Buffalo County, Wisconsin QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Buffalo County Wisconsin
?  Population, 2000 13,8045,363,675
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 1.6%9.6%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.8%6.4%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 25.1%25.5%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 16.8%13.1%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 98.7%88.9%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%5.7%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%0.9%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%1.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%1.6%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.5%1.2%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 49.8%50.6%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.6%3.6%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 98.2%87.3%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 6,4752,432,154
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 966548,970
?  Housing units, 2000 6,0982,321,144
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 76.5%68.4%
?  Households, 2000 5,5112,084,544
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.472.50
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 32.5%33.9%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $32,665$39,800
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 10.9%9.2%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 17.5%14.3%

Business QuickFacts Buffalo County Wisconsin
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 344138,635
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 3,3002,319,343
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 9.6%19.0%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 955255,299
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA117,382,992
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 45,65650,520,463
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $3,208$9,715
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA7,619
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 33899,357
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 8035,570
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 66,17522,603,768
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 537201,633

Geography QuickFacts Buffalo County Wisconsin
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 68454,310
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 20.298.8
?  Metropolitan Area None 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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NA: Not available
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X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown