| Green Bay is the county seat of Brown County | | | | Intelligencer, was first published here in |
| in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city is | | | | 1833. By 1850 the town had a population of |
| located at the head of the Bay of Green Bay | | | | 1,923. The town was reincorporated as the |
| and the mouth of the Fox River, at an | | | | city of Green Bay in 1854. The Green Bay Area |
| altitude of 581 feet (177 m). It is 112 miles | | | | Public School District was founded in 1856. |
| (180 km) north of Milwaukee. According to the | | | | The railroad arrived in the 1860s. By 1950 |
| 2004 census estimate, Green Bay has a | | | | the city had a population of 52,735. |
| population of 102,313. The Town of Green Bay | | | | |
| is located several miles northeast of the | | | | As of the 2005 U.S. census estimate, there |
| city. | | | | are 102,313 people residing in Green Bay. The |
| | | | Greater Green Bay Area consists of 279,485 |
| The city of Green Bay is a port on the Bay of | | | | people as of the 2000 census, there were |
| Green Bay, an arm of Lake Michigan. Green Bay | | | | 141,591 households, and 124,663 families |
| is home to the National Railroad Museum, the | | | | residing in the city. The population density |
| Neville Public Museum with exhibitions of | | | | is 900.5/km² (2,332.1/mi²). There are |
| art, history, and science, and to the | | | | 43,123 housing units at an average density of |
| University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. | | | | 379.5/km² (982.9/mi²). The racial |
| | | | makeup of the city is 85.86% White, 1.38% |
| The Green Bay Packers professional football | | | | African American, 3.28% Native American, |
| team has been based in the city since 1919. | | | | 3.76% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.72% |
| Green Bay is the smallest city presently to | | | | from other races, and 1.97% from two or more |
| have an NFL franchise, and the team is the | | | | races. 7.13% of the population are Hispanic |
| city's claim to fame. | | | | or Latino of any race. Many of the Asian |
| | | | Americans are Hmongs. |
| Green Bay may be the smallest US market for a | | | | |
| major professional sports team of any kind, | | | | There are 41,591 households out of which |
| although the Packers' fanbase stretches | | | | 30.6% have children under the age of 18 |
| across the state of Wisconsin and beyond. | | | | living with them, 44.1% are married couples |
| Green Bay is nicknamed "Titletown, USA" for | | | | living together, 10.8% have a female |
| the number of NFL titles (12) it has won over | | | | householder with no husband present, and |
| the years (including the first two Super | | | | 40.7% are non-families. 31.6% of all |
| Bowls as well as Super Bowl XXXI). An af2 | | | | households are made up of individuals and |
| arena football franchise, the Green Bay | | | | 9.9% have someone living alone who is 65 |
| Blizzard, was recently awarded to the city. | | | | years of age or older. The average household |
| | | | size is 2.40 and the average family size is |
| Green Bay metropolitan area forms the core of | | | | 3.06. |
| the United States Census Bureau's Green Bay | | | | |
| Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes | | | | City demographics are as follows: 25.4% are |
| all of Brown County (2004 population: | | | | under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, |
| 237,166). | | | | 31.7% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and |
| | | | 11.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The |
| History | | | | median age is 33 years. For every 100 females |
| | | | there are 97.2 males. For every 100 females |
| A small trading post was established at this | | | | age 18 and over, there are 94.8 males. |
| location in 1634 by French-Canadian explorer | | | | |
| Jean Nicolet. In 1671 a Jesuit Mission was | | | | The median income for a household in the city |
| set up here; at the time the settlement was | | | | is $38,820, and the median income for a |
| known as La Baye or la Baie des Puants. A | | | | family is $48,678. Males have a median income |
| fort was added in 1717. The town was | | | | of $33,246 versus $23,825 for females. The |
| incorporated in 1754, and was passed to | | | | per capita income for the city is $19,269. |
| British control in 1761. As British settlers | | | | 10.5% of the population and 7.4% of families |
| in the area came to outnumber the French, the | | | | are below the poverty line. Out of the total |
| name "Green Bay" became the more common name | | | | population, 12.7% of those under the age of |
| for the town. In 1783 the town became part of | | | | 18 and 9.2% of those 65 and older are living |
| the United States of America. | | | | below the poverty line. |
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| The United States Army built Fort Howard on | | | | The city is noted for having one of the |
| the banks of the Fox River in 1816. | | | | lowest crime rates in the United States for a |
| Wisconsin's first newspaper, The Green Bay | | | | municipality its size or larger. |