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

Portage County is 9th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Portage County is 10th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - Asian

Portage County is 12th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Portage County is 17th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Foreign born residents

Portage County is 20th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Portage County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	70,433	23rd	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	800.7	29th	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	87.4	23rd	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Portage County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	47th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.1%	58th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.7%	61st	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Portage County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.6%	21st	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.8%	9th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Portage County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	94.9%	47th	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	34th	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	60th	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.8%	10th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	71st	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	30th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	26th	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.3%	38th	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Portage County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	49.9%	36th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.3%	17th	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Portage County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	30,227	25th	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.7%	12th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	27,840	23rd	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.9%	62nd	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$144,400	36th	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.4	36th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	137	23rd	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Portage County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$25,207	31st	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$51,887	22nd	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.7%	26th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Portage County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,607	24th	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	27,682	23rd	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,022	24th	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$937,882	22nd	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,685	20th	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$97,014	23rd	$9,247,311	$613,795,732