Walworth County, Wisconsin

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Walworth County
County
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Walworth County Courthouse
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Location within the U.S. state of Wisconsin
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Wisconsin's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 42°40′N88°32′W / 42.67°N 88.54°W / 42.67; -88.54
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
Founded1839
Named for Reuben H. Walworth [1]
Seat Elkhorn
Largest city Whitewater
Area
 • Total
577 sq mi (1,490 km2)
 • Land555 sq mi (1,440 km2)
 • Water21 sq mi (50 km2)  3.7%
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total
106,478
 • Estimate 
(2023)
105,822 Decrease2.svg
 • Density191.7/sq mi (74.0/km2)
Time zone UTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts 1st, 5th
Website www.co.walworth.wi.us

Walworth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,478. [2] Its county seat is Elkhorn. [3] The county was created in 1836 from Wisconsin Territory and organized in 1839. [4] It is named for Reuben H. Walworth. [5] Walworth County comprises the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area. Lake Geneva, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and Alpine Valley Resort, and Music Theatre are located in Walworth County.

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Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 577 square miles (1,490 km2), of which 555 square miles (1,440 km2) is land and 21 square miles (54 km2) (3.7%) is water. [6]

Transportation

Major highways

Railroads

Buses

Airport

East Troy Municipal Airport ( FAA LID : 57C), serves the county and surrounding communities

Adjacent counties

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1840 2,611—
1850 17,862584.1%
1860 26,49648.3%
1870 25,972−2.0%
1880 26,2491.1%
1890 27,8606.1%
1900 29,2595.0%
1910 29,6141.2%
1920 29,327−1.0%
1930 31,0585.9%
1940 33,1036.6%
1950 41,58425.6%
1960 52,36825.9%
1970 63,44421.2%
1980 71,50712.7%
1990 75,0004.9%
2000 93,75925.0%
2010 102,2289.0%
2020 106,4784.2%
U.S. Decennial Census [7]
1790–1960 [8] 1900–1990 [9]
1990–2000 [10] 2010 [11] 2020 [2]
Walworth County, Wisconsin – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2000 [12] Pop 2010 [13] Pop 2020 [14] % 2000% 2010% 2020
White alone (NH)85,42888,69088,10491.11%86.76%82.74%
Black or African American alone (NH)7479041,1660.80%0.88%1.10%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)1771962290.19%0.19%0.22%
Asian alone (NH)5928191,0020.63%0.80%0.94%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)1633100.02%0.03%0.01%
Other race alone (NH)46672680.05%0.07%0.25%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)6179413,1490.66%0.92%2.96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)6,13610,57812,5506.54%10.35%11.79%
Total93,759102,228106,478100.00%100.00%100.00%

2020 census

As of the census of 2020, [2] the population was 106,478. The population density was 191.7 people per square mile (74.0 people/km2). There were 53,146 housing units at an average density of 95.7 units per square mile (36.9 units/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 85.4% White, 1.1% Black or African American, 1.0% Asian, 0.4% Native American, 4.6% from other races, and 7.4% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 11.8% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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2000 Census Age Pyramid for Walworth County

2000 census

At the 2000 census there were 93,759 people, 34,522 households, and 23,267 families in the county. The population density was 169 people per square mile (65 people/km2). There were 43,783 housing units at an average density of 79 units per square mile (31 units/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 94.49% White, 0.84% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.62% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. 6.54% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. [15] Of the 34,522 households 31.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.40% were married couples living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.60% were non-families. 24.70% of households were one person and 9.20% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.07.

The age distribution was 24.20% under the age of 18, 13.80% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 12.70% 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.20 males.

In 2017, there were 918 births, giving a general fertility rate of 48.8 births per 1000 women aged 15–44, the sixth lowest rate out of all 72 Wisconsin counties. [16]

Communities

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Walworth County sign

Cities

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Delavan Wisconsin 9

Villages

Towns

Census-designated places

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Turtle Lake floating

Unincorporated communities

Ghost towns

Politics

United States presidential election results for Walworth County, Wisconsin [17]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No. %No. %No. %
2024 36,60360.40%23,16138.22%8331.37%
2020 33,85158.77%22,78939.56%9601.67%
2016 28,86356.16%18,71036.41%3,8187.43%
2012 29,00655.46%22,55243.12%7451.42%
2008 25,48550.54%24,17747.95%7601.51%
2004 28,75459.35%19,17739.58%5151.06%
2000 22,98256.80%15,49238.29%1,9844.90%
1996 15,09945.81%13,28340.30%4,57913.89%
1992 15,72742.74%11,82532.14%9,24425.12%
1988 18,25959.50%12,20339.77%2230.73%
1984 20,59567.06%9,87732.16%2380.77%
1980 19,19456.90%11,34433.63%3,1929.46%
1976 18,09157.79%12,41839.67%7982.55%
1972 17,82366.09%8,59831.88%5462.02%
1968 15,04061.85%7,50530.87%1,7707.28%
1964 12,22550.92%11,74648.92%380.16%
1960 16,39567.19%7,98632.73%200.08%
1956 16,69676.62%4,92222.59%1720.79%
1952 16,90675.57%5,41724.21%490.22%
1948 10,50965.07%5,37733.29%2651.64%
1944 10,90165.34%5,69634.14%860.52%
1940 11,59467.59%5,44931.77%1110.65%
1936 8,46252.67%7,09344.15%5113.18%
1932 7,85852.91%6,79045.72%2041.37%
1928 9,84669.36%4,25329.96%970.68%
1924 7,48457.22%1,1628.88%4,43433.90%
1920 8,43780.68%1,63115.60%3903.73%
1916 3,98859.66%2,44036.50%2573.84%
1912 2,09635.88%2,12536.38%1,62027.73%
1908 4,15162.21%1,96029.37%5628.42%
1904 4,89273.42%1,37020.56%4016.02%
1900 5,10271.41%1,74224.38%3014.21%
1896 5,34770.41%1,89424.94%3534.65%
1892 3,87158.52%2,15332.55%5918.93%

Owing to its Yankee heritage, [18] which contrasts with the German-American or Scandinavian-American character of most of Wisconsin, Walworth County was initially a stronghold of the Free Soil Party. [19] It voted for Martin van Buren and John P. Hale in Wisconsin's first two presidential elections, [20] and its opposition to the spread of slavery led to its population voting Republican in subsequent elections, [20] even resisting the appeal of Wisconsin native Robert La Follette when he carried the state in 1924 as a Progressive. [21]

Walworth County remains strongly Republican. [21] [22] The only Democrat to carry the county was Woodrow Wilson in 1912, who won 36 percent of the vote. Even with the GOP mortally divided between President William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson only won the county by 29 votes. The best Democratic showings since then have been by Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Barack Obama in 2008, both of whom received around 48 percent. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Bill Clinton are the only other Democrats since Wilson to cross the 40 percent mark, though Joe Biden came very close in 2020.

Education

School districts include: [23]

K-12:

Secondary:

Elementary:

Wisconsin School for the Deaf, a state-operated school, is in the county.

See also

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "2020 Decennial Census: Walworth County, Wisconsin". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
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  13. ↑ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Walworth County, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau .
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  19. ↑ Fowler, Robert Booth; Wisconsin Votes: An Electoral History, Volume 3, p. 11 ISBN   0299227405
  20. 1 2 Beckwith, Albert Clayton; History of Walworth County, Wisconsin pp. 98-99 Published 1912 by B.F. Bowen and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana
  21. 1 2 See Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 441-442 ISBN   978-0-691-16324-6
  22. ↑ See McDade, Philip J.; 'Congressional Restricting in Wisconsin' Archived January 20, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
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