Jackson (village), Wisconsin

Washington County

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Jackson is a town ( with a status of "Village" ) in Washington County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Jackson had 6753 inhabitants.

Jackson is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.

Geography

Jackson is located in southeastern Wisconsin, in the northwest suburban area of Milwaukee. The geographical coordinates of 43 ° 19'26 Jackson are " north latitude and 88 ° 10'00 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 7.95 km ². The community of Jackson is surrounded to the north, east and south of the Town of Jackson and the Town of Polk in the West, without belonging to one of these Towns.

Neighboring towns of Jackson are West Bend (12,6 km to the north ), Saukville ( 24.7 km ENE ), Grafton ( 17.4 km to the east), Cedarburg ( 16.3 km east-southeast ), Mequon (23,8 km southeast), German Town ( 14.6 km SSE ), Richfield (11,3 km SSW ), Slinger (10.3 km to the west ) and Allenton (20,6 km northwest ).

The city center of Milwaukee is located 43.3 km south east. The other nearest big cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (147 km north ), Chicago, Illinois (193 km south), Rockford, Illinois (178 km southwest) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (117 km west-southwest ).

Traffic

In a north-south direction leads to a four-lane stretch of U.S. Highway 45 through the west of Jackson. In west-east direction of the Wisconsin State Highway 60 leads as the main road through Jackson. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In a north-south direction, a railway belonging to the Canadian National Railway Wisconsin Central runs through the center of Jackson.

The nearest airport is General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee ( 53.3 km southeast).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Jackson 6753 people in 2870 households. The population density was 849.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 2870 households lived statistically 2.36 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 0.6 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 56,159. The per capita income was $ 29,075. 2.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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