Population, Income, Education, and Employment
| Population |
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Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
1,329,240 |
3,376,402 |
4,705,642 |
| 1990 |
1,356,172 |
3,535,597 |
4,891,769 |
| 2000 |
1,495,002 |
3,868,673 |
5,363,675 |
| 2007 (latest estimates) |
1,525,428 |
4,076,212 |
5,601,640 |
More information on Wisconsin population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.
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Income
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Per-capita income (2006 dollars) |
| 2005 |
28,829 |
35,801 |
33,888 |
| 2006 |
29,022 |
36,430 |
34,405 |
| Percent change |
0.7 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2006 dollars) |
| 2005 |
31,935 |
43,146 |
40,292 |
| 2006 |
31,087 |
43,025 |
39,989 |
| Percent change |
-2.7 |
-0.3 |
-0.8 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
10.3 |
8.1 |
8.7 |
| 1989 |
11.5 |
10.4 |
10.7 |
| 1999 |
8.6 |
8.7 |
8.7 |
| 2005 (latest model-based estimates) |
9.7 |
10.5 |
10.2 |
More information on Wisconsin poverty rates
• County-level Poverty Data
• Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Education (Persons 25 and older)
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Percent not completing high school |
| 1980 |
35.7 |
28.2 |
30.4 |
| 1990 |
25.5 |
19.8 |
21.4 |
| 2000 |
17.0 |
14.1 |
14.9 |
| |
| Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
41.0 |
40.2 |
40.4 |
| 1990 |
41.4 |
35.4 |
37.1 |
| 2000 |
40.7 |
32.1 |
34.6 |
| |
| Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
12.5 |
15.1 |
14.4 |
| 1990 |
20.7 |
25.0 |
23.8 |
| 2000 |
26.6 |
28.7 |
28.1 |
| |
| Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
10.8 |
16.4 |
14.8 |
| 1990 |
12.4 |
19.8 |
17.7 |
| 2000 |
15.7 |
25.1 |
22.4 |
More information on Wisconsin education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Employment
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Total number of jobs |
| 2005 |
905,736 |
2,652,293 |
3,558,029 |
| 2006 |
918,476 |
2,692,977 |
3,611,453 |
| |
| Unemployment rate (percent) |
| 2006 |
5.1 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
| 2007 |
5.3 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
More information on Wisconsin unemployment rates
• County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429
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| Percent employment change |
| 2004-2005 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
| 2005-2006 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
| 2006-2007 |
1.8 |
-0.0 |
0.5 |
| |
| Percent of 2002 employment in farm and farm-related jobs |
| Total |
22.3 |
14.6 |
16.6 |
| Production |
6.8 |
1.6 |
2.9 |
| Farm inputs |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
| Processing & marketing |
3.2 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
| Wholesale & retail trade |
10.4 |
9.8 |
9.9 |
More information on farm employment
• Farm and Farm-Related Employment data
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435
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Farm Characteristics
| 1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture |
| |
| |
1992 |
1997 |
2002 |
| Total land area (million acres) |
34.76 |
34.76 |
34.76 |
| Total farmland (million acres) |
15.46 |
16.23 |
15.74 |
| Percent of total land area |
44.5 |
46.7 |
45.3 |
| |
| Cropland (million acres) |
10.95 |
11.00 |
10.73 |
| Percent of total farmland |
70.8 |
67.8 |
68.2 |
| Percent in pasture |
9.9 |
9.7 |
7.1 |
| Percent irrigated |
3.0 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
| |
Harvested Cropland
(million acres) |
8.84 |
9.00 |
8.93 |
| |
| Woodland (million acres) |
2.89 |
3.29 |
3.18 |
| Percent of total farmland |
18.7 |
20.3 |
20.2 |
| Percent in pasture |
29.9 |
23.8 |
21.5 |
| |
| Pastureland (million acres) |
0.78 |
0.79 |
0.78 |
| Percent of total farmland |
5.1 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
| |
Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc.
(million acres) |
0.84 |
1.15 |
1.06 |
| Percent of total farmland |
5.5 |
7.1 |
6.7 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(million acres) |
0.36 |
0.74 |
0.61 |
| Percent of total farmland |
2.3 |
4.6 |
3.9 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
228 |
204 |
204 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
32.0 |
40.7 |
46.4 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
59.2 |
51.6 |
45.4 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
7.1 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
32.2 |
45.6 |
54.0 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
25.0 |
22.0 |
18.5 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
17.5 |
11.5 |
9.4 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
24.2 |
18.8 |
15.8 |
| More than $500,000 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
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| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
38,773 |
50,608 |
52,370 |
| Percent of total |
57.1 |
63.6 |
67.9 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
23,362 |
23,842 |
21,205 |
| Percent of total |
34.4 |
30.0 |
27.5 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
5,824 |
5,091 |
3,556 |
| Percent of total |
8.6 |
6.4 |
4.6 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
58,298 |
69,452 |
68,719 |
| Percent of total |
85.8 |
87.3 |
89.1 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
2,312 |
2,883 |
2,519 |
| Percent of total |
3.4 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
6,930 |
6,452 |
5,347 |
| Percent of total |
10.2 |
8.1 |
6.9 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
190 |
262 |
207 |
| Percent of total |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
| |
Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
229 |
492 |
339 |
| Percent of total |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
50.6 |
52.0 |
53.0 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
68.0 |
54.5 |
59.4 |
| Men (persons) |
64,136 |
73,748 |
69,778 |
| Women (persons) |
3,823 |
5,793 |
7,353 |
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More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.
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Farm Financial Indicators
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2005 |
2006 |
| |
| Number of farms |
76,500 |
76,000 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
1,888,782 |
2,136,961 |
| + Final animal output |
5,092,558 |
4,674,269 |
| + Services and forestry |
1,216,311 |
1,267,211 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
8,197,652 |
8,078,441 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
4,308,617 |
4,416,686 |
| + Net government transactions |
255,913 |
63,351 |
| = Gross value added |
4,144,948 |
3,725,106 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
1,151,316 |
1,203,857 |
| |
| = Net value added |
2,993,632 |
2,521,249 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
1,367,898 |
1,429,865 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
655,913 |
663,847 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
273,938 |
269,085 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
438,047 |
496,933 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
1,625,734 |
1,091,384 |
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More information on farm income
• Farm Income Data
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Farm balance sheet |
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• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
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Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
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Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2006
|
| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of state total
farm receipts |
Percent of US value |
| 1. Dairy products |
3,075,492 |
45.3 |
13.1 |
| 2. Cattle and calves |
936,588 |
13.8 |
1.9 |
| 3. Corn |
789,388 |
11.6 |
3.6 |
| 4. Soybeans |
275,120 |
4.1 |
1.6 |
| 5. Greenhouse/nursery |
245,000 |
3.6 |
1.5 |
| |
| All commodities |
6,791,282 |
|
2.8 |
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More information on Wisconsin's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2006 |
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Rank among states |
Value
million $ |
| 1. Feed grains and products |
8 |
303.2 |
| 2. Dairy products |
2 |
232.9 |
| 3. Soybeans and products |
13 |
187.8 |
| 4. Other |
15 |
150.2 |
| 5. Vegetables and preparations |
6 |
143.1 |
| |
| Overall rank |
15 |
1,499.8 |
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More information on agricultural exports
• State Export Data
• Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.
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| Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002 |
| |
Percent of state total receipts |
Million $ |
| 1. Dane County |
5.1 |
287.6 |
| 2. Marathon County |
3.7 |
205.4 |
| 3. Grant County |
3.3 |
186.6 |
| 4. Dodge County |
3.2 |
178.9 |
| 5. Clark County |
3.1 |
174.4 |
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| State total |
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5,623.3 |
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More information on agricultural sales
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Data Sources
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
- Regional Economic Information System, June 2005, Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau
of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room,
Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States
(FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, USDA.
Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.
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