Wright County (Iowa)

The Wright County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. In the census in 2010, the County had 13,229 inhabitants and a population density of 8.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Clarion.

Geography

The County is located in north-central Iowa and has an area of 1509 square kilometers, of which five square miles are water. It borders the following Nachbarcountys:

History

The Wright County was formed on 15 January 1851. It was named after Silas Wright (1795-1847), a former Senator (1833-1844) and later Governor of New York (1845-1846) and after Joseph Albert Wright (1810-1867), the tenth Governor of Indiana ( 1849 - 1857).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Wright County 13,229 people in 5545 households. The population density was 8.8 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 94.8 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 9.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In the 5545 households lived statistically 2.37 per person.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 44,035. The per capita income was $ 23,068. 11.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Wright County

Citys

  • Belmond
  • Clarion
  • Dows1
  • Eagle Grove
  • Galt
  • Goldfield
  • Rowan
  • Woolstock

Unincorporated communities

  • Cornelia
  • Holmes

1 - partly in Franklin County

Structure

The Wright County is divided into 16 townships:

  • Belmond Township
  • Blaine Township
  • Boone Township
  • Dayton Township
  • Eagle Grove Township
  • Grant Township
  • Iowa Township
  • Lake Township
  • Liberty Township
  • Lincoln Township
  • Norway Township
  • Pleasant Township
  • Troy Township
  • Vernon Township
  • Wall Lake Township
  • Woolstock Township
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