Columbia County, Wisconsin Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Columbia County is 8th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income per capita

Columbia County is 8th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income per household

Columbia County is 8th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Columbia County is 13th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Home median value

Columbia County is 16th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Columbia County is 17th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Columbia County is 17th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	56,539	26th	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	765.5	34th	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	74.2	26th	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	37th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	30th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.3%	49th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.2%	17th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.5%	30th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	96.3%	32nd	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.4%	17th	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	37th	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	36th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	8th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	45th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	34th	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.0%	31st	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	49.1%	60th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.6%	45th	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	26,220	28th	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.7%	28th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	22,888	26th	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.9%	39th	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$177,000	13th	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.4	30th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	52	49th	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$28,160	8th	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$57,805	8th	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.7%	62nd	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Columbia County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,388	26th	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	19,119	26th	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,447	28th	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$631,312	30th	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,465	36th	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$164,208	16th	$9,247,311	$613,795,732