Merrillan, Wisconsin

Jackson County

55-51300

Merrillan is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Merrillan had 542 inhabitants.

Geography

Merrillan is located in western Wisconsin on both sides of Halls Creek, which heard about the Black River to the basin of the Mississippi. This constitutes about 80 km to the west the border with Minnesota.

The geographical coordinates of 44 ° 27'04 Merrillan are " north latitude and 90 ° 50'29 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 3.47 km ² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Alma without belonging to it.

Neighboring towns of Merrillan are Columbia (15,9 km northeast), Hatfield (11,9 km to the southeast ), Black River Falls ( 18.6 km to the south), Alma Center ( 5.9 km west-southwest ), Hixton ( 17.5 km in the same direction) and Humbird (10 km north-northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (263 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (224 km southeast), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 331 km in the same direction ), La Crosse, on the Mississippi ( 93.4 km SSW ), Rochester in Minnesota (167 km west-southwest ), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (206 km west-northwest ) and Eau Claire ( 74.9 kilometers north-west ).

Traffic

In north -south U.S. Highway 12 and here congruent running Wisconsin State Highway 27 runs through Marillan. In the center of leading from west to east Wisconsin State Highway 95 crosses All other States are subordinate roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In Merrillan cross two railway lines of the Canadian National Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad ..

The nearest airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (217 km southeast) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (222 km west-northwest ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Merrillan 542 people in 241 households. The population density was 156.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 241 households lived statistically 2.25 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 86.5 percent White, 2.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian, 0.4 percent and 6.1 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 4.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 6.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 31,979. The per capita income was $ 17,217. 23.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.