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Wisconsin At A Glance
Last Updated July 14, 2003
The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 65,498 square miles
- Population in 2000: 5,363,675; 68.3% urban; 31.7% rural
- Population in 1990: 4,891,769
- Population Change: Up
9.6% 1990-2000; Up
4.0% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 18th of 50; 1.9% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Milwaukee (596,974);
Madison (208,054);
Green Bay (102,313);
Kenosha (90,352);
Racine (81,855)
- Registered Voters:
(0.0%);
(0.0%);
(0.0%)
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 18 R 15 D
- State Assembly: 58 R 41 D
- State Legislative Term Limits: No
Key Elected Officials:
The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
4,681,630 (87.3%) white;
300,245 (5.6%) black;
87,995 (1.6%) Asian;
43,980 (0.8%) American Indian;
1,346 (0.0%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
51,921 (1.0%) two-plus races;
3,637 (0.1%) other;
192,921 (3.6%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
29.9% German,
7.6% Irish,
6.5% Polish,
5.9% Norwegian,
4.5% English
- State Natives: 73.4% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 2.2% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 90.5% English;
4.1% Spanish;
3.9% Other Eur.
- Education:
85.1% high school graduates;
22.4% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
514,213 (12.9%);
WWII: (21.1%);
Korea: (14.5%);
Vietnam: (30.6%);
First Gulf War: (8.3%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
2.8% agriculture;
5.9% construction;
6.1% finance;
2.2% information;
26.7% manufacturing;
26.6% professional;
3.5% public administration;
14.8% trade;
11.3% other
- Work Force: 28.4% blue collar; 56.6% white collar; 15.0% gray collar
- Work Sector: 81.1% private; 12.5% government; 6.1% self-employed; 0.3% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 4.7% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$43,791
- 8.7% are below the poverty line
- 13.0% less than $15,000
- 25.9% $15-35,000
- 18.1% $35-50,000
- 33.6% $50-100,000
- 6.4% $100-150,000
- 3.0% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $109,900
- 10.0% less than $50,000
- 33.8% $50-100,000
- 43.6% $100-200,000
- 8.7% $200-300,000
- 3.0% $300-500,000
- 1.0% more than $500,000
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