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|official_name            = Village of Rib Mountain
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Marathon County, Wisconsin|Marathon]]

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'''Rib Mountain''' is a village<ref name="incorporation">{{cite web |title=Incorporation Updates |url=https://www.ribmountainwi.gov/how_do_i/find_learn_about/incorporation.php |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> located in [[Marathon County, Wisconsin|Marathon County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States. The population was 7,313 at the 2020 census.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Rib+Mountain+town,+Wisconsin|title=United States Census 2020|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 3, 2023}}</ref> A suburb of Wausau, it is part of the [[Wausau, Wisconsin|Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The census-designated place of [[Rib Mountain (CDP), Wisconsin|Rib Mountain]] is located in the village.

==History==
Originally part of the [[Weston, Wisconsin|Town of Weston]], the area was established as the town of Erickson (in honor of [[George Ericson|George Erickson]], the town chairman) in 1905. Later renamed Flieth, the town was renamed the Town of Rib Mountain in 1930.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rib Mountaineer: The Mountain and a Township|url=https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?id=WI.RibMountaineer|publisher=Town of Rib Mountain Bicentennial Committee|access-date=April 20, 2022|year=1976}}</ref> It is named after the nearby hill of [[Rib Mountain]]. In 2023, its residents voted 1,194 to 104 to become a village, renaming to the Village of Rib Mountain.<ref name="incorporation"/>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of 25.6&nbsp;square miles (66.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 24.6&nbsp;square miles (63.7&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 1.0&nbsp;square miles (2.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), or 3.91%, is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 7556
|2010= 6825
|2020= 7313
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=March 3, 2023}}</ref>
}}

At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 7,556 people, 2,697 households and 2,206 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was 307.3 per square mile (118.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 2,769 housing units at an average density of 112.6 per square mile (43.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup was 96.49% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.12% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.21% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.50% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.20% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.48% from two or more races. 0.48% of the population were [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race.

There were 2,697 households, of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.2% were non-families. 14.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.08.

27.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.3 males.

The [[median household income]] was $61,294 and the median family income was $66,337. Males had a median income of $45,667 and females $29,071. The [[per capita income]] was $27,768. About 0.4% of families and 1.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 2.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Transportation==
===Airport===
The [[Central Wisconsin Airport]] (KCWA) serves the village, the county and surrounding communities with both scheduled commercial jet service and general aviation services.

==Notable people==

* [[Charles Zarnke]], Wisconsin politician<ref>''Wisconsin Blue Book 1919'', Biographical Sketch of Charles Zarnke, pg. 490</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.ribmountainwi.gov/ Village of Rib Mountain official website]

{{Marathon County, Wisconsin}}

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[[Category:Villages in Marathon County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Villages in Wisconsin]]