Boyd, Wisconsin
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Boyd is a village in Chippewa County
Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Chippewa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 55,195. Its county seat is Chippewa Falls. The United States Census Bureau's Eau Claire Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Chippewa County...

 in the U.S. state
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 of Wisconsin
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Wisconsin 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...

. The population was 680 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Boyd is located at 44°57′7"N 91°2′21"W (44.951890, -91.039134).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.8 km²), all of it land.

Demographics



As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 680 people, 274 households, and 178 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
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 was 367.5 people per square mile (141.9/km²). There were 290 housing units at an average density of 156.7 per square mile (60.5/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.71% White, 0.15% African American, 0.15% from other races
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. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.15% of the population.

There were 274 households out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the village the population was spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $37,250, and the median income for a family was $46,875. Males had a median income of $27,273 versus $19,732 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the village was $15,738. About 2.8% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.1% of those under age 18 and 13.3% of those age 65 or over.
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