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People QuickFacts Barron County Wisconsin
Population, 2003 estimate  45,514 5,472,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003  1.2% 2.0%
Population, 2000  44,963 5,363,675
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000  10.3% 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  16.4% 13.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000  50.5% 50.6%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 97.7% 88.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 5.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.8% 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  0.7% 1.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000  97.1% 87.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.0% 3.6%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000  58.1% 56.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  1.2% 3.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  3.8% 7.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  82.4% 85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  14.9% 22.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  7,498 790,917
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  19.2… 20.8……
Housing units, 2002  21,569 2,386,848
Homeownership rate, 2000  75.8% 68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  13.4% 26.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $78,000 $112,200
Households, 2000  17,851 2,084,544
Persons per household, 2000  2.48…….. 2.5……..
Median household income, 1999  $37,275 $43,791
Per capita money income, 1999  $18,091 $21,271
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999  8.8% 8.7%
Business QuickFacts Barron County Wisconsin
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001  1,315 140,540
Private nonfarm employment, 2001  16,727 2,400,575
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001  -1.2% -0.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000  2,815 268,268
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)  891,541 117,382,992
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)  451,556 50,520,463
Retail sales per capita, 1997  $10,359 $9,715
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997  F 3.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997  15.8% 24.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002  370…………. 38,208
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)  221,747 28,843,652
Geography QuickFacts Barron County Wisconsin
Land area, 2000 (square miles)  863……… 54,310
Persons per square mile, 2000  52.1…….. 98.8……….
Metropolitan Area  None  
FIPS Code  5………… 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
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts
Barron County Wisconsin Census Statistics
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