Dane County, Wisconsin Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Dane County is 1st in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Dane County is 1st in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Dane County is 2nd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Current population (2012)

Dane County is 2nd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Foreign born residents

Dane County is 2nd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Households

Dane County is 2nd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Housing units

Dane County is 2nd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Dane County is 2nd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Dane County is 2nd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Asian

Dane County is 2nd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Dane County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	503,523	2nd	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,197.2	8th	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	407.7	6th	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Dane County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	23rd	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.3%	46th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.0%	72nd	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Dane County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	94.4%	4th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	45.4%	1st	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Dane County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	86.6%	65th	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.4%	4th	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	50th	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.1%	2nd	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	46th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	8th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	10th	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	81.3%	67th	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Dane County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	50.4%	15th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.7%	2nd	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Dane County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	217,244	2nd	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	38.1%	2nd	25.4%	25.9%
Households	199,767	2nd	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.2%	71st	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$231,400	3rd	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.4	42nd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,351	1st	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Dane County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$33,118	3rd	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$61,913	6th	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.0%	33rd	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Dane County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	13,179	2nd	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	249,351	2nd	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	41,464	2nd	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$7,132,444	2nd	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,976	13th	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$916,701	2nd	$9,247,311	$613,795,732