Brookfield, Wisconsin
Brookfield, Wisconsin From top left clockwise: Brookfield Central High School, Veterans Memorial Fountain, Brookfield Square Mall, Brookfield City Hall, and the Brookfield Safety Building From top left clockwise: Brookfield Central High School, Veterans Memorial Fountain, Brookfield Square Mall, Brookfield City Hall, and the Brookfield Safety Building Location in Waukesha County and the state of Wisconsin.
Location in Waukesha County and the state of Wisconsin.
The populace figure given for the urbane region is for the Milwaukee urbane area, which contains Brookfield Brookfield is a town/city located in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.
It had a populace of 37,920 in the 2010 census. Brookfield is the third biggest city in Waukesha County.
Brookfield is positioned west of Milwaukee in Waukesha County in an region originally inhabited by Potawatomi Indians.
The City of Brookfield was incorporated on August 14, 1954 from the Town of Brookfield, a portion of which still survives along the city's edge. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 27.59 square miles (71.46 km2), of which 27.09 square miles (70.16 km2) is territory and 0.50 square miles (1.29 km2) is water. The sub-continental divide passes through Brookfield; on the easterly side of this divide, easily marked by the crest at Calhoun Road and Capitol Drive, water flows to Lake Michigan on its way to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; on the side of this divide, water flows to the Fox River of Illinois and Wisconsin on its way to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
As of the census of 2010, there were 37,920 citizens , 14,576 homeholds, and 10,999 families living in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.0% White, 1.2% African American, 0.2% Native American, 6.7% Asian, 0.5% from other competitions, and 1.4% from two or more competitions.
There were 14,576 homeholds of which 31.5% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 67.4% were married couples residing together, 5.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 24.5% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 46.7 years.
As of the census of 2000, there were 38,649 citizens , 13,891 homeholds, and 11,223 families living in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city is 94.20 percent White, 3.83 percent Asian, 0.83 percent Black or African American, 0.09 percent Native American, 0.02 percent Pacific Islander, 0.23 percent from other competitions, and 0.81 percent from two or more competitions.
There are 13,891 homeholds out of which 36.1 percent have kids under age 18 residing with them, 73.1 percent are married couples residing together, 5.5 percent have a female homeholder with no husband present, and 19.2 percent are non-families.
16.7 percent of all homeholds are made up of individuals and 9.0 percent have someone residing alone who is 65 years old or older.
In the city, the populace is spread out with 26.8 percent under age 18, 4.6 percent from 18 years old to 24 years old, 23.2 percent from 25 years old to 44 years old, 27.8 percent from 45 years old to 64 years old, and 17.6 percent who are 65 years old or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city is $76,225, and the median income for a family is $83,691.
2.2 percent of the populace and 1.4 percent of families are below the poverty line.
Out of the total population, 2.4 percent of those under age 18 and 3.4 percent of those 65 years old and older are residing below the poverty line.
Fiserv command posts are in Brookfield.
Brookfield has a mayor council government.
Brookfield is represented by Jim Sensenbrenner (R) in the United States House of Representatives, and by Ron Johnson (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D) in the United States Senate.
Leah Vukmir (R) represents Brookfield in the Wisconsin State Senate, and Rob Hutton (R) and Dale P.
The Elmbrook School District, serves inhabitants of Brookfield excluding a small section of southwest Brookfield, which is in the Waukesha School District.
Joseph's Catholic School, Elm Grove Lutheran School, Brookfield Christian School, and Brookfield Academy.
Private high schools positioned inside the Brookfield town/city limits include Brookfield Christian School and Heritage Christian School, West Suburban Christian Academy. Brookfield offers shopping, fine dining, outside golf and parks.
Brookfield's concert hall is the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts positioned in Mitchell Park.
Brookfield's chief beach is positioned at Fox Brook Park where hiking in natural preserves, sailing, biking and golfing are also available.
Brookfield Square is the chief shopping mall for the town/city and also serves as a commercial anchor to the Blue Mound Road shopping precinct serving the suburbs of Milwaukee and Waukesha County.
Brookfield has off-road bike paths throughout the city.
Brookfield Days is held annually in June, at Wirth Park supported by the small-town community.
A farmers market runs on weekends in summer months at the Brookfield City Hall.
The Elmbrook Historical Society hosts a several affairs annually celebrating the lives of early Brookfield settlers, including Caroline Ingalls, who was born in the Brookfield area.
Nathan Hatch (1757-1847), soldier in American Revolutionary War and War of 1812; farmed in Brookfield from 1842-1847 and interred in Brookfield's Oak Hill Cemetery Caroline Ingalls (1839 1924), born in what is today the town/city of Brookfield (then Town of Brookfield), mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder Eddie Mathews, baseball player (lived in Brookfield amid career) Al Mc - Guire, former NCAA basketball coach and commentator (lived in Brookfield toward the end of his life) Snuffleupagus and Slimey on Sesame Street since 1980; graduate of Brookfield East High School Brookfield has one sister city: "City of Brookfield Official Web Site".
Brookfield (brief history) Wisconsin State Historical Society City of Brookfield official web site Brookfield Patch.
City of Brookfield Municipalities and communities of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States
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