Brandon is a village in Fond du Lac County

Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Fond du Lac County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 97,296. Its county seat is Fond du Lac. The United States Census Bureau's Fond du Lac Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Fond du Lac County. The county name is French for "bottom of the...

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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, United States

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. The population was 912 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Brandon is located at 43°44′8"N 88°46′56"W (43.735444, -88.782093).

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, the village has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.0 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 912 people, 342 households, and 258 families residing in the village. The population density

Population density

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 was 1,165.9 people per square mile (451.4/km²). There were 357 housing units at an average density of 456.4 per square mile (176.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.78% White, 0.11% Native American, 0.11% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.77% of the population.

There were 342 households out of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.4% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 21.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the village the population was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 86.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $43,542, and the median income for a family was $50,227. Males had a median income of $35,595 versus $22,176 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the village was $17,437. About 4.3% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

• U.S. Representative Lester Johnson
  Lester Johnson
  Lester Roland Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.-Biography:Born in Brandon, Wisconsin, Johnson attended the public schools and Lawrence University from 1919 to 1921....
  
  
• Botanist Lewis Ralph Jones
  Lewis Ralph Jones
  Lewis Ralph Jones was an U.S. botanist and agricultural biologist.Jones was born in Brandon, Wisconsin.Jones died in Orlando, Florida.-External links:*...
  
  
• Actress Laura Ramsey