- State:WisconsinCounty:Lafayette CountyZips:53599,53541,53803,53587,53510,53504,53516,53586,53530Coordinates:42.66049935148307, -90.13172220387514Area total:634.57 sq. mi., 1643.52 sq. km, 406123.52 acresArea land:633.59 sq. mi., 1640.99 sq. km, 405496.32 acresArea water:0.98 sq. mi., 2.54 sq. km, 627.20 acresEstablished:1846Capital seat:
Darlington
Address: PO BOX 40
County Courthouse
Darlington, WI 53530-0040
Governing Body: Board of Supervisors with 16 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States
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- Population:16,611; Population change: -1.34% (2010 - 2020)Population density:26.2 persons per square mileHousehold income:$45,070Households:6,325Unemployment rate:4.30% per 9,785 county labor force
- Sales taxes:5.50%Income taxes:6.75%GDP:$617.17 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Lafayette County's population of Wisconsin of 18,649 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,89-fold to 16,611 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 49.58% female residents and 50.42% male residents live in as of 2020, 61.38% in Lafayette County, Wisconsin are married and the remaining 38.62% are single population.
As of 2020, 61.38% in Lafayette County, Wisconsin are married and the remaining 38.62% are single population.
- Housing units:7,156 residential units of which 92.48% share occupied residential units.
25.1 minutes is the average time that residents in Lafayette County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
70.35% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 12.02% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.50% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 11.32% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Lafayette County, Wisconsin 70.13% are owner-occupied homes, another 20.39% are rented apartments, and the remaining 9.48% are vacant.
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The 72.91% of the population in Lafayette County, Wisconsin who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 38.100%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 60.430%) of those eligible to vote in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
