People QuickFacts Washburn County Wisconsin Population, 2012 estimate 15,826 5,726,398 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 15,911 5,686,986 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.5% 0.7% Population, 2010 15,911 5,686,986 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.2% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 19.8% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 22.2% 13.9% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.3% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 96.6% 88.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 6.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 1.1% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 2.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.4% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.4% 6.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 95.4% 83.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.6% 85.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.2% 4.6% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.4% 8.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.8% 89.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 18.7% 26.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,800 431,479 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.8 21.5  Housing units, 2011 13,094 2,634,781 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 83.0% 69.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 6.2% 25.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $146,400 $169,700 Households, 2007-2011 7,550 2,279,738 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.08 2.42 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,989 $27,192 Median household income, 2007-2011 $41,135 $52,374 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 12.1% 12.0%     Business QuickFacts Washburn County Wisconsin Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 515 139,554 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 4,569 2,320,696 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -11.4 -3.9 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,527 331,692  Total number of firms, 2007 2,106 433,797 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 F 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 17.9% 25.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 163,563,195 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 27,904 59,996,244 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 178,121 72,283,321 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,746 $12,904 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 25,328 9,247,311 Building permits, 2011 51 9,939     Geography QuickFacts Washburn County Wisconsin Land area in square miles, 2010 797.11 54,157.80 Persons per square mile, 2010 20.0 105.0 FIPS Code 129 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