Racine County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Founded
- December 7, 1836
- Seat
- Racine
- Largest city
- Racine
- Total
- 792 sq mi (2,050 km )
- Land
- 333 sq mi (860 km )
- Water
- 460 sq mi (1,200 km ) 58%
- Estimate 2025
- 198,919
- Density
- 594.4/sq mi (229.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .racinecounty .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Root River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Racine
- Capital
- Racine
- Population
- 197727
- Area
- 2051
- Shares border with
- Walworth County
- Official website
- www.racineco.com
- Image
- RacineCountyCourtHouse.jpg
- Households
- 77648
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- Commons category
- Racine County, Wisconsin
- topic's main category
- Category:Racine County, Wisconsin
- inception
- 1836-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Racine County, Wisconsin
- water as percent of area
- 58
- native label
- Racine County
- social media followers
- 2307
- per capita income
- 32566
- topic has template
- Template:Racine County, Wisconsin
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Encyclopedic overview
Racine County (/rəˈsiːn, reɪ-/ rə-SEEN, ray-) is a county in southeastern Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, its population was 197,727, making it Wisconsin's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat is Racine. The county was founded in 1836, then a part of the Wisconsin Territory. The Root River is the county's namesake, as racine is the French for "root".
Racine County comprises the Racine metropolitan statistical area. This area is part of the Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha combined statistical area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 792 square miles (2,050 km), of which 333 square miles (860 km) is land and 460 square miles (1,200 km) (58%) is water. The county's unemployment rate was 5.6% in June 2021.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Racine County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.