Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
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Chippewa Falls is a city located on the Chippewa River in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 12,925 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Chippewa CountyGR6. Chippewa Falls was incorporated as a city in 1869.
Chippewa Falls is also known for being the birthplace of Seymour Cray and the location of the headquarters for the original Cray Research. Chippewa Falls is the home of Leinenkugel's Beer, brewed by the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company.
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[edit] Geography
Chippewa Falls is located at (44.934110, -91.393228)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 29.5 km² (11.4 mi²). 28.1 km² (10.9 mi²) of it is land and 1.4 km² (0.5 mi²) of it (4.66%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2003, there were 13,294 people, 5,638 households, and 3,247 families residing in the city. The population density was 459.9/km² (1,191.2/mi²). There were 5,905 housing units at an average density of 210.1/km² (544.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.62% White, 0.30% African American, 0.46% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.63% of the population.
There were 5,638 households out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.4% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.89.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 89.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $32,744, and the median income for a family was $43,519. Males had a median income of $32,016 versus $22,655 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,366. About 8.7% of families and 10.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.5% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Chippewa Falls in the media
The titular character played by Diane Keaton in Woody Allen's Oscar-winning film Annie Hall (1977) hails from Chippewa Falls. The sequence where Alvy Singer meets Annie's family takes place in the town.
Chippewa Falls is also mentioned in another best-picture winner, Titanic, as the birthplace of Jack Dawson (played by Leonardo DiCaprio), where he recalled (anachronistically) having fished as a boy on Lake Wissota, a man-made lake which was not created until 1917 -- five years after the Titanic sank.
Chippewa Falls was in the national news after the marching band bus crash on October 16, 2005 that took the lives of five people (including the beloved band director) and injured dozens of students.
[edit] Notable Natives
- Cody Bunkelman - Current Major League Baseball prospect of the Cleveland Indians.
- Chad Cascadden - Former National Football League linebacker for the New York Jets and New England Patriots.
- Seymour Cray - U.S. electrical engineer and supercomputer architect who founded the company Cray Research.
- Charles E. "Gus" Dorais - Former quarterback and kicker for the University of Notre Dame. A consensus All-America pick at in 1913, the first-ever at Notre Dame. Coached from 1914 until 1942, and was inducted into National Football Foundation Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
[edit] References
- ^ city-data.com's Chippewa Falls page. Accessed Sept. 21, 2006
- ^ This figure was arrived at by adding together the 2004 estimate for Chippewa County from the Census Dept. and the 2004 estimate for Eau Claire County from the 2005 Official Directory for Eau Claire County (page 47).
[edit] External links
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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Altoona° | Anson* | Brunswick* | Eagle Point* | Hallie* | Lafayette* | Lake Hallie‡ | Lake Wissota§ |
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