Forest County Facts

Census Statistics

	Forest County	Wisconsin
Population, 2003 estimate	9,938	5,472,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-0.9%	2.0%
Population, 2000	10,024	5,363,675
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	14.2%	9.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.7%	6.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.3%	25.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	19.3%	13.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.0%	50.6%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	85.9%	88.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.2%	5.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	11.3%	0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.1%	3.6%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	85.5%	87.3%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	62.1%	56.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.1%	3.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	5.2%	7.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	78.5%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	10.0%	22.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	2,035	790,917
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.0	20.8?
Housing units, 2002	8,458	2,386,848
Homeownership rate, 2000	78.9%	68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	4.7%	26.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$77,400	$112,200?
Households, 2000	4,043	2,084,544
Persons per household, 2000	2.39	2.50
Median household income, 1999	$32,023	$43,791
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,451	$21,271
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	13.1%	8.7%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	306	140,540
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	2,366	2,400,575
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.5%	-0.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	684	268,268
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	117,382,992
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	50,883	50,520,463
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,332	$9,715
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	3.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	20.1%	24.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	122	38,208
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	65,864	28,843,652
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,014	54,310
Persons per square mile, 2000	9.9	98.8
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	041	55

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