| People QuickFacts |
Ashland County |
Wisconsin |
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| Population,
2003 estimate |
16,651 |
5,472,299 |
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| Population,
percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
-1.3% |
2.0% |
|
| Population,
2000 |
16,866 |
5,363,675 |
|
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
3.4% |
9.6% |
|
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000 |
6.3% |
6.4% |
|
| Persons under 18 years
old, percent, 2000 |
25.4% |
25.5% |
|
| Persons 65 years old
and over, percent, 2000 |
15.9% |
13.1% |
|
| Female
persons, percent, 2000 |
50.7% |
50.6% |
|
|
| White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
87.1% |
88.9% |
|
| Black or African American persons,
percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% |
5.7% |
|
| American Indian and Alaska Native
persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
10.3% |
0.9% |
|
| Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% |
1.7% |
|
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z |
Z |
|
| Persons reporting some other race,
percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% |
1.6% |
|
| Persons reporting
two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.7% |
1.2% |
|
| White
persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
86.7% |
87.3% |
|
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin,
percent, 2000 (b) |
1.1% |
3.6% |
|
|
| Living in
same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 |
62.3% |
56.5% |
|
| Foreign born persons, percent,
2000 |
1.0% |
3.6% |
|
| Language
other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
4.4% |
7.3% |
|
| High school
graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
84.1% |
85.1% |
|
| Bachelor's
degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
16.5% |
22.4% |
|
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
2,908 |
790,917 |
|
| Mean
travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
15.8
.. |
20.8
. |
|
| Housing
units, 2002 |
8,951 |
2,386,848 |
|
| Homeownership
rate, 2000 |
70.7% |
68.4% |
|
| Housing units
in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
16.3% |
26.2% |
|
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$60,400 |
$112,200 |
|
|
| Households,
2000 |
6,718 |
2,084,544 |
|
| Persons
per household, 2000 |
2.39
. |
2.5
.. |
|
| Median
household income, 1999 |
$31,628 |
$43,791 |
|
| Per
capita money income, 1999 |
$16,069 |
$21,271 |
|
| Persons below poverty, percent,
1999 |
11.9% |
8.7% |
|
|
| Business QuickFacts |
Ashland County |
Wisconsin |
|
| Private
nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 |
568 . |
140,540 |
|
| Private
nonfarm employment, 2001 |
7,266 |
2,400,575 |
|
| Private nonfarm
employment, percent change 2000-2001 |
-1.0% |
-0.6% |
|
| Nonemployer
establishments, 2000 |
1,251 |
268,268 |
|
| Manufacturers shipments, 1997
($1000) |
150,728 |
117,382,992 |
| Retail
sales, 1997 ($1000) |
149,705 |
50,520,463 |
|
| Retail
sales per capita, 1997 |
$9,060 |
$9,715 |
|
| Minority-owned firms,
percent of total, 1997 |
F |
3.7% |
|
| Women-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
15.4% |
24.4% |
|
| Housing units
authorized by building permits, 2002 |
66
|
38,208 |
|
| Federal funds and grants,
2002 ($1000) |
115,813 |
28,843,652 |
|
|
| Geography QuickFacts |
Ashland County |
Wisconsin |
|
| Land
area, 2000 (square miles) |
1,044 |
54,310 |
|
| Persons
per square mile, 2000 |
16.2
. |
98.8
.. |
|
| Metropolitan
Area |
None |
|
|
| FIPS Code |
3
|
55
|
|
| (a) Includes persons reporting only one
race. |
|
| (b)
Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race
categories. |
|
| FN: Footnote on this item for this area
in place of data |
|
| NA: Not available |
|
| D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of
confidential information |
|
| X: Not applicable |
|
| S: Suppressed; does not meet publication
standards |
|
| Z: Value greater than zero but less than
half unit of measure shown |
|
| F: Fewer than 100 firms |
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| Source: US Census Bureau State &
County QuickFacts |
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