Clearfield is a town in
Juneau CountyJuneau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the population was 24,316. Its county seat is Mauston. It should not, however, be confused with the city of Juneau, Wisconsin, to which it has no connection.-Geography:...
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WisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
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. The population was 737 at the
2000 censusThe Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
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Geography
According to the
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, the town has a total area of 35.8 square miles (92.8 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
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of 2000, there were 737 people, 296 households, and 221 families residing in the town. The
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was 20.6 people per square mile (7.9/km²). There were 432 housing units at an average density of 12.1 per square mile (4.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.24% White, 0.27% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, and 0.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population.
There were 296 households out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.5% were
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living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 20.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.82.
In the town the population was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 30.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 110.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $35,781, and the median income for a family was $40,221. Males had a median income of $32,212 versus $20,625 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the town was $17,445. About 10.7% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.3% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.