Zoar () is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) and

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in Menominee County,

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, United States. The population was 107 at the 2020 census. Zoar is located along

Wisconsin Highway 47 State Trunk Highway 47 (often called Highway 47, STH-47 or WIS 47) is a State highway#United States, state highway in the northeastern and northern parts of the US state of Wisconsin that runs in a diagonal northwest–southeast from Menasha, ...

, approximately northwest of

Neopit Neopit () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Menominee County, Wisconsin, Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 616 at the 2020 census. Neopit is located along Wisconsin Highway 47 at its intersection with County Road M ...

. Situated within traditional

Menominee The Menominee ( ; meaning ''"Menominee People"'', also spelled Menomini, derived from the Ojibwe language word for "Wild Rice People"; known as ''Mamaceqtaw'', "the people", in the Menominee language) are a federally recognized tribe of Na ...

territory, it is known in the Menominee language as ''Saqnawehnaen'', a name which refers to a fork in a stream.

Geography

Zoar is located at (45.014997, -88.899380). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of ; of this is land, and is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 124 people, 29 households, and 24 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 14.4 people per square mile (5.6/km²). There were 34 housing units at an average density of 4.0/sq mi (1.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 4.84%

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, 93.55% Native American, and 1.61% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 4.03% of the population. There were 29 households, out of which 55.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were

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living together, 20.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.2% were non-families. 13.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.28 and the average family size was 4.42. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 44.4% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 16.9% from 45 to 64, and 4.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 20 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $24,375, and the median income for a family was $30,625. Males had a median income of $16,875 versus $21,250 for females. The

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for the CDP was $7,101. There were 11.8% of families and 17.2% of the population living below the

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, including 17.1% of those under 18 and none of those over 64.

References

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