Rock County Facts

Census Statistics

	Rock County	Wisconsin
Population, 2003 estimate	154,794	5,472,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.6%	2.0%
Population, 2000	152,307	5,363,675
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	9.2%	9.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.7%	6.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.5%	25.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.7%	13.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.8%	50.6%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	91.0%	88.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	4.6%	5.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.8%	1.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.5%	1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	3.9%	3.6%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	89.2%	87.3%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	55.3%	56.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	3.3%	3.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.1%	7.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	83.9%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	16.7%	22.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	24,198	790,917
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.3	20.8?
Housing units, 2002	63,688	2,386,848
Homeownership rate, 2000	71.1%	68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	21.0%	26.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$98,200	$112,200?
Households, 2000	58,617	2,084,544
Persons per household, 2000	2.54	2.50
Median household income, 1999	$45,517	$43,791
Per capita money income, 1999	$20,895	$21,271
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	7.3%	8.7%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	3,346	140,540
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	58,409	2,400,575
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-3.9%	-0.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	6,515	268,268
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	10,105,609	117,382,992
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,599,727	50,520,463
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,654	$9,715
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	4.8%	3.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	31.4%	24.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	972	38,208
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	712,746	28,843,652
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	720	54,310
Persons per square mile, 2000	211.4	98.8
Metropolitan Area	Janesville-Beloit, W	?
FIPS Code	105	55

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