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        WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1997 - 1998


BASIC DATA ON WISCONSIN COUNTIES


County
(year created)t        County Seat
Adams (1848) ...... Friendship
Ashland (1860) ..... Ashland
Barron (1859) ....... Barron
Bayfield (1845) ..... Washburn
Brown (1818) ....... Green Bay
Buffalo (1853) ...... Alma
Burnett (1856) ...... Meenon
Calumet (1836) ..... Chilton
Chippewa (1845) .... Chippewa Falls
Clark (1853) ........ NeiIlsville
Columbia (1846) .... Portage
Crawford (1818) .... Prairie du Chien
Dane (1836) ........ Madison
Dodge (1836) ....... Juneau
Door (1851) ........ Sturgeon Bay
Douglas (1854) ..... Superior
Dunn (1854) ........ Menomonie
Eau Claire (1856) .... Eau Claire
Florence (1881) ..... Florence
Fond du Lac (1836) .. Fond du Lac
Forest (1885) ....... Crandon
Grant (1836) ........ Lancaster
Green (1836) ....... Monroe
Green Lake (1858) ... Green Lake
Iowa (1829) ........ Dodgeville
Iron (1893).......... Hurley
Jackson (1853) ...... Black River Falls
Jefferson (1836) ..... Jefferson
Juneau (1856) ....... Mauston
Kenosha (1850) ..... Kenosha
Kewaunee (1852) .... Kewaunee
La Crosse (1851) .... La Crosse
Lafayette (1846) ..... Darlington
Langlade (1879) ..... Antigo
Lincoln (1874) ...... Merrill
Manitowoc (1836) ... Manitowoc
Marathon (1850) .... Wausau
Marinette (1879) .... Marinette
Marquette (1836) .... Montello
Menominee (1961) ... Keshena
Milwaukee (1834) ... Milwaukee
Monroe (1854) ...... Sparta
Oconto (1851) ...... Oconto
Oneida (1885) ...... Rhinelander
Outagamie (1851) ... Appleton
Ozaulcee (1853) ..... Port Washington
Pepin (1858) ........ Durand
Pierce (1853).        Ellsworth
Polk (1853)......... Balsam Lake
Portage (1836) ...... Stevens Point
Price (1879) ........ Phillips
Racine (1836) ....... Racine
Richland (1842) ..... Richland Center
Rock (1836) ........ Janesville
Rusk (1901) ........ Ladysmith
St. Croix (1840) ..... Hudson
Sauk (1840) ........ Baraboo
Sawyer (1883) ...... Hayward
Shawano (1853) ..... Shawano
Sheboygan (1836) ... Sheboygan
Taylor (1875) ....... Medford
Trempealeau (1854) .. Whitehall
Vernon (1851) ...... Viroqua
Vilas (1893) ........ Eagle River
Walworth (1836) .... Elkhorn
Washburn (1883) .... Shell Lake
Washington (1836) ... West Bend
Waukesha (1846) .... Waukesha
Waupaca (1851) ..... Waupaca
Waushara (1851) .... Wautoma
Winnebago (1840) ... Oshkosh
Wood (1856) ....... Wisconsin Rapids
     STATE  ........................


1Counties are created by legislative act. Depending on the date, Wisconsin
counties were created by the Michigan Territorial
  Legislature (1818-1836), the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature (1836-1848)
or the Wisconsin State Legislature (after 1848).
2Reflects actual market value of all taxable general property as determined
by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.
3Determined by U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing.
Sources: Wisconsin Department of Revenue, Division of State and Local Finance,
Town, Village, and City Taxes 1995: Taxes
  Levied 1995- Collected 1996, 1996; Wisconsin Department of Administration,
Demographic Services Center, Official
  Population Estimates, Januaty 1, 1996, October 1996; U.S. Bureau of the
Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing,
  Sunmmary of Population and Housing Characteristics, Wisconsin, Table 15,
August 1991. Rank calculated by Wisconsin
  Legislative Reference Bureau.


Full Value               Population              Land     1990 Density
Assesment          1996      Percent  1996      Area in       per
(in millions)2    Estimate   Change  Rank     Sq. Miles3   Sq. Mile
     $796.4         17,120   9.17%     56         647.8       24.2
     391.3          16,650   2.10      57        1,043.9      15.6
     1,277.6        42,114   3.35      30         862.9       47.2
     606.1          14,428   3.00      64        1,476.4       9.5
     8,153.7       212,448   9.18       4         528.7      368.1
     383.7          13,660   0.56      65         684.5       19.8
     658.6          13,720   4.86      66         821.5       15.9
     1,270.0        37,309   8.80      35         319.9      107.2
     1,586.8        53,996   3.12      23        1,010.5      51.8
     750.3          32,185    1.70     39        1,215.7      26.0
     1,976.2        47,822   6.06      28         773.9       58.3
     443.3          16,103    1.02     60         572.8       27.8
   18,903.5        398,233   8.49       2        1,202.2     305.3
   2,737.5          80,839   5.59       18        882.4       86.8
   2,231.4          26,171    1.87     44         482.7       53.2
     1,171.0        42,256    1.19     29        1,309.3      31.9
     1,014.6        37,343   3.99      34         852.1       42.1
     2,630.9        88,668   4.09       15        637.7      133.6
     178.6           4,850   5.66      71         488.1        9.4
     3,349.1        94,415   4.81      14         723.0      124.6
     317.1           8,999   2.54      68        1,014.1       8.7
     1,265.0        49,442   0.36      26        1,147.9      42.9
     1,186.4        31,349   3.33      41         584.0       52.0
     889.8          19,060   2.19      52         354.3       52.6
     884.6          21,323   5.82      47         762.7       26.4
     249.2           6,242    1.45     70         757.3        8.1
     511.1          17,098   3.07      55         987.3       16.8
     2,655.8        71,788   5.91      21         557.1      121.7
     678.8          22,884   5.70      46         767.7       28.2
     5,737.5       138,049   7.70       9         272.8      469.9
     584.6          19,393   2.73      50         342.7       55.1
     3,172.3       103,149   5.36      13         452.8      216.2
     554.7          16,062   -0.07     58         633.6       25.4
     630.3          20,312   4.14      48         872.7       22.4
     910.3          28,396   5.20      42         883.0       30.6
     2,551.8        83,142   3.38       16        591.6      135.9
     4,137.1       123,258   6.81       10       1,545.1      74.7
     1,294.7        41,842   3.19      31        1,402.0      28.9
     578.1          13,186   7.02      67         455.5       27.0
       110.9         4,232   8.79      72         358.0       10.9
   31,449.9        963,903   0.48        1        241.6    3,970.5
     1,022.8        38,024   3.80      33         900.9       40.7
     1,103.9        31,992   5.84      40         998.1       30.3
     2,190.8        33,853   6.86      38        1,124.7      28.2
     5,903.4       151,727   7.98       6         640.4      219.4
     4,936.0        78,495   7.78       19        232.0      313.9
     200.3           7,179    1.01     69         232.3       30.6
     1,042.6        33,793   3.14      37         576.5       56.8
     1,313.1        36,295   4.38      36         917.3       37.9
     2,352.8        65,820   7.19      22         806.4       76.1
     484.6          16,052   2.90      59        1,252.7      12.5
     6,842.4       184,809   5.58       5         333.1      525.5
     458.7          17,574   0.30      54         586.3       29.9
     4,849.3       147,065   5.42       8         720.5      193.6
     362.8          15,235    1.03     61         913.2       16.5
     2,192.7        54,406    8.27     24         722.0       69.6
     2,298.8        50,897    8.35     25         837.7       56.1
     859.1          15,108   6.54      62        1,256.5      11.3
     1,195.6        38,234   2.90      32         892.6       41.6
     3,996.4       108,985   4.92       11        513.7      202.2
     497.6          19,247    1.83     51         975.0       19.4
     658.7          25,930   2.64      45         734.1       34.4
     662.6          26,130   2.00      43         795.0       32.2
     1,988.6        18,874    6.59     53         872.8       20.3
     5,466.5        81,395    8.53      17        555.4      135.0
     598.2          14,414   4.66      63         809.7       17.0
     5,379.5       108,619   13.94      12        430.8      221.3
   20,999.1        334,077    9.64       3        555.6      548.4
     1,636.0        48,673    5.57     27         751.1       61.4
     965.7          20,318   4.81      49         626.1       31.0
     5,845.0       149,894    6.82      7         438.6      319.9
     2,413.6        76,446    3.86     20         792.9       92.8
 $201,538.1      5,142,999   5.13%             54,313.7       90.1


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