Census Reporter

Wisconsin

5,806,975 Population
54,167.1 square miles 107.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,450 ±$171 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$63,293 ±$303 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

11% ±0.2% (620,947  ±8,262) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

22.2 minutes ±0.1 (61,094,565  ±320,254) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

2,377,935 ±5,709 Number of households
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.4 ±0 (5,662,467  ±0) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.3% ±0.1% (68,361  ±1,760) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

2,709,444 ±1,812 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$189,200 ±$569 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

13.6% ±0.2% (782,562  ±9,379.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

92.6% ±0.3% (3,686,911  ±11,801.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
30.8% ±0.2% (1,226,547  ±6,681.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

8.7% ±0.1% (475,226  ±4,851.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

5% ±0.1% (291,187  ±3,697) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.1% ±0.1% (319,280  ±3,248) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
319,280 Total veterans ±3,248 295,722 Male ±2,791 23,558 Female ±978

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