People QuickFacts	Jefferson County	Wisconsin
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	84,498	5,726,398
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	83,686	5,686,986
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.0%	0.7%
 	Population, 2010    	83,686	5,686,986
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.1%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.5%	23.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.4%	13.9%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.2%	50.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	96.8%	88.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.9%	6.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	1.1%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.7%	2.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	Z
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.1%	1.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	6.9%	6.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	90.4%	83.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.1%	85.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.9%	4.6%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	6.9%	8.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	90.1%	89.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	22.5%	26.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	6,807	431,479
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	23.4	21.5 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	35,335	2,634,781
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	72.2%	69.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	20.7%	25.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$183,100	$169,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	31,936	2,279,738
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.51	2.42
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,445	$27,192
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$55,615	$52,374
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	9.4%	12.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Jefferson County	Wisconsin
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	1,915	138,045
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	29,338	2,354,284
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	0.6%	1.4%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	4,744	331,692 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	6,988	433,797
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.6%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.6%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	26.3%	25.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	3,674,302	163,563,195
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	59,996,244
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	857,229	72,283,321
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$10,715	$12,904
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	86,389	9,247,311
 	Building permits, 2012    	86	12,041

   	Geography QuickFacts	Jefferson County	Wisconsin
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	556.47	54,157.80
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	150.4	105.0
 	FIPS Code    	055	55
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro 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