People QuickFacts	Polk County	Wisconsin
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	43,610	5,726,398
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	44,205	5,686,986
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.3%	0.7%
 	Population, 2010    	44,205	5,686,986
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.9%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.2%	23.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	16.6%	13.9%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	49.7%	50.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	97.2%	88.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	6.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.1%	1.1%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.4%	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)     	1.6%	6.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	95.9%	83.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	91.0%	85.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.4%	4.6%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.0%	8.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	91.7%	89.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	18.9%	26.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,973	431,479
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	28.2	21.5 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	24,218	2,634,781
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	80.4%	69.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	10.4%	25.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$167,100	$169,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	18,323	2,279,738
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.39	2.42
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,139	$27,192
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$49,527	$52,374
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	10.2%	12.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Polk County	Wisconsin
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	1,118	139,554
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	11,801	2,320,696
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	0.5	-3.9
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	3,363	331,692 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	4,606	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    	1.0%	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    	27.3%	25.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	958,520	163,563,195
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	134,275	59,996,244
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	423,199	72,283,321
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,580	$12,904
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	41,813	9,247,311
 	Building permits, 2011     	46	9,939

   	Geography QuickFacts	Polk County	Wisconsin
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	913.96	54,157.80
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	48.4	105.0
 	FIPS Code    	095	55
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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