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People QuickFacts |
Milwaukee County |
Wisconsin |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
915,097 | 5,556,506 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-2.7% | 3.6% |
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Population, 2000 |
940,164 | 5,363,675 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 |
7.8% | 6.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
26.7% | 23.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
11.9% | 13.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2006 |
51.6% | 50.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
67.9% | 90.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
26.6% | 6.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.8% | 0.9% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
3.0% | 2.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 |
1.6% | 1.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) |
11.4% | 4.7% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 |
57.6% | 85.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
52.3% | 56.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
6.8% | 3.6% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
13.1% | 7.3% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
80.2% | 85.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
23.6% | 22.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
169,939 | 790,917 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
21.9 | 20.8 |
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Housing units, 2006 |
408,114 | 2,534,075 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
52.6% | 68.4% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
48.5% | 26.2% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$103,200 | $112,200 |
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Households, 2000 |
377,729 | 2,084,544 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.43 | 2.50 |
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Median household income, 2004 |
$39,481 | $46,142 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$19,939 | $21,271 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
20.2% | 10.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Milwaukee County |
Wisconsin |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
21,210 | 145,1591 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2005 |
468,838 | 2,449,1141 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 |
-2.4% | 1.4%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2005 |
40,163 | 322,014 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
50,626 | 393,241 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
9.5% | 1.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.8% | 0.6% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
3.1% | 1.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.6% | 1.0% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
30.3% | 26.5% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
15,377,699 | 124,664,004 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
15,157,730 | 68,510,712 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
8,851,410 | 59,978,700 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$9,473 | $11,025 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,254,504 | 6,885,765 |
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Building permits, 2006 |
1,436 | 27,329 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) |
5,904,383 | 31,553,8771 |