Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

Eau Claire County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 93,142. Its is. The 's Eau Claire includes all of Eau Claire County (as well as  to the north). Together with the Menomonie (which includes all of ) to the west, the Eau Claire, forms the Census Bureau's Eau Claire-Menomonie , which had a consolidated 2000 population of 188,195.

History
Eau Claire county was originally set off as the Town of Clearwater within, in 1855. The name was changed to the Town of Eau Claire on 31 Mar. 1856. The entire town was separated as Eau Claire County, by an act of the Legislature, on 6 Oct. 1856.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,671 (645 ). 1,651 km² (638 sq mi) of it is land and 20 km² (8 sq mi) of it (1.18%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics


As of the of 2000, there were 93,142 people, 35,822 households, and 22,281 families residing in the county. The was 56/km² (146/sq mi). There are 37,474 housing units at an average density of 23/km² (59/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.96%, 0.52% or , 0.54% , 2.52% , 0.03% , 0.33% from , and 1.11% from two or more races. 0.94% of the population were or  of any race. 37.4% were of, 21.5% and 7.0%  ancestry according to. 94.2% spoke, 1.6% , 1.6% and 1.0%  as their first language.

There were 35,822 households out of which 30.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.60% were living together, 8.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.80% were non-families. 27.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.40% under the age of 18, 17.10% from 18 to 24, 26.70% from 25 to 44, 20.50% from 45 to 64, and 12.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 93.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.60 males.

Divisions
* indicates a municipality considered part of the.

Unincorporated communities

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‡ historical community

§ now part of the city of Eau Claire