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

Rusk County is 7th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income below poverty line

Rusk County is 8th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Rusk County is 13th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Rusk County is 14th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - White

Rusk County is 18th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Rusk County is 18th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Rusk County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	14,316	65th	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	913.6	18th	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	16.2	64th	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Rusk County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	39th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.6%	40th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.4%	13th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Rusk County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.5%	65th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.5%	54th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Rusk County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	97.6%	14th	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	44th	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	45th	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	66th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	68th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	52nd	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	62nd	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.3%	8th	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Rusk County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	50.2%	23rd	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.2%	62nd	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Rusk County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	8,975	64th	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.3%	61st	25.4%	25.9%
Households	6,639	65th	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.9%	28th	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$108,100	70th	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.2	62nd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	45	55th	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Rusk County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$20,994	67th	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$38,821	68th	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.1%	7th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Rusk County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	301	66th	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,073	61st	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,562	58th	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$198,374	56th	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,756	18th	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	69th	$9,247,311	$613,795,732