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Of the 1,546 households 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 25.5% of households were one person and 7.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average
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The age distribution was 20.8% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 32.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% 65 or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.8 males.
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The median household income was $ 64,750 and the median family income was $ 75,357. Males had a median income of $ 51,671 versus $ 34,671 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 40,268. About 0.7% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the
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there were 3,586 people, 1,546 households, and 1,049 families living in the town. The population density was 161.3 people per square mile (62.3/km). There were 1,752 housing units at an average density of 78.8 per square mile (30.4/km). The
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of the town was 97.69% White, 0.61% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.86% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.25% from other races, and 0.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.78%.
53: 339:. A portion of the Town of Madison on the northern shore of Lake Mendota was transferred to the Town of Westport (The remainder of the Town of Madison was later absorbed into the Cities of Madison and Fitchburg). 362:, the town has a total area of 27.2 square miles (70.6 km), of which, 22.2 square miles (57.6 km) of it is land and 5.0 square miles (13.0 km) of it (18.39%) is water. 1909: 382: 1087: 75: 592: 1118: 1865: 579: 494:"Towns" in Wisconsin perform most of the same functions as townships in many other states. see 'Wisconsin Blue Book 2022,' Town, pp 354-355 331:
was carved out of the town in 1893, leaving the remainder of the town on both sides. Other portions have been annexed by the cities of
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in Ireland because many of the early settlers were from there. The
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household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.80.
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Index

Town
Town hall
Location of the Town of Westport in Dane County and the state of Wisconsin.
Dane County
Wisconsin
43°9′33″N 89°25′33″W / 43.15917°N 89.42583°W / 43.15917; -89.42583
Country
United States
State
Wisconsin
County
Dane
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
Area code(s)
608
FIPS code
GNIS
Dane County
Wisconsin
suburb
Madison
Westport, County Mayo
village
Waunakee
Madison
Middleton

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