103,197
57%
$59,705
33.9%
America/Chicago
54703 54701
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Eau Claire, WI - History
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Welcome to the Eau Claire Home page. The Eau Claire Home page provides as much information as possible on Eau Claire. Knowing Eau Claire’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Eau Claire’s Home page, you will also find Eau Claire’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Eau Claire has a population of 103197. 48.6% of Eau Claire’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.4 are female. 39.5% of Eau Claire is married and 56.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $165,607, and the average rent is $834. Household median income in Eau Claire is $59,705, and the individual median income is $28,922. Eau Claire’s Ethnic is the following: White(89.5%), Asian(5.2%), Multiple(2.8%), Hispanic(2.7%), Black(1.4%), Pacific(0.6%), Native(0.3%), Other(0.2%).
Eau Claire (; French: [o klɛʁ]) (French for "clear water") is a city mostly located in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, of which it is the county seat, and with a small portion in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It had a population of 69,421 in 2020, making it the state's eighth-largest city. Eau Claire is the principal city of the Eau Claire, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, locally known as the Chippewa Valley, and is also part of the larger Eau Claire-Menomonie Combined Statistical Area. Eau Claire is at the confluence of the Eau Claire and Chippewa Rivers on traditional Ojibwe, Dakota, and Ho-Chunk land.
The area's first permanent European American settlers arrived in 1845, and Eau Claire was incorporated as a city in 1872. The city's early growth came from its extensive logging and timber industries. After Eau Claire's lumber industry declined in the early 20th century, the city's economy diversified to encompass manufacturing and Eau Claire became an educational center with the opening of the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 1916.
Eau Claire is also a regional commercial and business center and home to the headquarters of home improvement store chain Menards.Eau Claire is known regionally for its arts and music scenes and is the hometown of indie folk band Bon Iver, whose lead singer Justin Vernon co-curates the city's annual Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival.
Eau Claire is the second fastest-growing major city in Wisconsin after Madison, with 5.4% population growth between 2010 and 2020.
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