Platteville (Wisconsin)

Grant County

55-63250

Platteville is the largest city ( with a status of "City" ) in Grant County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Platteville had 11,224 inhabitants.

Platteville is one of the sites of the University of Wisconsin.

Geography

Platteville is located in southwest Wisconsin about 25 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. The border with Illinois is located 27 km south of the city.

Neighboring towns are Rewey (18,2 km northeast), Belmont ( 13.9 km to the east), Elk Grove ( 13.2 km southeast), Cuba City ( 16.1 km to the south), Dickeyville (18 km southwest), Tennyson (22, 9 miles west) and Ellenboro (13,7 km northwest ).

The nearest large towns are in Dubuque Iowa (36,2 km southwest), Wisconsin's capital, Madison (116 km northeast) and Rockford in Illinois (159 southeast).

Traffic

On the southwestern outskirts runs in south- easterly direction of the freeway -developed U.S. Highway 151, which is the shortest route between Dubuque and Madison. In the center of Platteville Wisconsin Highways 80 and 81 and a number of minor roads meet together.

6.6 km southeast of the city center is the Platteville Municipal Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Platteville 11,224 people in 3588 households. The population density was 1031.6 people per square kilometer. In the 3588 households lived statistically 2.30 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 94.7 percent white, 2.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

11.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 78.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.7 percent were 65 years or older. 43.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 38,293. The per capita income was $ 16,523. 24.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

University of Wisconsin - Platteville

The University of Wisconsin- Platteville (also known as UW- Platteville ) is a public university and part of the University of Wisconsin System. Here both bachelor 's and master 's degrees are offered. There are three colleges with a total of more than 7000 students. Among those added another 3,000 distance students.

Memorable people

• John Fiedler (1925-2005) - Actor - Born in Platteville
• Arthur W. Kopp (1874-1967) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives - lived long in Platteville and is buried here
• Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888-1963) - neurophysiologist ( Nobel laureate ) - born in Platteville
• Scott Adams (born 1952) - developer of computer games - lives in Platteville