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Shields, Marquette County, Wisconsin

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Marquette

FIPS code
  
55-73600

Elevation
  
253 m

Population
  
456 (2000)

State
  
Wisconsin

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

GNIS feature ID
  
1584153

Local time
  
Saturday 7:03 AM

Shields, Marquette County, Wisconsin

Weather
  
-2°C, Wind SE at 0 km/h, 100% Humidity

Area
  
81.58 km² (80.81 km² Land / 78 ha Water)

Shields is a town in Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 456 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Germania is located in the town.

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Map of Shields, WI, USA

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 31.5 square miles (81.5 km²), of which, 31.2 square miles (80.8 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (0.83%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 456 people, 194 households, and 130 families residing in the town. The population density was 14.6 people per square mile (5.6/km²). There were 277 housing units at an average density of 8.9 per square mile (3.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.56% White, 0.22% Native American, and 0.22% from two or more races.

There were 194 households out of which 19.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 4.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.74.

In the town, the population was spread out with 20.2% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 110.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $32,250, and the median income for a family was $36,319. Males had a median income of $25,278 versus $22,143 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,218. About 4.6% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.9% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

Shields, Marquette County, Wisconsin Wikipedia