Catawba (town), Wisconsin
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Catawba is a town in Price County
Price County, Wisconsin
Price County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 15,822. Its county seat is Phillips.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water...

, Wisconsin
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, United States
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. The population was 283 at the 2000 census. The Village of Catawba
Catawba, Wisconsin
Catawba is a village in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 149 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Catawba.-Geography:Catawba is located at ....

 is located within the town.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of 50.0 square miles (129.5 km²), of which, 50.0 square miles (129.4 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.04%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 283 people, 109 households, and 75 families residing in the town. The population density
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 was 5.7 people per square mile (2.2/km²). There were 162 housing units at an average density of 3.2 per square mile (1.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.59% White, 0.35% Black or African American
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, 0.35% Native American, 0.35% Pacific Islander, and 0.35% from two or more races. 0.35% of the population were Hispanic
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 or Latino
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 of any race. 48.9% were of German
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, 10.3% Polish
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, 9.4% Norwegian
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, 7.3% Dutch
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, 5.6% American
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 and 5.2% Czech ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 109 households out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the town the population
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 was spread out with 29.0% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median
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 age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 109.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $33,571, and the median
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 income for a family was $35,938. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $18,906 for females. The per capita income
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 for the town was $14,235. About 1.3% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.8% of those under the age of eighteen and 10.0% of those sixty five or over.
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