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

Waukesha County is 29th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Waukesha County is 1st in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Home median value

Waukesha County is 1st in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income per household

Waukesha County is 2nd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income per capita

Waukesha County is 2nd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Waukesha County is 2nd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Waukesha County is 3rd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Waukesha County is 3rd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Current population (2012)

Waukesha County is 3rd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Female residents

Waukesha County is 3rd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Households

Waukesha County is 3rd in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Waukesha County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	392,292	3rd	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	549.6	55th	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	709.4	2nd	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Waukesha County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	53rd	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	24th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.3%	48th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Waukesha County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	95.2%	2nd	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	39.4%	3rd	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Waukesha County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	94.1%	49th	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.4%	16th	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	68th	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.0%	8th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	58th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	28th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	16th	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	54th	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Waukesha County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	50.9%	3rd	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.4%	10th	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Waukesha County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	161,499	3rd	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.5%	14th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	152,181	3rd	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.1%	27th	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$261,100	1st	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	10th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	774	3rd	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Waukesha County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$37,310	2nd	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$75,845	1st	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	4.7%	72nd	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Waukesha County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	12,354	3rd	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	217,963	3rd	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	36,589	3rd	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$5,955,006	3rd	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,712	9th	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$616,641	3rd	$9,247,311	$613,795,732