New Auburn, Wisconsin

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New Auburn is a village located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The village is located mostly within the Town of Auburn in Chippewa County. A small portion extends east into the adjacent Town of Bloomer, also in Chippewa County. A small portion also extends north into the Town of Dovre in Barron County.

The population was 562 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 "Population: 485"
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Geography

New Auburn is located at 45°12′14″N, 91°33′42″W (45.203766, -91.561570)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 8.8 km² (3.4 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 562 people, 216 households, and 147 families residing in the village. The population density was 64.0/km² (165.8/mi²). There were 222 housing units at an average density of 25.3/km² (65.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.11% White, 0.18% Native American, and 0.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.36% of the population.

There are 216 households out of which 34.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% 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 3.17.

In the village the population was spread out with 30.8% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $30,341, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $26,683 versus $20,375 for females. The per capita income for the village was $13,444. 9.9% of the population and 9.6% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 9.9% of those under the age of 18 and 6.7% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

[edit] "Population: 485"

New Auburn is the setting of Michael Perry's memoir, Population: 485: Meeting your Neighbors One Siren at a Time, in which he describes his experiences as a volunteer firefighter. The publisher quotes praise by Dennis Smith, and a reviewer who characterizes Perry's New Auburn as spiritually located "somewhere between Garrison Keillor idyllic, sweet Lake Wobegon and the narrow-mindedness of Sinclair Lewis's Main Street"