73 leads as the main road through the center of Greenwood. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.

With the Neillsville Municipal Airport is located 29.7 km south a small airfield. The next airports are the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire ( 93.1 km to the west ), the Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau ( 86.3 km ENE ) and the La Crosse Regional Airport (142 km southwest).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Greenwood 1026 people in 464 households. The population density was 138.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 464 households lived statistically 2.18 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 44,375. The per capita income was $ 21,899. 7.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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