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Wisconsin

1. a state of the N central US, on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan: consists of an undulating plain, with uplands in the north and west; over 168 m (550 ft.) above sea level along the shore of Lake Michigan. Capital: Madison. Pop.: 5 472 299 (2003 est.). Area: 141 061 sq. km (54 464 sq. miles)
2. a river in central and SW Wisconsin, flowing south and west to the Mississippi. Length: 692 km (430 miles)
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Wisconsin State Information

Phone: (608) 266-2211
www.wisconsin.gov


Area (sq mi):: 65497.82 (land 54310.10; water 11187.72) Population per square mile: 101.90
Population 2005: 5,536,201 State rank: 0 Population change: 2000-20005 3.20%; 1990-2000 9.60% Population 2000: 5,363,675 (White 87.30%; Black or African American 5.70%; Hispanic or Latino 3.60%; Asian 1.70%; Other 3.70%). Foreign born: 3.60%. Median age: 36.00
Income 2000: per capita 21,271ドル; median household 43,791ドル; Population below poverty level: 8.70% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): 28,570ドル-30,685ドル
Unemployment (2004): 5.00% Unemployment change (from 2000): 1.60% Median travel time to work: 20.80 minutes Working outside county of residence: 26.10%

List of Wisconsin counties:

  • Adams County
  • Ashland County
  • Barron County
  • Bayfield County
  • Brown County
  • Buffalo County
  • Burnett County
  • Calumet County
  • Chippewa County
  • Clark County
  • Columbia County
  • Crawford County
  • Dane County
  • Dodge County
  • Door County
  • Douglas County
  • Dunn County
  • Eau Claire County
  • Florence County
  • Fond du Lac County
  • Forest County
  • Grant County
  • Green County
  • Green Lake County
  • Iowa County
  • Iron County
  • Jackson County
  • Jefferson County
  • Juneau County
  • Kenosha County
  • Kewaunee County
  • La Crosse County
  • Lafayette County
  • Langlade County
  • Lincoln County
  • Manitowoc County
  • Marathon County
  • Marinette County
  • Marquette County
  • Menominee County
  • Milwaukee County
  • Monroe County
  • Oconto County
  • Oneida County
  • Outagamie County
  • Ozaukee County
  • Pepin County
  • Pierce County
  • Polk County
  • Portage County
  • Price County
  • Racine County
  • Richland County
  • Rock County
  • Rusk County
  • Saint Croix County
  • Sauk County
  • Sawyer County
  • Shawano County
  • Sheboygan County
  • Taylor County
  • Trempealeau County
  • Vernon County
  • Vilas County
  • Walworth County
  • Washburn County
  • Washington County
  • Waukesha County
  • Waupaca County
  • Waushara County
  • Winnebago County
  • Wood County
    • Counties USA: A Directory of United States Counties, 3rd Edition. © 2006 by Omnigraphics, Inc.

    Wisconsin Parks

    Parks Directory of the United States, 5th Edition. © 2007 by Omnigraphics, Inc.

    Wisconsin

    [wi′skän·sən]
    (geology)
    Pertaining to the fourth, and last, glacial stage of the Pleistocene epoch in North America; followed the Sangamon interglacial, beginning about 85,000 ± 15,000 years ago and ending 7000 years ago.
    McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

    Wisconsin

    Thirtieth state; admitted on May 29, 1848

    State capital: Madison Nicknames: Badger State; America’s Dairyland; Copper

    State State motto: Forward State animal: Badger (Taxidea taxus); wildlife animal:

    White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) domestic ani­

    mal: Dairy cow (Bos taurus)

    State ballad: “Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams”

    State beverage: Milk

    State bird: Robin (Turdus migratorius)

    State dance: Polka

    State dog: American water spaniel

    State fish: Muskellunge (muskie, Esox masquinongy

    Mitchell)

    State flower: Wood violet (Viola papilionacea)

    State fossil: Trilobite (Calymene celebra)

    State fruit: Cranberry (vaccinium macrocarpon)

    State grain: Corn (Zea mays)

    State insect: Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

    State mineral: Galena

    State rock: Red granite

    State soil: Antigo silt loam

    State song: “On, Wisconsin!”

    State symbol of peace: Mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura

    corolinensis linnaus)
    State tree: Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
    State waltz: “The Wisconsin Waltz”

    More about state symbols at:

    www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_state

    _symbols.html

    dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/state/index.htm

    More about the state at:

    www.wisconsinhistory.org/

    SOURCES:

    AmerBkDays-2000, p. 400
    AnnivHol-2000, p. 89

    STATE OFFICES:

    State web site:
    www.wisconsin.gov

    Office of the Governor
    State Capitol
    PO Box 7863
    Madison, WI 53707
    608-266-1212
    fax: 608-267-8983
    www.wisgov.state.wi.us

    Secretary of State PO Box 7848 Madison, WI 53707 608-266-8888 fax: 608-266-3159 www.sos.state.wi.us

    Wisconsin Dept of Public Instruction Library Services Div 125 S Webster St PO Box 7841 Madison, WI 53707 608-266-3390 fax: 608-267-1052 www.dpi.state.wi.us/

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    Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary, Fourth Edition. © 2010 by Omnigraphics, Inc.
    The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

    Wisconsin

    a state in the northern United States. Area, 145,400 km2. Population, 4.4 million (1970), 64 percent of which is urban (1960). Its capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee. Wisconsin occupies a plain between Lakes Michigan and Superior. In the north the soil is podzol; in the south it is brown forest soil. Coniferous and broad-leaved forests cover 42 percent of the state, and there is much meadowland and arable land.

    Wisconsin is an industrial agricultural state. Processing industries employ 510,000 people (1968); about 3,000 are employed in mining. Zinc ore is mined on a small scale. Electropower plants produce 5.3 million kV (1968). The most highly developed processing industries are metalworking and machine building (manufacture of agricultural and road-building machinery, tractors, boilers, turbines, and motors). The paper, furniture, woodworking, and food industries are also important. Animal husbandry, especially dairy animals, accounts for about two-thirds of the state’s commercial agricultural production.

    Wisconsin is one of the United States’ major producers of cheese and butter and supplies much fresh milk to the country. There are 4.1 million head of cattle, including 2.1 million milch cows (1968). The main crops are fodder grasses, wheat, barley, and silage corn. The state also has horticulture and market gardening. Ship traffic on the Great Lakes is also important.

    V. M. GOKHMAN

    The first settlement of Europeans in what is today Wisconsin was founded in 1634 by Frenchmen. In 1763, Wisconsin was taken over by Great Britain, and in 1783 it became part of the United States, but until 1816 it remained independent from the British trading company in the area. In 1848 the territory of Wisconsin became a state.

    The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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