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A Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) is a geographic unit used by the US Census for providing statistical and demographic information. Each PUMA contains at least 100,000 people. Each PUMA contains at least 100,000 people.
Timms Hill is the highest natural point in Wisconsin at 1,951.5 ft (594.8 m); it is located in the town of Hill, Price County. In the north, the Lake Superior Lowland occupies a belt of land along Lake Superior. The region is a flat plain, gently sloping downward to Lake Superior. Much of the area is forested—dominated by aspen and birch trees.
Beginning in the 1890s, farmers in Wisconsin shifted from wheat to dairy production to make more sustainable and profitable use of their land. Many immigrants carried cheese-making traditions that, combined with the state's suitable geography and dairy research led by Stephen Babcock at the University of Wisconsin , helped the state build a ...
Agricultural land use in Door County reached its peak in 1920, when 264,126 acres were farmed, [84] representing 85.6% of the county's total land area. [84] [85] In 1944, there were 158,063 acres (63,966 ha) of cropland and 76,775 acres (31,070 ha) of pastures in the county. In 2017, there were 90,126 acres (36,473 ha) of cropland and 6,602 ...
The Normal School Fund was created in 1865 from the proceeds of half of the land grant conveyed to Wisconsin by Congress in the Swamp Land Act of 1850, after the Legislature determined not all of the swampland was needed for drainage purposes. The resulting land grant amounted to some 1,500,000 acres (2,300 sq mi) of public land, of which ...
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 11 combined statistical areas, 15 metropolitan statistical areas, and 14 micropolitan statistical areas in Wisconsin. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI CSA , comprising the area around the Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee .
Map of Native American land cessions in Wisconsin per US Treaty with the Ojibwe, 1837 (242), Treaty with the Dakota, 1837 (243), and Treaty with the Winnebago, 1837 (245) Items portrayed in this file depicts
Wisconsin was a frontier to many people in the Northeastern states—offering lots of fresh land for cheap. In the mid-19th century, Wisconsin's population increased from 11,683 in 1836, to 210,546 in 1848; the great majority were farmers.