Portage County (Wisconsin)

According to the United States Census Bureau , the total area of ​​the county is 2,131.572 km ² , of which 2,074.592 km ^{2 are} land and 56.980 km ² or 2,700% are water bodies.

Neighboring Counties

According to the 2000 census ^[1] , the district is home to 67,182 residents of 25,040 households and 16,501 families . The population density is 32.00 people per km ² . There are 26,589 residential buildings in the district, with a building density of about 13.00 buildings per km ² . Racial composition of the population: white - 95.73%, African Americans - 0.32%, Native Americans ( Indians ) - 0.36%, Asians - 2.25%, Hawaiians - 0.04%, representatives of other races - 0.43 %, representatives of two or more races - 0.86%. Hispanics made up 1.44% of the population, regardless of race .

Of the total number of households , 32.10% are children under the age of 18, 55.10% of households are married couples living together, 7.30% of households are single women without a spouse, 34.10% of households households are not related to families , 24.50% of households consist of one person, 8.80% of households consist of elderly people (65 years and older) living alone. The average household size is 2.54 people and the average family size is 3.07 people.

The age composition of the district: 24.10% under the age of 18, 16.20% from 18 to 24, 27.70% from 25 to 44, 21.10% from 45 to 64 and 21.10% from 65 and older. The average age of a resident of the district is 33 years. For every 100 females there are 99.40 males . For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 96.80 males .

• Portage, Wisconsin County Government Official Website
• National Association of US Districts
• Portage County Business Council, Inc.
• Portage County Historical Society
• Stevens Point Area (Portage County) Genealogical Society
• Local Histories of Dane, Portage, Wood, and Sauk Counties (link not available)
• Rotary Club of Stevens Point, WI
• People & Places of Portage County: Collections of Genealogy & History