Portage County (Wisconsin)
The Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the County had 70 019 inhabitants and a population density of 33.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. By 2012 the population had risen to 70 433. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Stevens Point, which was by George Stevens, an early settler in the area, named.
Geography
The County is located slightly east of the geographic center of Wisconsin and has an area of 2131 square kilometers, of which 43 square kilometers are water surface.
The county is drained by the Wisconsin River, a left tributary of the Mississippi. The largest tributary of the Wisconsin River in the county is the Plover River.
At the Portage County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Portage County was formed on December 7, 1836 from parts of Brown County, Crawford County, Iowa County and Milwaukee County. It was named (French: Portage - Transition ) to watershed between the Fox River and the Wisconsin River.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Portage County 70 433 people in 27 982 households. The population density was 33.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 27 982 households lived statistically 2:38 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 94.9 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 2.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
20.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 51,422. The per capita income was $ 25,208. 13.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Portage County
City
- Stevens Point
Villages
- Almond
- Amherst
- Amherst Junction
- Junction City
- Milladore1
- Nelsonville
- Park Ridge
- Plover
- Rosholt
- Whiting
Census-designated places (CDP )
- Bancroft
- Polonia
Other Unincorporated communities
- Alban
- Arnott
- Badger
- Blaine
- Casimir
- Coddington
- Custer
- Dopp
- Ellis
- Esker
- Fancher
- Garfield
- Heffron
- Jordan
- Keene
- Kellner1
- Little Waupon
- Meehan
- Mill Creek Community
- New Hope
- Northstar
- Peru
- Rocky Run
- Stockton
- Torun
- West Almond
- West Bancroft
1 - partly in Wood County
Structure
The Portage County is divided into 17 Towns in addition to the City of Stevens Point and the ten Villages: