Vilas County, Wisconsin QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Vilas County Wisconsin
?  Population, 2000 21,0335,363,675
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 18.8%9.6%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 4.3%6.4%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 20.7%25.5%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 22.8%13.1%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 89.7%88.9%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%5.7%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 9.1%0.9%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%1.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%1.6%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.7%1.2%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.2%50.6%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.9%3.6%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 89.2%87.3%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 9,7582,432,154
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,753548,970
?  Housing units, 2000 22,3972,321,144
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 81.8%68.4%
?  Households, 2000 9,0662,084,544
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.292.50
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 25.2%33.9%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $29,422$39,800
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 11.7%9.2%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 19.7%14.3%

Business QuickFacts Vilas County Wisconsin
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 810138,635
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 4,1612,319,343
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 -20.5%19.0%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,925255,299
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA117,382,992
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 122,81150,520,463
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $5,827$9,715
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA7,619
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 77799,357
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 34835,570
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 104,79822,603,768
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 679201,633

Geography QuickFacts Vilas County Wisconsin
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 87454,310
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 24.198.8
?  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