People QuickFacts Milwaukee County Wisconsin Population, 2012 estimate 955,205 5,726,398 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 947,735 5,686,986 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.8% 0.7% Population, 2010 947,735 5,686,986 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.4% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.9% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.4% 13.9% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.6% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 65.9% 88.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 27.0% 6.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 1.1% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.6% 2.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.5% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 13.6% 6.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 54.2% 83.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.2% 85.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 8.7% 4.6% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 15.7% 8.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.2% 89.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 27.1% 26.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 55,726 431,479 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.7 21.5  Housing units, 2011 418,935 2,634,781 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 52.8% 69.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 47.8% 25.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $165,300 $169,700 Households, 2007-2011 378,527 2,279,738 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.43 2.42 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $24,051 $27,192 Median household income, 2007-2011 $43,397 $52,374 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 19.9% 12.0%     Business QuickFacts Milwaukee County Wisconsin Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 20,015 139,554 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 444,142 2,320,696 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -7.6 -3.9 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 46,537 331,692  Total number of firms, 2007 58,182 433,797 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 13.2% 2.6% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.2% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.2% 1.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 33.0% 25.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 19,065,361 163,563,195 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 10,955,307 59,996,244 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 10,207,295 72,283,321 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,720 $12,904 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,570,614 9,247,311 Building permits, 2011 802 9,939     Geography QuickFacts Milwaukee County Wisconsin Land area in square miles, 2010 241.40 54,157.80 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,926.0 105.0 FIPS Code 079 55 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, 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