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People QuickFacts |
Wisconsin |
USA |
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Population, 2005 estimate |
5,536,201 | 296,410,404 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
3.2% | 5.3% |
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Population, 2000 |
5,363,675 | 281,421,906 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
9.6% | 13.1% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2004 |
6.1% | 6.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2004 |
23.7% | 25.0% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2004 |
13.0% | 12.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2004 |
50.5% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
90.2% | 80.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
5.9% | 12.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.9% | 1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
1.9% | 4.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.0% | 0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004 |
1.0% | 1.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
4.3% | 14.1% |
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White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004 |
86.2% | 67.4% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
56.5% | 54.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
3.6% | 11.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
7.3% | 17.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
85.1% | 80.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
22.4% | 24.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
790,917 | 49,746,248 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
20.8 | 25.5 |
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Housing units, 2004 |
2,463,802 | 122,671,734 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
68.4% | 66.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
26.2% | 26.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$112,200 | $119,600 |
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Households, 2000 |
2,084,544 | 105,480,101 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.50 | 2.59 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$21,271 | $21,587 |
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Median household income, 2003 |
$46,538 | $43,318 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 |
9.0% | 12.5% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Wisconsin |
USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2003 |
142,2201 | 7,254,745 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2003 |
2,383,5031 | 113,398,043 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2003 |
-1.3%1 | -0.6% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2003 |
297,156 | 18,649,114 |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
124,664,004 | 3,916,136,712 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
59,978,700 | 3,056,421,997 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$11,025 | $10,615 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
3.7% | 14.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
24.4% | 26.0% |
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Housing units authorized by building permits, 2004 |
39,992 | 2,070,077 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) |
31,553,8771 | 2,143,781,7272 |
