View source for Germantown, Juneau County, Wisconsin

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The '''Town of Germantown''' is in [[Juneau County, Wisconsin]], in the United States. At the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]], the town population was 1,174.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 45&nbsp;square miles (116.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 33.2&nbsp;square miles (86&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 11.8&nbsp;square miles (30.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (26.18%) is water.

{{wide image|Germantown on Castle Rock Lake.jpg|400px|On [[Castle Rock Lake]]|100%|center
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==Demographics==
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 1,174 people, 535 households and 385 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 35.3 per square mile (13.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 1,344 housing units at an average density of 40.5 per square mile (15.6/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 97.19% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.17% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.36% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.34% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.09% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.85% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 1.28% of the population.

There were 535 households, of which 19.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.52.

17.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 33.9% from 45 to 64, and 22.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.2 males.

The [[median household income]] was $31,204 and the median family income was $33,646. Males had a median income of $31,447 and females $21,736. The [[per capita income]] was $17,815. About 9.4% of families and 12% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.8% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.townofgermantown.com Town of Germantown, Juneau County, Wisconsin]

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[[Category:Towns in Juneau County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Towns in Wisconsin]]