People QuickFacts Eau Claire County Wisconsin Population, 2012 estimate 100,677 5,726,398 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 98,736 5,686,986 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.0% 0.7% Population, 2010 98,736 5,686,986 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.7% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.6% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.9% 13.9% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.0% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 93.4% 88.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 6.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 1.1% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.4% 2.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.5% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.0% 6.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 91.8% 83.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.1% 85.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.0% 4.6% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.3% 8.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 92.5% 89.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 31.0% 26.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 7,402 431,479 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.2 21.5  Housing units, 2011 42,314 2,634,781 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 64.3% 69.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 28.1% 25.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $148,600 $169,700 Households, 2007-2011 39,272 2,279,738 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.37 2.42 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,413 $27,192 Median household income, 2007-2011 $46,826 $52,374 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.1% 12.0%     Business QuickFacts Eau Claire County Wisconsin Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,654 139,554 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 48,036 2,320,696 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 4.6 -3.9 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 5,617 331,692  Total number of firms, 2007 7,632 433,797 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 2.6% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.4% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.9% 25.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,533,978 163,563,195 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 909,813 59,996,244 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,512,451 72,283,321 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,524 $12,904 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 170,257 9,247,311 Building permits, 2011 229 9,939     Geography QuickFacts Eau Claire County Wisconsin Land area in square miles, 2010 637.98 54,157.80 Persons per square mile, 2010 154.8 105.0 FIPS Code 035 55 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Eau Claire, WI Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts