St. Croix County, Wisconsin

St. Croix County is a  in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 63,155. Its is. St. Croix County is part of the  (MSA).

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,906 (736 ). 1,870 km² (722 sq mi) of it is land and 36 km² (14 sq mi) of it (1.90%) is water.

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History
St. Croix County is named after the. St. Croix County was established in 1840 by the Territorial Legislature of the by cleaving off portion of  north of the line formed from where Rush River empties into, up the Rush River to its first major branch (Lost Creek), then northeasterly to where Wilson Creek empties into the  (in ), up the Red Cedar River to Brill River (near , up the Brill River, Long Lake, Slim Creek and Slim Lake, through the Long Lake-Sissabagama Lake Portage, down Sissabagama Creek, Sand Lake, Sand Creek, Whitefish Lake and into , to the eastern most point of Lac Courte Oreilles, then northeast to the western branch of the.

was formed from the northern portions of St. Croix County in 1845. When Wisconsin was admitted into union as a State on May 29, 1848, St. Croix County was divided into two. The portion of St. Croix County of the Wisconsin Territory that did not become part of State of Wisconsin was re-organized a year later as part of, forming , and  Counties.

St. Croix County that became part of Wisconsin became the parental county to and  Counties, and formed significant portions of, ,  and  Counties.

On, , a deadly  struck. The tornado's damage path was 300 s wide and 30 s long. It killed 117 people and injured 200 others, making it the in U.S. history.

Demographics


As of the of 2000, there were 63,155 people, 23,410 households, and 16,948 families residing in the county. The was 34/km² (88/sq mi). There were 24,265 housing units at an average density of 13/km² (34/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.85%, 0.28% or , 0.25% , 0.62% , 0.02% , 0.22% from , and 0.76% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 23,410 households out of which 38.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.60% were living together, 7.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.60% were non-families. 21.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.90% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 32.20% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 9.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 100.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.50 males.

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