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Wisconsin

5,960,975 Population
54,167.3 square miles 110 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,361 ±$324 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$77,488 ±$902 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.3% ±0.3% (601,246  ±19,433) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.7 minutes ±0.2 (61,178,236  ±598,615) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

2,535,198 ±8,638 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 (5,816,268  ±) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.1% ±0.3% (67,503  ±4,034) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

2,820,538 ±1,130 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$294,700 ±$1,862 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.9% ±0.3% (645,551  ±19,713.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.7% ±0.6% (3,910,355  ±26,933.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.6% ±0.4% (1,441,896  ±16,738.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

9.6% ±0.3% (545,409  ±14,660.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

5.5% (327,033  ±10,756) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±0.1% (272,410  ±6,719) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
272,410 Total veterans ±6,719 247,478 Male ±6,053 24,932 Female ±2,712

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