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Sawyer County, WI

18,476 Population
1,257.6 square miles 14.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,676 ±$1,897 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,801 ±$3,776 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.6% ±1.7% (2,808  ±306) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.7 minutes ±1.1 (145,985  ±10,083) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,810 ±272 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (17,984  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±1.7% (120  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,250 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$236,200 ±$7,775 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±1.4% (1,961  ±257.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.8% ±3.4% (13,393  ±489.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.4% ±2% (3,918  ±279.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.6% (287  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±1% (1,333  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,333 Total veterans ±148 1,214 Male ±133 119 Female ±61

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