Clinton is a town in Barron County in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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. The population was 920 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Poskin

Poskin, Wisconsin

Poskin is an unincorporated community in the town of Clinton, Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. Poskin is located on U.S. Route 8 west of Barron. Poskin had a post office, which opened on March 30, 1887, and closed on July 10, 1993....

 is located in Clinton, along U.S. Route 8

U.S. Route 8

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.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau

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, the town has a total area of 35.4 square miles (91.7 km²), of which, 35.1 square miles (91.0 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²) of it (0.82%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 920 people, 314 households, and 258 families residing in the town. The population density

Population density

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 was 26.2 people per square mile (10.1/km²). There were 374 housing units at an average density of 10.6 per square mile (4.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.59% White, 0.11% African American, 0.54% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.22% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 0.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population.

There were 314 households out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.2% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.8% were non-families. 13.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the town the population was spread out with 30.1% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 105.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $39,417, and the median income for a family was $42,105. Males had a median income of $27,014 versus $20,875 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the town was $15,584. About 8.7% of families and 10.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.