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

Jackson County is 6th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Jackson County is 8th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income below poverty line

Jackson County is 8th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Jackson County is 10th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Jackson County is 15th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Size in square miles

Jackson County is 18th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Two or More

Jackson County is 20th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	20,485	53rd	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	987.7	15th	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	20.7	60th	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	20th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.4%	32nd	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.8%	36th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.2%	70th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.8%	51st	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	89.4%	61st	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.1%	10th	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	6.6%	8th	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	60th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	6th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	18th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	30th	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.3%	58th	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	46.8%	71st	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.8%	37th	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	9,834	60th	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.6%	51st	25.4%	25.9%
Households	8,145	54th	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.7%	40th	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$124,000	56th	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.3	49th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	47	54th	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$21,255	66th	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$44,106	53rd	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.4%	8th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	413	60th	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,945	52nd	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,491	60th	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$250,989	49th	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,662	26th	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$23,212	53rd	$9,247,311	$613,795,732