People QuickFacts	West Allis	Wisconsin
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	60,714	5,711,767
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	60,411	5,686,986
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.5%	0.4%
 	Population, 2010    	60,411	5,686,986
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.5%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	20.5%	23.6%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	14.6%	13.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.0%	50.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	86.7%	86.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.6%	6.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.1%	1.0%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.0%	2.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.9%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	9.6%	5.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	82.0%	83.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	85.2%	85.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	4.6%	4.6%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	7.9%	8.4%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	89.0%	89.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	19.7%	25.8%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	20.5	21.3 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	57.9%	69.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	45.0%	25.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$160,700	$169,000
 	Households, 2006-2010    	27,480	2,274,611
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.16	2.41
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$24,464	$26,624
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$44,136	$51,598
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	11.8%	11.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	West Allis	Wisconsin
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	4,131	433,797
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.1%	2.6%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.6%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.0%	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    	25.0%	25.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	753,063	163,563,195
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,003,783	59,996,244
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,386,544	72,283,321
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$23,359	$12,904
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	9,247,311

   	Geography QuickFacts	West Allis	Wisconsin
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	11.39	54,157.80
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	5,306.2	105.0
 	FIPS Code    	85300	55
 	Counties    	Milwaukee 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