Wrightstown, Wisconsin
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Wrightstown is a village in Brown and Outagamie
Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Outagamie is a county in the northeast region of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its county seat is Appleton. As of the 2009 census estimate, its population was 177,155....

 Counties in the U.S. state
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 of Wisconsin
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. The population was 2,827 at the 2010 census. The village is located mostly within the town of Wrightstown in Brown County. On February 28, 2002, the village annexed a portion of land within the adjacent town of Kaukauna
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 in Outagamie County.

Wrightstown is part of the Green Bay
Green Bay, Wisconsin
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 Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.

Geography

Wrightstown is located at 44°19′33"N 88°9′49"W (44.325856, -88.163776).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, in 2000 the village had a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.0 km²). 2.5 square miles (6.4 km²) of it was land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) of it (9.19%) was water.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 1,934 people, 701 households, and 525 families residing in the village. The population density
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 was 782.3 people per square mile (302.3/km²). There were 729 housing units at an average density of 294.9 per square mile (114.0/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.10% White, 0.26% Black or African American
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, 0.36% Native American, 0.93% Asian, 0.57% from other races
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, and 0.78% from two or more races. 1.76% of the population were Hispanic
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 or Latino
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 of any race.

There were 701 households out of which 41.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% were non-families. 20.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the village the population was spread out with 31.5% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 36.1% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 104.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $52,885, and the median income for a family was $57,788. Males had a median income of $39,632 versus $26,705 for females. The per capita income
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 for the village was $20,767. About 3.5% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.

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