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People QuickFacts | Portage County | Wisconsin
Population, 2012 estimate | 70,433 | 5,726,398
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 70,019 | 5,686,986
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.6% | 0.7%
Population, 2010 | 70,019 | 5,686,986
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.5% | 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 20.4% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 12.9% | 13.9%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.0% | 50.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 94.9% | 88.4%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 6.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 1.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.9% | 2.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.2% | 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 2.8% | 6.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 92.4% | 83.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.7% | 85.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.3% | 4.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.6% | 8.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.6% | 89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 26.8% | 26.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 4,948 | 431,479
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.1 | 21.5
Housing units, 2011 | 30,227 | 2,634,781
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 68.9% | 69.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 22.7% | 25.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $144,400 | $169,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 27,840 | 2,279,738
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.38 | 2.42
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $25,207 | $27,192
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $51,887 | $52,374
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.7% | 12.0%
Business QuickFacts | Portage County | Wisconsin
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 1,615 | 139,554
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 28,795 | 2,320,696
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 7.4 | -3.9
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 3,602 | 331,692
Total number of firms, 2007 | 5,022 | 433,797
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.0% | 2.6%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.8% | 25.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,449,500 | 163,563,195
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 59,996,244
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 937,882 | 72,283,321
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,685 | $12,904
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 97,014 | 9,247,311
Building permits, 2011 | 131 | 9,939
Geography QuickFacts | Portage County | Wisconsin
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 800.68 | 54,157.80
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 87.4 | 105
FIPS Code | 97 | 55
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | [NAME], WI Micro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts