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

Ashland County is 1st in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Two or More

Ashland County is 3rd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income below poverty line

Ashland County is 4th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Ashland County is 11th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Ashland County is 11th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Size in square miles

Ashland County is 20th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Ashland County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	15,992	60th	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,045.0	11th	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	15.5	65th	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Ashland County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	11th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	27th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.9%	35th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Ashland County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.8%	20th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.6%	21st	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Ashland County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	84.6%	67th	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	47th	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	11.1%	4th	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	59th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	54th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.4%	1st	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	44th	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	83.5%	64th	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Ashland County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	49.9%	34th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	54th	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Ashland County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	9,686	61st	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.2%	30th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	6,952	60th	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.2%	60th	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$113,700	66th	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.2	58th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	14	71st	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Ashland County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$20,367	70th	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$37,900	70th	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.1%	3rd	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Ashland County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	542	50th	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,506	47th	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,488	61st	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$193,578	57th	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,918	31st	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$29,469	45th	$9,247,311	$613,795,732