Loyal (Wisconsin)
Clark County
55-46075
Loyal is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Loyal had 1261 inhabitants.
Geography
Loyal located in the northwestern Wisconsin's center, 10 km east of the Black River, a left tributary of the Mississippi. The geographical coordinates are 44 ° 44'15 Loyal " north latitude and 90 ° 29'48 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 3.6 km ².
Towns nearby Loyal are Curtiss ( 28.4 km NNE ) Unity (26,6 km northeast), Spencer (17,6 km to the east ), Granton (20,2 km to the south), Neillsville ( 25.9 km SSW ) and Greenwood (11,8 km west-northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay (232 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (257 km south-southeast ), La Crosse (145 km southwest), Eau Claire ( 93.5 km west ), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (254 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (335 km north- north-west ).
Traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 98 leads as the main road through the center of Loyal and meets here on the County Highway K. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
With the Neillsville Municipal Airport is located 22.3 km south a small airfield. The next airports are the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire ( 93.2 km to the west ), the Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau ( 73.9 km ENE ) and the La Crosse Regional Airport (142 km southwest).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Loyal 1261 people in 538 households. The population density was 350.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 538 households lived statistically 2.34 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 39,554. The per capita income was $ 21,479. 12.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.