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

Marathon County is 1st in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Asian

Marathon County is 1st in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Size in square miles

Marathon County is 7th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Marathon County is 8th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Marathon County is 8th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Marathon County is 8th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Marathon County is 8th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Retail sales

Marathon County is 10th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Current population (2012)

Marathon County is 10th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Households

Marathon County is 10th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Marathon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	134,735	10th	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,545.0	1st	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	86.8	24th	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Marathon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	14th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.9%	16th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.0%	52nd	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Marathon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.8%	39th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.2%	29th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Marathon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	91.9%	56th	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	36th	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	41st	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.6%	1st	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	27th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	32nd	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	36th	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.8%	55th	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Marathon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	49.8%	42nd	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.0%	13th	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Marathon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	57,874	10th	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.2%	23rd	25.4%	25.9%
Households	52,865	10th	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.5%	47th	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$141,700	38th	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	19th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	297	8th	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Marathon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$26,763	19th	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$54,316	16th	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.4%	59th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Marathon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,371	8th	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	59,017	8th	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	10,659	10th	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,139,106	8th	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,456	7th	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$173,708	14th	$9,247,311	$613,795,732