Milton (Wisconsin)
Rock County
55-52200
Milton is a town ( with a status of "City" ) in Rock County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Milton had 5546 inhabitants.
Geography
Milton is situated in southern Wisconsin. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located 166 km west-southwest.
The geographic coordinates of Milton are 42 ° 46'32 " north latitude and 88 ° 56'38 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 9.17 km ².
Neighboring towns of Milton are Koshkonong (9.2 km north- north-east ), Whitewater ( 21.1 km ENE ), Avalon (22,1 km east-southeast ), Janesville (13,6 km southwest), Fulton (16,3 km west-northwest ), Newville (10,7 km northwest ), Edgerton (15,4 km in the same direction) and Charlie Bluff (9,8 km north-northwest ).
The nearest big cities are the capital of Wisconsin Madison ( 58.5 km north west ), Milwaukee (106 km east-northeast ), Chicago (169 km southeast) and Rockford ( 65.6 km SSW ).
Traffic
About two kilometers west of the city limits of Milton extend in a north-south direction on a section of track shared Interstate Highways 39 and 90 in the city of Milton, Wisconsin State Highways 26 and 59 All other roads intersect are minor rural roads, some unpaved roadways and internal local roads.
In Milton meet two railway lines of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad together ( WSOR ), a regional (Class II ) Freight transportation company.
The Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville is located 27.6 kilometers south-southwest of a small airport. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 61.4 km to the northwest ) and the Chicago Rockford International Airport ( 72.8 km SSW ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Milton 5546 people in 2231 households. The population density was 604.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 2231 households lived statistically 2.48 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 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.
26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 55,179. The per capita income was $ 26,005. 6.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Albert Whitford (1905-2002) - Astronomer - born and raised in Milton