Marathon County, Wisconsin
The Marathon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the county had 134,063 inhabitants and a population density of 33.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. By 2012, the population increased to 134 735. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Wausau. The metropolitan region coincides with the Wausau Marathon County.
Geography
The County is located just north of the geographical center of Wisconsin. It has an area of 4082 square kilometers, of which 81 square kilometers are water surface.
The Marathon County is traversed from north to south from the Wisconsin River, a left tributary of the Mississippi. Within the County's open from the left of the Eau Claire River, together with the right of the Big Rib River and the Big Eau Pleine River in the Wisconsin River.
At the Marathon County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Marathon County was formed in 1850 from portions of Portage County. It was named after the Battle of Marathon in Greece.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Marathon County 134,063 people in 52 893 households. The population density was 33.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 52 893 households lived statistically 2.5 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 91.9 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 5.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.8 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 53,762. The per capita income was $ 27,173. 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Marathon County
Citys
- Abbotsford 1
- Colby 1
- Marshfield 3
- Mosinee
- Schofield
- Wausau
Villages
- Athens
- Birnamwood 2
- Brokaw
- Dorchester 1
- Edgar
- Elderon
- Fenwood
- Hatley
- Kronenwetter
- Marathon City
- Rothschild
- Spencer
- Stratford
- Unity 1
- Weston
Census-designated places (CDP )
- Knowlton
- Rib Mountain
Unincorporated communities
- Ashley
- BEVENT
- Bradley
- Cherokee
- Corinth
- Dancy
- Emmerich
- Gad4
- Galloway
- Glandon
- Granite Heights
- Halder
- Hamburg
- Hogarty
- Holt
- Ingersoll
- Johnson
- Kalinke
- Little Chicago
- Little Eau Claire
- Little Rose
- Man
- March Rapids
- McMillan
- Milan
- Moon
- Mountview
- Naugart
- Norrie
- Nutterville
- Pike Lake
- Poniatowski
- Rangeline
- Rib Falls
- Ringle
- Rocky Corners
- Rozellville
- Snap- Ville
- Shantytown
- Snell
- Sunset
- Swan
- Taegesville
- Weaver
- Vienna
- Wuertsburg
1 - partially in Clark County 2 - partially in Shawano County 3 - partially in Wood County 4 - partly in Taylor County
Structure
The Marathon County is divided into 41 Towns in addition to the six -cities and 15 Villages: