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

Pierce County is 6th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Pierce County is 7th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Home median value

Pierce County is 7th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income per household

Pierce County is 7th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in People per household

Pierce County is 11th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Female residents

Pierce County is 12th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Pierce County is 13th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income per capita

Pierce County is 19th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Pierce County is 20th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	40,814	37th	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	573.8	51st	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	71.5	27th	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	44th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	44th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.5%	70th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.4%	6th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.6%	12th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	96.7%	27th	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	41st	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	57th	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	25th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	19th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	25th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	48th	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.3%	20th	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	50.6%	11th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.5%	50th	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	16,202	43rd	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.4%	29th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	14,960	39th	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.2%	36th	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$197,400	7th	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	7th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	59	47th	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$27,132	13th	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$61,443	7th	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.5%	48th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	789	41st	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,990	51st	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,519	34th	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$208,532	54th	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,243	70th	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$32,888	44th	$9,247,311	$613,795,732