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Wisconsin

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Wisconsin
Black or African American alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 6.6%
People
Population
Population estimates, July 1, 2017, (V2017) 5,795,483
Population estimates, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 5,778,708
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2017) 5,687,288
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2016) 5,687,289
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2017, (V2017) 1.9%
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2016, (V2016) 1.6%
Population, Census, April 1, 2010 5,686,986
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 5.8%
Persons under 5 years, percent, April 1, 2010 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 22.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, April 1, 2010 23.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 16.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, April 1, 2010 13.7%
Female persons, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 50.3%
Female persons, percent, April 1, 2010 50.4%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 87.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 6.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 1.1%
Asian alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 2.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(b) 6.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 81.7%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2012-2016 367,227
Foreign born persons, percent, 2012-2016 4.8%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 2,668,444
Housing units, April 1, 2010 2,624,358
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2012-2016 67.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2012-2016 $167,000
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2012-2016 $1,391
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2012-2016 $532
Median gross rent, 2012-2016 $789
Building permits, 2016 19,274
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2012-2016 2,310,246
Persons per household, 2012-2016 2.43
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2012-2016 85.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2012-2016 8.7%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2012-2016 91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2012-2016 28.4%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2012-2016 8.3%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent
6.2%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2012-2016 66.9%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2012-2016 63.3%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 10,303,256
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 40,680,625
Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 177,728,926
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 77,066,883
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 78,201,822
Total retail sales per capita, 2012(c) $13,656
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2012-2016 21.9
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2016 dollars), 2012-2016 $54,610
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2016 dollars), 2012-2016 $29,253
Persons in poverty, percent
11.8%
Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2015 139,5001
Total employment, 2015 2,503,5321
Total annual payroll, 2015 ($1,000) 112,406,4941
Total employment, percent change, 2014-2015 2.2%1
Total nonemployer establishments, 2015 341,935
All firms, 2012 432,980
Men-owned firms, 2012 236,252
Women-owned firms, 2012 133,859
Minority-owned firms, 2012 40,507
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012 379,934
Veteran-owned firms, 2012 39,830
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012 370,755
Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2010 105.0
Land area in square miles, 2010 54,157.80
FIPS Code 55
Value Notes
  • 1Includes data not distributed by county.

This geographic level of poverty and health estimates is not comparable to other geographic levels of these estimates

Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. Click the Quick Info icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error.

The vintage year (e.g., V2017) refers to the final year of the series (2010 thru 2017). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.

Fact Notes
  • (a)Includes persons reporting only one race
  • (b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories
  • (c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
Value Flags
  • -Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.
  • DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
  • FFewer than 25 firms
  • FNFootnote on this item in place of data
  • NANot available
  • SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
  • XNot applicable
  • ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.