2022 population: 137,958 ( 3,895 from 2010 , 49 from 2020)
Land area: 1545.2 square miles
Population density: 89.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	120,609	87.42%	0.3%
Black:	1,309	0.95%	59.6%
Indian:	652	0.47%	15.2%
Asian:	8,685	6.30%	21.8%
2+ races:	2,248	1.63%	51.8%
Hispanic:	4,455	3.23%	48.9%

Total non-White:	17,349	12.58%	32.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,210	11.6
Deaths:	3,148	11.4
Net Migration:	-231	-0.8
Net Immigration:	95	0.3

Change in White population:	-398	-0.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	4,293	3.2

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
134,063
121,007	90.26%
820	0.61%
566	0.42%
7,132	5.32%
1,481	1.10%
2,992	2.23%
13,056	9.74%

2000
125,834
117,517	93.39%
337	0.27%
412	0.33%
5,721	4.55%
822	0.65%
979	0.78%
8,317	6.61%

1990
115,400
112,108	97.15%
75	0.06%
359	0.31%
2,442	2.12%
n/a
416	0.36%
3,292	2.85%

1980
111,270
110,120	98.97%
65	0.06%
482	0.43%
262	0.24%
n/a
271	0.24%
1,150	1.03%

1970
97,457
97,055	99.59%
19	0.02%
121	0.12%
42	0.04%
n/a
192	0.20%
402	0.41%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
14,783	11.7
9,077	7.2
39	0.0
847	0.7

3,490	2.8
4,739	3.8

Number	Rate
1990's
16,294	14.1
8,982	7.8
880	0.8
648	0.6

5,409	4.7
5,025	4.4

Number	Rate
1980's
17,349	15.6
8,439	7.6
-4,423	-4.0
n/a

1,988	1.8
2,142	1.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
3,882	4.0
n/a

13,065	13.4
748	0.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Marathon 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
41.0
31,080	22.5%
106,878	77.5%
25,287	18.3%

56,484
2.41

36,979	65.5%
29,938	81.0%
2,712	7.3%
19,505	34.5%

2010
Number	Percent
39.4
32,869	24.5%
101,194	75.5%
18,988	14.2%

53,176
2.49

36,326	68.3%
29,251	80.5%
2,831	7.8%
16,850	31.7%

2000
Number	Percent
36.3
33,647	26.7%
92,187	73.3%
16,337	13.0%

47,737
2.60

34,084	71.4%
28,907	84.8%
2,200	6.5%
13,653	28.6%

1990
Number	Percent
32.6
32,380	28.1%
83,020	71.9%
14,596	12.6%

41,534
2.75

31,092	74.9%
26,945	86.7%
1,731	5.6%
10,442	25.1%

1980
Number	Percent
28.9
34,523	31.0%
76,747	69.0%
12,050	10.8%

37,865
2.91

29,429	77.7%
26,033	88.5%
1,550	5.3%
8,436	22.3%

2022 Housing Data for Marathon County, WI

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,773	3.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,666	2.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,619	2.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,823	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,782	4.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,943	3.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,196	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,165	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,362	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,309	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,047	10.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,898	15.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,865	12.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,233	7.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,303	7.6%
$200,000 or more	3,500	6.2%

Median Household Income	73,248
Per Capita Income	38,886

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	89
Compared to U.S.	82

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,708	4.8%
Public Assistance	987	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	5,215	9.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	66,234	79.9%
Unemployed	2,027	2.4%
In Armed Forces	38	0.0%

Total Labor Force	68,299	82.4%
Not in Labor Force	14,635	17.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		20.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	28,726	22,069	56.6%
Non-Profit	1,956	4,782	29.0%
Self-Employed	4,528	2,313	66.2%

Local Government	1,757	3,243	35.1%
State Government	638	963	39.9%
Federal Government	273	381	41.7%

Total Private + Self	33,254	24,382	57.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	4,624	9,369	33.0%
Total	37,878	33,751	52.9%

Pct. Govt.	10.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	11,516	16.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	14,094	19.6%
Professional, Technical	14,902	20.8%
Service Occupations	10,499	14.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	974	1.4%
All others	20,763	28.9%

White Collar		56.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	14,600	20.3%
Health care and social assistance	12,588	17.5%
Retail trade	8,012	11.2%
Finance and insurance	5,143	7.2%
Educational services	5,093	7.1%
Construction	4,002	5.6%
Accommodation and food services	3,582	5.0%
Other services	2,980	4.2%
Transportation and warehousing	2,667	3.7%
Wholesale trade	2,408	3.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,388	3.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,132	3.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,659	2.3%
Public administration	1,609	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	970	1.4%
Information	710	1.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	653	0.9%
Utilities	493	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	54	0.1%
Management	31	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2,945	2.14%
Puerto Rican	306	0.22%
Cuban	57	0.04%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	472	0.34%
Costa Rican	9	0.01%
Guatemalan	30	0.02%
Honduran	5	0.00%
Nicaraguan	343	0.25%
Panamanian	31	0.02%
Salvadoran	54	0.04%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	200	0.15%
Argentinean	11	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	3	0.00%
Colombian	131	0.10%
Ecuadorian	5	0.00%
Paraguayan	15	0.01%
Peruvian	32	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	3	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	267	0.19%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Hmong	5,555	4.03%
Indian	861	0.62%
Chinese	277	0.20%
Vietnamese	232	0.17%
Filipino	219	0.16%
Laotian	111	0.08%
Japanese	73	0.05%
Cambodian	42	0.03%
Korean	41	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	120,231	92.5%
Other Asian	4,600	3.5%
Spanish	2,617	2.0%
German, other Germanic	1,035	0.8%
Other Indo-European	697	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	201	0.2%
Vietnamese	162	0.1%
Chinese	153	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	137	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	66,914	48.6%
Polish	21,638	15.7%
Irish	10,583	7.7%
English	7,312	5.3%
Norwegian	6,237	4.5%
French	4,146	3.0%
American	3,555	2.6%
Swedish	3,004	2.2%
Italian	2,869	2.1%
Czech	2,812	2.0%
Dutch	2,338	1.7%
French Canadian	1,320	1.0%
European	1,307	0.9%
Swiss	1,096	0.8%
Scottish	895	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	135,305	98.2%
Not a citizen	2,515	1.8%

Native	131,937	95.7%
Foreign-born	5,883	4.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,970	3.1%	4,036	4.2%	31,711	33.0%	31,374	32.7%	17,895	18.6%	8,090	8.4%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,970	3.1%
9-12 Years	4,036	4.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	31,711	33.0%
Some College	31,374	32.7%
Bach. Degree	17,895	18.6%
Grad Degree	8,090	8.4%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	62,306	59,716	2,590	4.2%	4.4%
1991	63,701	60,304	3,397	5.3%	5.4%
1992	65,492	61,941	3,551	5.4%	5.1%
1993	67,014	63,851	3,163	4.7%	4.3%
1994	69,314	65,927	3,387	4.9%	4.2%
1995	70,501	67,342	3,159	4.5%	3.7%
1996	71,545	68,700	2,845	4.0%	3.6%
1997	73,353	70,762	2,591	3.5%	3.5%
1998	73,737	71,171	2,566	3.5%	3.3%
1999	73,585	71,407	2,178	3.0%	3.1%

2000	72,096	69,750	2,346	3.3%	3.4%
2001	72,919	69,957	2,962	4.1%	4.4%
2002	73,203	69,737	3,466	4.7%	5.3%
2003	74,120	70,518	3,602	4.9%	5.6%
2004	73,466	70,295	3,171	4.3%	5.0%
2005	74,573	71,495	3,078	4.1%	4.8%
2006	75,355	72,176	3,179	4.2%	4.7%
2007	75,973	72,711	3,262	4.3%	4.8%
2008	75,565	72,086	3,479	4.6%	4.9%
2009	75,251	68,365	6,886	9.2%	9.0%

2010	73,558	66,842	6,716	9.1%	8.5%
2011	72,541	66,963	5,578	7.7%	7.6%
2012	71,558	66,398	5,160	7.2%	6.9%
2013	72,105	67,301	4,804	6.7%	6.7%
2014	73,076	69,446	3,630	5.0%	5.3%
2015	73,287	70,401	2,886	3.9%	4.4%
2016	73,437	70,883	2,554	3.5%	3.9%
2017	73,637	71,482	2,155	2.9%	3.3%
2018	73,641	71,682	1,959	2.7%	3.0%
2019	73,092	71,013	2,079	2.8%	3.3%

2020	72,313	68,711	3,602	5.0%	6.3%
2021	73,348	71,118	2,230	3.0%	3.8%
2022	72,936	71,105	1,831	2.5%	2.9%
2023	72,746	70,751	1,995	2.7%	3.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	59,980
Median Value	$194,500

Occupied	56,484	94.2%
Vacant	3,496	5.8%

Owned	41,182	72.9%
Rented	15,302	27.1%
Median Rent	$898

Single-Family Units	46,903	78.2%
Detached	45,189	75.3%
Attached	1,714	2.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	8,019	13.4%
Mobile Homes	1,561	2.6%

Marathon County, WI

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Marathon County, WI

2022 Housing Data for Marathon County, WI

2022 Income & Employment Data for Marathon County, WI

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Marathon County, WI

Historical Labor Force Data for Marathon County, WI