Chippewa, Wisconsin
civil town in Ashland County, Wisconsin
Chippewa is a town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 349 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 125.5 square miles (325.1 km2), of which 124.5 square miles (322.4 km2) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.7 km2), or 0.83%, is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 433 people, 156 households, and 122 families residing in the town. The population density was 3.5 people per square mile (1.3/km2). There were 280 housing units at an average density of 2.3 per square mile (0.9/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.15% White, 0.92% African American, 0.69% Native American, and 0.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.23% of the population.
There were 156 households, out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.2% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
“Chippewa, Wisconsin” enters the record as civil town in Ashland County, Wisconsin. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Chippewa, Wisconsin and civil can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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