Wisconsin QuickFacts

People QuickFacts

Wisconsin

USA

Population, 2005 estimate

5,536,201

296,410,404

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005

3.2%

5.3%

Population, 2000

5,363,675

281,421,906

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

9.6%

13.1%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2004

6.1%

6.8%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2004

23.7%

25.0%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2004

13.0%

12.4%

Female persons, percent, 2004

50.5%

50.8%

White persons, percent, 2004 (a)

90.2%

80.4%

Black persons, percent, 2004 (a)

5.9%

12.8%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a)

0.9%

1.0%

Asian persons, percent, 2004 (a)

1.9%

4.2%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a)

0.0%

0.2%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004

1.0%

1.5%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b)

4.3%

14.1%

White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004

86.2%

67.4%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000

56.5%

54.1%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

3.6%

11.1%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000

7.3%

17.9%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000

85.1%

80.4%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

22.4%

24.4%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000

790,917

49,746,248

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000

20.8

25.5

Housing units, 2004

2,463,802

122,671,734

Homeownership rate, 2000

68.4%

66.2%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

26.2%

26.4%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$112,200

$119,600

Households, 2000

2,084,544

105,480,101

Persons per household, 2000

2.50

2.59

Per capita money income, 1999

$21,271

$21,587

Median household income, 2003

$46,538

$43,318

Persons below poverty, percent, 2003

9.0%

12.5%

Business QuickFacts

Wisconsin

USA

Private nonfarm establishments, 2003

142,2201

7,254,745

Private nonfarm employment, 2003

2,383,5031

113,398,043

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2003

-1.3%1

-0.6%

Nonemployer establishments, 2003

297,156

18,649,114

Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)

124,664,004

3,916,136,712

Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)

59,978,700

3,056,421,997

Retail sales per capita, 2002

$11,025

$10,615

Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

3.7%

14.6%

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

24.4%

26.0%

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2004

39,992

2,070,077

Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)

31,553,8771

2,143,781,7272

Geography QuickFacts

Wisconsin

USA

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

54,310

3,537,438

Persons per square mile, 2000

98.8

79.6

FIPS Code

55