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

Chippewa County is 5th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Chippewa County is 13th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Chippewa County is 13th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Size in square miles

Chippewa County is 15th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Chippewa County is 17th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in People per household

Chippewa County is 18th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Asian

Chippewa County is 18th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Chippewa County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	62,922	24th	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,008.4	13th	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	61.9	30th	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Chippewa County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	22nd	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	23rd	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.2%	50th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Chippewa County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.2%	36th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.1%	41st	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Chippewa County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	95.4%	42nd	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.6%	15th	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	51st	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.4%	18th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	49th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	51st	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	65th	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.4%	28th	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Chippewa County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	48.2%	66th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	58th	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Chippewa County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	27,433	27th	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.0%	27th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	24,239	25th	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.3%	51st	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$147,900	31st	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	17th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	229	13th	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Chippewa County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$24,346	37th	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$50,239	27th	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.7%	43rd	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Chippewa County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,521	25th	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	19,617	25th	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,274	23rd	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,059,612	18th	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,673	5th	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$56,276	32nd	$9,247,311	$613,795,732