Brown County, Wisconsin

Brown County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 226,778. The county seat is. Together with surrounding communities, the Green Bay was, according to the 2000 census, home to 195,099 people. The 's Green Bay includes all of Brown County.

Brown County is one of Wisconsin's two original counties along with and originally spanned the entire eastern half of the state when formed by the  legislature in. It has since been subdivided to its present area. It was named for Major General a successful military leader during the War of 1812.

Government
The legislative branch Brown County is the 26 member Board of Supervisors. All 26 members represent single member districts and serve concurrent two-year terms elected in the Spring of even-numbered years. The Board of Supervisors elects a Chairman and Vice Chairman from its membership.

The executive branch of Brown County is the County Executive. The Executive is elected in the Spring of every other odd-numbered year. The executive appoints department heads with the approval of the County Board. The current county executive is.

Brown County has several other elected officials. These officials unlike the County Executive are established under the Wisconsin State constitution and are referred to as the Constitutional Officers. Constitutional Officers are the only partisan elected officials within Brown County Government as the Executive and County Board are non-partisan positions.

The current Constitutional Officers are:


 * Clerk: Darlene Marcelle (R)
 * Clerk of Circuit Courts: Lisa Wilson (D)
 * District Attorney: John P. Zakowski (R)
 * Register of Deeds: Cathy Williquette (D)
 * Sheriff: Dennis Kocken (R)
 * Treasurer: Kerry Blaney (D)

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,594 (615 ). 1,369 km² (529 sq mi) of it is land and 225 km² (87 sq mi) of it (14.10%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * – north
 * – east
 * – southeast
 * – southwest
 * – west
 * – northwest

Demographics


As of the of 2000, there were 226,778 people, 87,295 households, and 57,527 families residing in the county. The was 166/km² (429/sq mi). There were 90,199 housing units at an average density of 66/km² (171/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 91.14%, 1.16% or , 2.29% , 2.18% , 0.03% , 1.90% from , and 1.30% from two or more races. 3.84% of the population were or  of any race. 33.8% were of, 8.9% , 7.8% and 6.8%  ancestry according to. 93.2% spoke, 3.8% and 1.2%  as their first language.

There were 87,295 households out of which 33.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.20% were living together, 8.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.10% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.10% under the age of 18, 10.50% from 18 to 24, 31.90% from 25 to 44, 20.90% from 45 to 64, and 10.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.90 males.