Sawyer County, Wisconsin
| Sawyer County, Wisconsin | |
 Location in the state of Wisconsin |
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 Wisconsin's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | information needed |
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| Seat | Hayward |
| Largest city | Hayward |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
1,350 sq mi (3,497 km²) 1,256 sq mi (3,254 km²) 94 sq mi (243 km²), 6.95% |
| Population - (2000) - Density |
16,196 13/sq mi (5/km²) |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www.sawyercountygov.org |
Sawyer County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 16,196. Its county seat is Hayward.[1]
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[edit] History
The county is named for Philetus Sawyer, who represented Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in the 19th century.
[edit] Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,350 square miles (3,497 km²), of which 1,256 square miles (3,254 km²) is land and 94 square miles (243 km²) (6.95%) is water.
[edit] Adjacent counties
- Bayfield County - north
- Ashland County - northeast
- Price County - east
- Rusk County - south
- Barron County - southwest
- Washburn County - west
- Douglas County - northwest
[edit] Major highways
- Sawyer County Highway B is the busiest rural roadway on average in all of Sawyer County with a high count of 5900 vehicles daily, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's average daily traffic maps for 2008. http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/counts/docs/sawyer/sawyer2008.pdf
[edit] National protected areas
[edit] Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 3,593 |
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| 1910 | 6,227 | 73.3% | |
| 1920 | 8,243 | 32.4% | |
| 1930 | 8,878 | 7.7% | |
| 1940 | 11,540 | 30.0% | |
| 1950 | 10,323 | −10.5% | |
| 1960 | 9,475 | −8.2% | |
| 1970 | 9,670 | 2.1% | |
| 1980 | 12,843 | 32.8% | |
| 1990 | 14,181 | 10.4% | |
| 2000 | 16,196 | 14.2% | |
| 2010 | 16,557 | 2.2% | |
| WI Counties 1900-1990 | |||
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 16,196 people, 6,640 households, and 4,581 families residing in the county. The population density was 13 people per square mile (5/km²). There were 13,722 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 81.72% White, 0.31% Black or African American, 16.07% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.35% from other races, and 1.23% from two or more races. 0.90% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 29.6% were of German, 7.8% Irish, 6.7% Norwegian, 5.9% Polish, 5.2% Swedish and 5.2% English ancestry according to Census 2000. 95.4% spoke English, 2.0% Ojibwa and 1.1% Spanish as their first language.
There were 6,640 households out of which 27.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.20% were married couples living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.00% were non-families. 26.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the county, the population was spread out with 24.10% under the age of 18, 6.00% from 18 to 24, 24.60% from 25 to 44, 27.40% from 45 to 64, and 17.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 101.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.00 males.
[edit] Cities, villages, and towns
[edit] Cities
[edit] Villages
[edit] Towns
- Bass Lake
- Couderay (town)
- Draper
- Edgewater
- Hayward (town)
- Hunter
- Lenroot
- Meadowbrook
- Meteor
- Ojibwa
- Radisson (town)
- Round Lake
- Sand Lake
- Spider Lake
- Weirgor
- Winter (town)
[edit] Unincorporated communities
- Chief Lake
- Draper
- Edgewater
- Hauer
- Hay Stack Corner
- Lemington
- Little Round Lake
- Loretta
- Meteor
- New Post
- Northwoods Beach
- Ojibwa
- Oxbo
- Phipps
- Reserve
- Seeley
- Stone Lake (partial)
- Weirgor
- Wooddale
- Yarnell
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
[edit] External links
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Douglas County | Bayfield County | Ashland County | |
| Washburn County |  |
Price County | ||
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| Barron County | Rusk County |
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