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

Monroe County is 4th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Monroe County is 6th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Monroe County is 8th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in People per household

Monroe County is 13th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income below poverty line

Monroe County is 15th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Monroe County is 18th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Monroe County is 19th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Monroe County is 19th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	45,100	31st	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	900.8	19th	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	49.6	36th	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	4th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.5%	6th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.9%	53rd	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.8%	52nd	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.3%	49th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	95.4%	41st	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.3%	21st	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	18th	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	28th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	15th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	31st	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	19th	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.1%	43rd	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	49.5%	47th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.4%	29th	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	19,291	39th	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.2%	31st	25.4%	25.9%
Households	17,302	34th	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.0%	58th	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$131,900	51st	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	8th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	95	30th	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$23,320	49th	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$48,306	37th	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.8%	13th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	943	36th	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	14,359	30th	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,868	44th	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$502,249	34th	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,657	33rd	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$71,449	30th	$9,247,311	$613,795,732