People QuickFacts	Eau Claire	Wisconsin
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	66,623	5,711,767
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	65,888	5,686,986
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.1%	0.4%
 	Population, 2010    	65,883	5,686,986
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.9%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	19.3%	23.6%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	11.7%	13.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.5%	50.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	91.4%	86.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.1%	6.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.5%	1.0%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	4.6%	2.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.8%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	1.9%	5.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	90.3%	83.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	73.8%	85.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	3.6%	4.6%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	6.3%	8.4%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	92.8%	89.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	32.1%	25.8%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	15.5	21.3 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	56.8%	69.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	35.5%	25.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$136,900	$169,000
 	Households, 2006-2010    	26,497	2,274,611
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.27	2.41
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$23,041	$26,624
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$41,565	$51,598
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	18.6%	11.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Eau Claire	Wisconsin
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,010	433,797
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.8%	2.6%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.6%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.5%	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    	26.5%	25.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,141,034	163,563,195
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	818,365	59,996,244
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,334,947	72,283,321
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$20,515	$12,904
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	156,957	9,247,311

   	Geography QuickFacts	Eau Claire	Wisconsin
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	32.04	54,157.80
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,056.1	105.0
 	FIPS Code    	22300	55
 	Counties    	Chippewa County
 Eau Claire County
 	

(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