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Wisconsin Counties Show Wide Gap in Elderly Population
A University of Wisconsin study based on 1960 census data finds Marquette County has 17.5 percent aged 65 plus while Waukesha County has 6.9 percent. The statewide share is 10.2 percent with rural counties showing higher male excess and urban ones lower. The ten lowest elderly ratios include Waukesha Ozaukee Outagamie and Dane, while highest ratios are in Marquette Adams Burnett Washburn and Trempealeau.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wisconsin County
University of Wisconsin
Department of Rural Sociology
Marquette County
Waukesha
Brown
Outagamie
Fox River Valley
Kenosha, Rock and Dane
Douglas Marshall
Wisconsin
Ozaukee
Dane
Brown, Wood
Racine
Milwaukee
Washington
Kenosha
Marquette
Adams
Burnett
Wanshara
Waupaca
Sawyer
Bayfield
Washburn
Price and
Trempealeau