Wisconsin (statistics)
Population, 2005: 5,536,201
by race, 2000:
% white (not Hispanic): 87.3
% African-American: 5.7
% Hispanic: 3.6
% Asian American: 1.7
% Native American: 0.9
% other: 0.8
Total land area:
54,310 sq. miles (34.76 million acres)
% in farmland, 2002: 45.3
number of farms, 2004: 76,500
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Education:
% w/ college degree, 2000: 22.4
% w/ some college, 2000: 28.1
% w/ high school grad only, 2000: 34.6
% w/o high school degree: 14.9
Income per capita, 2003: $30,685
Income per household (median), 1999: $43,791
Total no. of jobs, 2003: 3,423,881
% jobs in farming, 2002: 16.6
No. of non-farm businesses, 2001: 140,540
Unemployment rate, 2005: 4.7%
Poverty rate, 2003: 9.0%
USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/WI.HTM US Census Bureau http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/55000.html
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