Marshfield, Wisconsin

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Marshfield est une ville dans le Wisconsin. C'est la ville la plus grande à Wood County, mais elle couvre la frontière entre Wood County et Marathon County, Wisconsin. Depuis 2000, 18 800 gens vivent dans cette ville.

Marshfield est bien connue pour plusieurs attractions, comme le "Marshfield Clinic" et la Foire d'État de Wisconsin Centrale, et aussi la Grange Ronde la Plus Grande au Monde.

Ensemble avec les petites villes qui l'entourent, l'endroit microplitain de Marshfield a, depuis 2000, 27,408 résidants. La ville fait un des endroits importants du Bureau de Recensement des États-Unis de Marshfield-Wisconsin Rapids, qui inclut tout de "Wood County" (population depuis 2000: 75,555). Bien que des petites villes qui s'incluent dans l'endroit micropolitan de Marshfield soient a "Marathon Country, on les inclut dans le Wausau, Wisconsin mSA", qui inclut tout de ce compté, plutôt que dans le "Marshfield-Wisconsin Rapids mSA", qui n'inclut que Wood County.

Sommaire 1 Gens célèbres 2 Géographie 3 Demographics 4 Culture 5 Santé 6 Athletics 7 Points of interest 8 Liens externes

[modifier] Gens célèbres

• Melvin Laird, U.S. House of Representatives (1952-1970), Sécrétaire de Défense de Richard Nixon (1969-1973)
• Andrew Rock, track - 2004 Olympics, Athens
• John Stauber, écrivain
• Fred Beel, lutteur
• Mark Tauscher, joueur de Football Americain
• Adam Grant, activiste sociale

[modifier] Géographie

Marshfield se trouve à 44°39'54" du Nord, 90°10'33" de l'Ouest (44.664879, -90.175961) Grèce.

Selon le United States Census Bureau, la ville couvre 33.0 km², 12.8 mi². 32.9 km² (12.7 mi²) de la ville se compose de la terre, et 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) se compose de l'eau. 0,24 per cent de la ville se compose de l'eau.

[modifier] Demographics

Selon le recensement de 2000,la ville comptait 18 800 habitants, 8 235 ménages, et 4 866 familles qui y résidaient . La densité de population était 570.7/km². Il y avait 8,617 unités de logement avec une densité moyenne de 261.6/km².97.12 per cent de la population est caucasien, 0.39 per cent est américain africain, 0.23% est américain indigène, 1.38% est asiatique, 0.01% est insulaire Pacifique, 0.22% est d'une autre race, et 0.64% est de deux races ou plus. 0.78% per cent de la population était Lation-Américain..

There were 8,235 households out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.9% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the city the population was spread out with 22.9% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $37,248, and the median income for a family was $50,498. Males had a median income of $31,848 versus $23,745 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,965. 6.6% of the population and 3.7% of families were below the poverty line. 6.2% of those under the age of 18 and 10.0% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

[modifier] Culture

Marshfield possède un opéra dramatique ainsi qu'un bibliothèque publique. On peut aussi trouver une organisation d'art sur St. appellé Chestnut Arts, juste au Sud du bureau de poste.

[modifier] Santé

Le sytème clinique de Marshfield fournit des soins médiacaux pour tout le Nord de l'Eat de Winsconsin et effectue actuellement des recherches sur les maladies génétiques et les traitements appropriées. La clinique de Marshfield lance aussi des programmes locaux de soins médicaux, pediatriques, et abbrite une maternité. Elle comprend avec l'hopotal St Joseph un CHU et un centre d'étude physique pour les étudiants de l'Université de Médecine et de Santé Publique de Wisconsin

Within the Marshfield Clinic System, resides a HMO Security Health plan, and Marshfield Laboratories, consisting of Applied Sciences housing joint venture activities including veterinary services, forensic toxicology, and food safety.

[modifier] Athletics

Since assuming the head coaching position for the Marshfield Tiger High School Football Team in 1995, Len Leudtke has turned the program into a perennial powerhouse. From a record of 1-8 in 1994, Leudtke and his dedicated coaching staff turned out records of 7-2 (1995), 9-3 (1996), and 12-2 (1997) culminating with the football team's first ever Division 1 WIAA football championship in 1997 by defeating Oak Creek. The Tiger Football Team subsequently won the state championship in 2001 and 2002 and were the runner-up in 1999 and 2004. They were the Wisconsin Valley Conference Champions in 1927, 1930, 1932, 1999, 2001, and 2002. Tiger Football Homepage

The running club in Marshfield and the local YMCA host an annual 10 kilometer road race called the Cheese Chase. It is held over Dairyfest Weekend, which is a local festival. For a brief period during the mid-1990s, it also hosted a one mile road-race just before the start of the Dairyfest parade.

Under the tutelage of coaches Daniel Akin and John Minor, several regionally significant runners have come from Marshfield including Mario Berdan, Ryan Aschbrenner, Jeff Riepe, Philip Burkart, Erik Harrington and Travis Schlafke.

[modifier] Points of interest

• Foxfire Botanical Gardens

[modifier] Liens externes

• City of Marshfield(en)
• Melvin Laird Center(en)
• Marshfield News-Herald newspaper(en)
• Marshfield News-Herald(en)