The city of Green Bay is the county seat of Brown County in the state of Wisconsin. The city is located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan. In 2007, CNN Money ranked Green Bay, WI as one of the “Top 100 best places o live.” The city has the reputation of being a “family oriented all American City” and a safe place to hang your hat!
As of July 2008, the population of Green Bay, WI was 101,025. The median age of Green Bay, WI residents was 33.2 years old compared to Wisconsin’s median age of 36 years.
The average annual temperature of Green Bay WI is around 43.6 F. The average annual rainfall is 28.83 and the average snow fall is 46.3 inches.
The Diversified Economy of Green Bay, WI
Green Bay, WI has a highly diversified economy which includes: trade, transportation, government, service jobs, manufacturing and goods produced (tissue paper and paper products, cheese, food products, woodwork, lumber paper mill machinery, paper boxes, clothing, auto parts, steel furniture, dairy products, fertilizers, foundry products, brick tile, awnings and sheet metal).
In Brown County, one out of every five jobs is in manufacturing and mostly related to the paper industry. Green Bay, WI is commonly referred to as “the tissue paper capital of America.”
Green Bay packers
Green Bay, WI is also home to the famous “Green Bay Packers” professional football team. In the late1990s the “Green Bay Packers” generated $144 million in total annual spending in Brown County as well as 1,620 jobs and $9.6 million in annual tax revenue.The 25,000 sq ft. Green Bay Packer Hall of Fame was moved to the atrium at Lambeau Field as part of the newly renovated stadium project. The museum is one of Green Bay’s most popular attractions and houses trophies, memorabilia and mementos of the Green Bay Packers.
Major Colleges/Universities in Green Bay, WI
- University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
- St. Norbert College
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