People QuickFacts	Douglas County	Wisconsin
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	44,061	5,556,506
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	1.8%	3.6%
  	Population, 2000    	43,287	5,363,675
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006    	5.6%	6.3%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006    	21.9%	23.6%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006    	14.1%	13.0%
  	Female persons, percent, 2006    	50.6%	50.3%
  	White persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	95.0%	90.0%
  	Black persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.7%	6.0%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	1.9%	0.9%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.9%	2.0%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006    	1.4%	1.1%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b)    	1.0%	4.7%
  	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006    	94.1%	85.7%
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	61.0%	56.5%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	1.6%	3.6%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	4.0%	7.3%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	85.9%	85.1%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	18.3%	22.4%
  	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000    	7,429	790,917
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	20.9	20.8 			
  	Housing units, 2006    	21,374	2,534,075
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	71.3%	68.4%
  	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000    	19.9%	26.2%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$69,900	$112,200 			
  	Households, 2000    	17,808	2,084,544
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.36	2.50
  	Median household income, 2004    	$38,694	$46,142
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$17,638	$21,271
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 2004    	13.6%	10.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Douglas County	Wisconsin
  	Private nonfarm establishments, 2005    	1,099	145,159
  	Private nonfarm employment, 2005    	14,035	2,449,114
  	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005    	0.1%	1.4%
  	Nonemployer establishments, 2005    	2,350	322,014
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	3,090	393,241
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.7%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.6%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.3%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.0%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.0%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	34.5%	26.5% 			
  	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)    	D	124,664,004
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,029,966	68,510,712
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	443,586	59,978,700
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$10,149	$11,025
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	61,654	6,885,765
  	Building permits, 2006    	177	27,329
  	Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)    	258,660	31,553,877

   	Geography QuickFacts	Douglas County	Wisconsin
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	1,309.13	54,310.10
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	33.1	98.8
  	FIPS Code    	031	55
  	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts