2022 population: 270,036 ( 22,029 from 2010 , 1,307 from 2020)
Land area: 530.1 square miles
Population density: 509.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	213,154	78.94%	2.6%
Black:	7,888	2.92%	49.2%
Indian:	6,724	2.49%	12.7%
Asian:	9,708	3.60%	43.9%
2+ races:	5,916	2.19%	42.7%
Hispanic:	26,646	9.87%	48.2%

Total non-White:	56,882	21.06%	41.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,694	12.5
Deaths:	5,530	10.3
Net Migration:	-452	-0.8
Net Immigration:	502	0.9

Change in White population:	5,452	2.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	16,577	6.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
248,007
207,702	83.75%
5,286	2.13%
5,968	2.41%
6,745	2.72%
4,146	1.67%
17,985	7.25%
40,305	16.25%

2000
226,778
203,243	89.62%
2,562	1.13%
4,858	2.14%
4,968	2.19%
2,352	1.04%
8,698	3.84%
23,535	10.38%

1990
194,594
186,119	95.64%
1,028	0.53%
3,397	1.75%
2,585	1.33%
n/a
1,465	0.75%
8,475	4.36%

1980
175,280
170,269	97.14%
520	0.30%
2,620	1.49%
968	0.55%
n/a
875	0.50%
5,011	2.86%

1970
158,244
155,353	98.17%
367	0.23%
1,689	1.07%
152	0.10%
n/a
649	0.41%
2,891	1.83%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
30,990	13.7
14,903	6.6
1,866	0.8
4,269	1.9

4,459	2.0
16,770	7.4

Number	Rate
1990's
30,199	15.5
15,057	7.7
7,362	3.8
1,183	0.6

17,124	8.8
15,060	7.7

Number	Rate
1980's
28,650	16.3
12,614	7.2
3,601	2.1
n/a

15,850	9.0
3,464	2.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-328	-0.2
n/a

14,916	9.4
2,120	1.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Brown County, WI

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.8
62,444	23.1%
207,592	76.9%
41,750	15.5%

109,096
2.39

67,365	61.7%
51,975	77.2%
6,006	8.9%
41,731	38.3%

2010
Number	Percent
36.2
61,823	24.9%
186,184	75.1%
28,789	11.6%

98,383
2.45

63,721	64.8%
49,148	77.1%
6,754	10.6%
34,662	35.2%

2000
Number	Percent
34.2
58,999	26.0%
167,779	74.0%
24,075	10.6%

87,356
2.51

57,892	66.3%
47,136	81.4%
5,286	9.1%
29,464	33.7%

1990
Number	Percent
31.4
52,591	27.0%
142,003	73.0%
21,080	10.8%

72,384
2.62

50,732	70.1%
42,821	84.4%
4,065	8.0%
21,652	29.9%

1980
Number	Percent
27.5
54,783	31.3%
120,497	68.7%
16,803	9.6%

60,137
2.85

44,361	73.8%
38,471	86.7%
3,213	7.2%
15,776	26.2%

2022 Housing Data for Brown County, WI

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	4,108	3.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,247	3.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,909	2.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,906	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	4,314	4.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,364	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,169	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,337	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,212	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	9,031	8.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	10,637	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	16,273	14.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	13,256	12.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	8,070	7.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,223	7.5%
$200,000 or more	8,040	7.4%

Median Household Income	74,066
Per Capita Income	39,091

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	86
Compared to U.S.	79

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,502	4.1%
Public Assistance	2,467	2.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	11,106	10.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	123,798	79.0%
Unemployed	3,732	2.4%
In Armed Forces	12	0.0%

Total Labor Force	127,542	81.4%
Not in Labor Force	29,205	18.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		21.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	57,907	45,388	56.1%
Non-Profit	3,293	9,738	25.3%
Self-Employed	6,760	3,424	66.4%

Local Government	3,462	5,901	37.0%
State Government	1,926	2,057	48.4%
Federal Government	759	804	48.6%

Total Private + Self	64,667	48,812	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,440	18,500	33.8%
Total	74,107	67,312	52.4%

Pct. Govt.	10.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	21,782	15.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	29,328	20.7%
Professional, Technical	31,520	22.2%
Service Occupations	22,598	15.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,014	0.7%
All others	36,492	25.7%

White Collar		58.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	24,733	17.5%
Health care and social assistance	20,300	14.3%
Retail trade	15,184	10.7%
Educational services	11,079	7.8%
Accommodation and food services	9,188	6.5%
Finance and insurance	8,626	6.1%
Construction	8,347	5.9%
Transportation and warehousing	7,358	5.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	7,280	5.1%
Other services	6,299	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,762	3.4%
Wholesale trade	4,483	3.2%
Public administration	4,230	3.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,899	2.0%
Information	1,971	1.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,934	1.4%
Utilities	1,421	1.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,366	1.0%
Management	242	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	18	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	18,722	6.98%
Puerto Rican	2,894	1.08%
Cuban	179	0.07%
Dominican	300	0.11%

Total Central American	1,664	0.62%
Costa Rican	11	0.00%
Guatemalan	345	0.13%
Honduran	915	0.34%
Nicaraguan	255	0.10%
Panamanian	29	0.01%
Salvadoran	109	0.04%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	763	0.28%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	35	0.01%
Colombian	80	0.03%
Ecuadorian	117	0.04%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	276	0.10%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	255	0.10%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	841	0.31%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Hmong	4,445	1.66%
Indian	1,547	0.58%
Filipino	613	0.23%
Chinese	414	0.15%
Korean	304	0.11%
Vietnamese	289	0.11%
Laotian	171	0.06%
Japanese	159	0.06%
Burmese	89	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	227,416	90.1%
Spanish	16,295	6.5%
Other Asian	3,600	1.4%
Other	1,089	0.4%
Other Indo-European	1,062	0.4%
German, other Germanic	757	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	508	0.2%
Tagalog	417	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	332	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	89,686	33.4%
Irish	27,088	10.1%
Polish	24,691	9.2%
Belgian	16,527	6.2%
English	12,907	4.8%
Dutch	11,855	4.4%
American	10,077	3.8%
French	9,936	3.7%
Norwegian	8,250	3.1%
Italian	5,871	2.2%
Swedish	5,288	2.0%
Czech	4,953	1.8%
European	4,675	1.7%
French Canadian	3,835	1.4%
Finnish	3,055	1.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	259,751	96.8%
Not a citizen	8,642	3.2%

Native	253,857	94.6%
Foreign-born	14,536	5.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
5,457	3.0%	7,405	4.1%	53,240	29.5%	57,110	31.6%	40,059	22.2%	17,224	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	5,457	3.0%
9-12 Years	7,405	4.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	53,240	29.5%
Some College	57,110	31.6%
Bach. Degree	40,059	22.2%
Grad Degree	17,224	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	106,471	102,381	4,090	3.8%	4.4%
1991	109,042	103,876	5,166	4.7%	5.4%
1992	114,323	109,430	4,893	4.3%	5.1%
1993	117,723	113,051	4,672	4.0%	4.3%
1994	122,461	117,783	4,678	3.8%	4.2%
1995	126,967	122,891	4,076	3.2%	3.7%
1996	130,854	126,820	4,034	3.1%	3.6%
1997	132,553	128,554	3,999	3.0%	3.5%
1998	133,244	129,695	3,549	2.7%	3.3%
1999	135,952	132,784	3,168	2.3%	3.1%

2000	131,182	127,485	3,697	2.8%	3.4%
2001	132,306	127,088	5,218	3.9%	4.4%
2002	133,527	126,826	6,701	5.0%	5.3%
2003	135,837	128,732	7,105	5.2%	5.6%
2004	137,010	130,674	6,336	4.6%	5.0%
2005	136,051	129,918	6,133	4.5%	4.8%
2006	137,297	131,162	6,135	4.5%	4.7%
2007	139,062	132,783	6,279	4.5%	4.8%
2008	139,615	133,165	6,450	4.6%	4.9%
2009	141,515	130,122	11,393	8.1%	9.0%

2010	137,237	126,621	10,616	7.7%	8.5%
2011	137,281	127,649	9,632	7.0%	7.6%
2012	137,514	128,632	8,882	6.5%	6.9%
2013	138,007	129,515	8,492	6.2%	6.7%
2014	138,288	131,689	6,599	4.8%	5.3%
2015	138,906	133,376	5,530	4.0%	4.4%
2016	140,794	135,820	4,974	3.5%	3.9%
2017	142,289	138,115	4,174	2.9%	3.3%
2018	142,099	138,170	3,929	2.8%	3.0%
2019	141,022	136,714	4,308	3.1%	3.3%

2020	140,454	132,013	8,441	6.0%	6.3%
2021	141,096	136,228	4,868	3.5%	3.8%
2022	141,235	137,547	3,688	2.6%	2.9%
2023	142,593	138,725	3,868	2.7%	3.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	113,199
Median Value	$226,500

Occupied	109,096	96.4%
Vacant	4,103	3.6%

Owned	70,623	64.7%
Rented	38,473	35.3%
Median Rent	$935

Single-Family Units	79,454	70.2%
Detached	72,251	63.8%
Attached	7,203	6.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	22,635	20.0%
Mobile Homes	1,416	1.3%

Brown County, WI

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Brown County, WI

2022 Housing Data for Brown County, WI

2022 Income & Employment Data for Brown County, WI

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Brown County, WI

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Brown County, WI

Historical Labor Force Data for Brown County, WI