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Wisconsin

5,895,908 Population
54,167.2 square miles 108.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,221 ±$335 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$67,125 ±$605 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

10.8% ±0.3% (621,125  ±17,649) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

21.9 minutes ±0.1 (54,899,700  ±485,114) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

2,449,970 ±6,685 Number of households
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (5,757,484  ±0) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.9% ±0.3% (63,821  ±4,336) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

2,748,274 ±1,039 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$230,700 ±$1,456 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

12.3% ±0.3% (715,557  ±18,909.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

93.3% ±0.7% (3,804,265  ±26,545.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
32.5% ±0.4% (1,326,478  ±16,143.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

8.7% ±0.3% (487,061  ±13,822.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

5.1% ±0.2% (300,760  ±11,000) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.6% ±0.1% (303,641  ±6,564) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
303,641 Total veterans ±6,564 277,515 Male ±6,094 26,126 Female ±2,742

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