Wisconsin

2022 population: 5,892,539 ( 205,553 from 2010 , 1,186 from 2020)
Land area: 54166.9 square miles
Population density: 108.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	4,720,083	80.10%	0.4%
Black:	369,629	6.27%	5.3%
Indian:	52,201	0.89%	7.6%
Asian:	189,414	3.21%	46.1%
2+ races:	113,061	1.92%	42.4%
Hispanic:	448,151	7.61%	33.4%

Total non-White:	1,172,456	19.90%	23.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	137,200	11.6
Deaths:	139,365	11.8
Net Migration:	-11,383	-1.0
Net Immigration:	11,578	1.0

Change in White population:	-18,328	-0.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	223,881	3.9

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
5,686,986
4,738,411	83.32%
350,898	6.17%
48,511	0.85%
129,617	2.28%
79,398	1.40%
336,056	5.91%
948,575	16.68%

2000
5,363,675
4,681,630	87.28%
300,245	5.60%
43,980	0.82%
89,341	1.67%
51,921	0.97%
192,921	3.60%
682,045	12.72%

1990
4,891,769
4,469,091	91.36%
242,516	4.96%
38,179	0.78%
54,374	1.11%
n/a
87,609	1.79%
422,678	8.64%

1980
4,705,767
4,407,822	93.67%
181,567	3.86%
29,228	0.62%
22,043	0.47%
n/a
62,782	1.33%
297,945	6.33%

1970
4,417,731
4,219,004	95.50%
127,022	2.88%
18,693	0.42%
7,585	0.17%
n/a
41,402	0.94%
198,727	4.50%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
654,879	12.2
429,869	8.0
-10,443	-0.2
70,347	1.3

56,781	1.1
266,530	5.0

Number	Rate
1990's
687,460	14.1
449,379	9.2
95,374	1.9
28,019	0.6

212,539	4.3
259,367	5.3

Number	Rate
1980's
727,763	15.5
414,800	8.8
-111,130	-2.4
n/a

61,269	1.3
124,733	2.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-52,982	-1.2
n/a

188,818	4.3
99,218	2.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Wisconsin

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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
39.9
1,269,141	21.5%
4,623,398	78.5%
1,038,620	17.6%

2,425,488
2.37

1,488,300	61.4%
1,152,787	77.5%
134,287	9.0%
937,188	38.6%

2010
Number	Percent
38.5
1,339,492	23.6%
4,347,494	76.4%
777,314	13.7%

2,279,768
2.43

1,468,917	64.4%
1,131,344	77.0%
146,288	10.0%
810,851	35.6%

2000
Number	Percent
36.0
1,367,386	25.5%
3,996,289	74.5%
702,668	13.1%

2,086,304
2.50

1,395,037	66.9%
1,127,613	80.8%
123,665	8.9%
691,267	33.1%

1990
Number	Percent
32.9
1,290,734	26.4%
3,601,035	73.6%
650,945	13.3%

1,824,252
2.61

1,284,297	70.4%
1,063,144	82.8%
106,230	8.3%
539,955	29.6%

1980
Number	Percent
29.7
1,359,437	28.9%
3,346,330	71.1%
563,865	12.0%

1,654,777
2.77

1,215,023	73.4%
1,044,204	85.9%
84,427	6.9%
439,754	26.6%

2022 Housing Data for Wisconsin

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	97,924	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	83,254	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	73,420	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	87,848	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	102,575	4.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	88,780	3.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	90,849	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	90,512	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	95,358	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	196,005	8.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	245,557	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	343,234	14.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	266,112	11.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	179,125	7.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	199,936	8.2%
$200,000 or more	184,999	7.6%

Median Household Income	72,458
Per Capita Income	40,130

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	92

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	107,389	4.4%
Public Assistance	47,379	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	271,489	11.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,654,923	76.8%
Unemployed	92,174	2.7%
In Armed Forces	3,160	0.1%

Total Labor Force	2,750,257	79.5%
Not in Labor Force	707,890	20.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,180,380	920,764	56.2%
Non-Profit	82,188	201,927	28.9%
Self-Employed	162,617	92,613	63.7%

Local Government	83,524	127,069	39.7%
State Government	53,058	68,116	43.8%
Federal Government	20,183	22,358	47.4%

Total Private + Self	1,342,997	1,013,377	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	238,953	419,470	36.3%
Total	1,581,950	1,432,847	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	12.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	475,678	15.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	584,245	19.3%
Professional, Technical	685,491	22.7%
Service Occupations	472,651	15.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	25,589	0.8%
All others	802,825	26.6%

White Collar		57.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	546,510	18.1%
Health care and social assistance	443,625	14.7%
Retail trade	332,371	11.0%
Educational services	258,579	8.6%
Construction	185,329	6.1%
Accommodation and food services	184,273	6.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	164,131	5.4%
Finance and insurance	146,222	4.8%
Other services	128,242	4.2%
Transportation and warehousing	124,722	4.1%
Public administration	105,599	3.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	99,488	3.3%
Wholesale trade	77,367	2.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	59,605	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	50,708	1.7%
Information	45,736	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	37,633	1.2%
Utilities	22,303	0.7%
Management	4,299	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	4,148	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	297,994	5.07%
Puerto Rican	65,528	1.11%
Cuban	6,699	0.11%
Dominican	4,172	0.07%

Total Central American	19,207	0.33%
Costa Rican	1,088	0.02%
Guatemalan	5,355	0.09%
Honduran	3,605	0.06%
Nicaraguan	4,671	0.08%
Panamanian	1,236	0.02%
Salvadoran	3,215	0.05%
Other Central American	37	0.00%

Total South American	18,305	0.31%
Argentinean	2,349	0.04%
Bolivian	609	0.01%
Chilean	837	0.01%
Colombian	5,452	0.09%
Ecuadorian	1,924	0.03%
Paraguayan	569	0.01%
Peruvian	2,770	0.05%
Uruguayan	1,025	0.02%
Venezuelan	2,709	0.05%
Other South American	61	0.00%

Other Hispanic	19,071	0.32%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Hmong	54,857	0.93%
Indian	33,269	0.57%
Chinese	24,367	0.41%
Filipino	11,965	0.20%
Korean	7,413	0.13%
Vietnamese	6,519	0.11%
Burmese	6,023	0.10%
Laotian	4,048	0.07%
Japanese	2,859	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	5,079,295	91.3%
Spanish	259,564	4.7%
Other Asian	62,557	1.1%
German, other Germanic	38,938	0.7%
Other Indo-European	37,422	0.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	18,498	0.3%
Chinese	17,916	0.3%
Other	14,373	0.3%
Arabic	8,730	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	2,169,214	36.9%
Irish	613,259	10.4%
Polish	474,430	8.1%
Norwegian	392,087	6.7%
English	368,559	6.3%
Italian	202,351	3.4%
American	185,284	3.1%
French	155,314	2.6%
Swedish	131,216	2.2%
Dutch	125,731	2.1%
European	84,193	1.4%
Czech	77,529	1.3%
Scottish	61,223	1.0%
Swiss	51,327	0.9%
Danish	50,428	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	5,727,990	97.4%
Not a citizen	154,138	2.6%

Native	5,586,761	95.0%
Foreign-born	295,367	5.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
97,775	2.4%	181,630	4.5%	1,211,254	29.9%	1,260,899	31.1%	852,632	21.1%	443,641	11.0%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	97,775	2.4%
9-12 Years	181,630	4.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,211,254	29.9%
Some College	1,260,899	31.1%
Bach. Degree	852,632	21.1%
Grad Degree	443,641	11.0%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,599,069	2,485,725	113,344	4.4%
1991	2,629,593	2,487,850	141,743	5.4%
1992	2,696,498	2,559,160	137,338	5.1%
1993	2,747,738	2,628,346	119,392	4.3%
1994	2,821,560	2,702,368	119,192	4.2%
1995	2,871,306	2,764,752	106,554	3.7%
1996	2,920,473	2,815,520	104,953	3.6%
1997	2,955,754	2,852,666	103,088	3.5%
1998	2,965,947	2,868,470	97,477	3.3%
1999	2,958,134	2,867,194	90,940	3.1%

2000	2,985,644	2,884,739	100,905	3.4%
2001	3,017,690	2,884,306	133,384	4.4%
2002	3,016,764	2,856,237	160,527	5.3%
2003	3,045,311	2,873,960	171,351	5.6%
2004	3,034,620	2,883,573	151,047	5.0%
2005	3,029,663	2,885,672	143,991	4.8%
2006	3,066,271	2,923,579	142,692	4.7%
2007	3,087,605	2,938,881	148,724	4.8%
2008	3,098,945	2,945,883	153,062	4.9%
2009	3,112,497	2,833,293	279,204	9.0%

2010	3,082,942	2,820,622	262,320	8.5%
2011	3,072,157	2,839,985	232,172	7.6%
2012	3,070,043	2,857,156	212,887	6.9%
2013	3,077,806	2,871,987	205,819	6.7%
2014	3,077,992	2,913,772	164,220	5.3%
2015	3,084,210	2,947,053	137,157	4.4%
2016	3,110,468	2,988,743	121,725	3.9%
2017	3,122,311	3,020,167	102,144	3.3%
2018	3,106,534	3,012,804	93,730	3.0%
2019	3,094,328	2,993,029	101,299	3.3%

2020	3,065,404	2,872,611	192,793	6.3%
2021	3,099,768	2,981,067	118,701	3.8%
2022	3,082,135	2,992,053	90,082	2.9%
2023	3,133,912	3,038,962	94,950	3.0%

Migration Data for Wisconsin

Inflows From (2011-2021)
From State	Number of People
Illinois	173,760
Minnesota	117,739
Florida	52,991
Texas	48,430
California	46,357
Michigan	42,684
Iowa	27,329
Arizona	27,113
Colorado	23,247
Indiana	20,688
North Carolina	18,098
Ohio	17,934
Georgia	16,986
New York	16,788
Missouri	15,867

Outflows To (2011-2021)
To State	Number of People
Illinois	125,977
Minnesota	120,586
Florida	74,377
Texas	62,803
California	49,181
Arizona	40,368
Michigan	39,890
Colorado	28,973
Iowa	24,894
North Carolina	23,027
Georgia	21,512
Indiana	20,515
Tennessee	19,900
Washington	19,112
Ohio	17,886

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,734,511
Median Value	$231,400

Occupied	2,425,488	88.7%
Vacant	309,023	11.3%

Owned	1,641,590	67.7%
Rented	783,898	32.3%
Median Rent	$992

Single-Family Units	1,934,556	70.7%
Detached	1,818,114	66.5%
Attached	116,442	4.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	448,394	16.4%
Mobile Homes	85,538	3.1%

Counties in Wisconsin

Districts in this state

Wisconsin

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Wisconsin

2022 Housing Data for Wisconsin

2022 Income & Employment Data for Wisconsin

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Wisconsin

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Wisconsin

Historical Labor Force Data for Wisconsin

Migration Data for Wisconsin

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