Monticello (Green County, Wisconsin)

Green County

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Monticello is a town ( with a status of "Village" ) in Green County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Monticello had 1217 inhabitants.

Geography

Monticello is located in south central Wisconsin, 29.8 km north of the border to Illinois. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located 105 km west-southwest.

The geographic coordinates of Monticello are 42 ° 44'44 " north latitude and 89 ° 35'41 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 3.06 km ².

The nearby towns of Monticello are Exeter ( 5.8 km north-northeast ), Belleville ( 15.8 km in the same direction), Brooklyn (28,6 km northeast), Evansville (28,3 km east ), Albany ( 16.9 km east-southeast ), Monroe (18 km SSW ), Argyle ( 26.1 km west-southwest ) and New Glarus (9.2 km north- northwest ).

The nearest big cities are Wisconsin's capital Madison ( 48.6 km NNE ), Milwaukee (168 km east-northeast ), Chicago, Illinois (221 ​​km southeast), Rockford, Illinois ( 90 km southeast ) and the Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois (206 km southwest ).

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 69 runs along the western Ortsrandes of Monticello. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

Through Monticello the Sugar River State Trail, a running on the route of a former railway line Rail Trail runs for walkers and cyclists. In the winter the trail can be traveled with snowmobiles.

The nearest airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 58.8 km NNE ) and the Chicago Rockford International Airport ( 98.3 km southeast).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Monticello in 1217 people in 538 households. The population density was 397.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 538 households lived statistically 2.26 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years or older. 52.0 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 50,556. The per capita income was $ 25,682. 4.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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