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Sawyer County, WI

18,243 Population
1,257.6 square miles 14.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,653 ±$1,872 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$59,055 ±$2,989 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

15% ±1.9% (2,660  ±345) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.9 minutes ±1.1 (142,395  ±9,481) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,522 ±281 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.1 ±0.1 (17,780  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.4% ±1.7% (130  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

16,114 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$223,300 ±$7,577 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12% ±1.5% (2,173  ±273.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.9% ±3.5% (12,869  ±490.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
27.2% ±2% (3,769  ±278) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% (218  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.3% ±1.1% (1,391  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,391 Total veterans ±161 1,267 Male ±152 124 Female ±56

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