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

Forest County is 3rd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Forest County is 5th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income below poverty line

Forest County is 6th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Two or More

Forest County is 12th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Size in square miles

Forest County is 14th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Forest County is 14th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	9,206	68th	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,014.1	12th	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	9.2	70th	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	40th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	41st	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.3%	14th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.1%	63rd	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.8%	67th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	82.3%	69th	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	28th	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	13.8%	3rd	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	71st	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	14th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	6th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	49th	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	81.4%	66th	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	49.0%	61st	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	71st	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	8,988	63rd	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.2%	68th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	4,021	68th	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.6%	31st	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$120,100	60th	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.3	55th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	59	46th	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$20,992	68th	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$38,176	69th	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.4%	5th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	247	68th	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,646	69th	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	71st	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$56,601	70th	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,805	67th	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	67th	$9,247,311	$613,795,732