Friendship is a village in Adams County

Adams County, Wisconsin

Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Sources differ as to whether its name is in honor of the second President of the United States, John Adams, or his son, the sixth President, John Quincy Adams. As of 2000, the population of Adams County was 18,643. Its county seat is...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

. The population was 698 at the 2000 census.

Geology

The Friendship Mound sits just to the north of town. It is a castillated mound formed from the last glaciers to cover the area during the Ice Age

Ice age

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. Another mound, Roche-A-Cri, is a few miles north of the village in Roche-A-Cri State Park

Roche-a-Cri State Park

Roche-a-Cri State Park is a state park north of Adams and Friendship in central Wisconsin. The park, in area, was established in 1949....

. That mound contains the Roche-A-Cri Petroglyphs

Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs

The Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs, also known as the Friendship Glyphs, are a Registered Historic Place in Roche-a-Cri State Park, near Friendship, Wisconsin. They consist of Oneota rock art, mostly petroglyphs resembling birds, canoes and geometric designs. They were added to the National Register of...

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Geography

Friendship is located at 43°58′18"N 89°49′7"W (43.971758, -89.818718).

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, the village has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.4 km²), of which, 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (3.26%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 698 people, 257 households, and 157 families residing in the village. The population density

Population density

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 was 787.4 people per square mile (302.8/km²). There were 294 housing units at an average density of 331.7 per square mile (127.5/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.27% White, 0.43% African American, 1.72% Native American, 2.15% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, 0.57% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 0.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.15% of the population.

There were 257 households out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.0% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.9% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the village the population was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 105.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $24,615, and the median income for a family was $33,438. Males had a median income of $29,375 versus $21,458 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the village was $14,773. About 16.4% of families and 23.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 38.8% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.

External links

• Adams-Friendship website