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Demographics

Much of the demographic information in the following files is based upon US Census Tract Block Groups. Click to download a PDF map of the Block Groups in Washington County.

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Washington County Data Profile

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Population/Demographics - Labor Force - Education
Economy/Income - Major Employers

Population/Demographics

Population	1990	2000	2005
Washington County	95,328	117,493	126,158
Major municipalities (10,000 or more)
West Bend, city	24,470	28,152	29,549
Germantown, village	13,658	18,260	19,245
Hartford, city	8,188	10,905	13,017
Population/Demographic Characteristics	1990	2000	2005	% dist (05)
Population by age:
Total	95,328	117,493	126,158	100.0
14 & under	22,736	25,881	24,212	19.2
15 to 24	13,013	13,880	16,451	13.0
25 to 34	16,192	15,425	15,321	12.1
35 to 44	15,391	21,639	20,951	16.6
45 to 54	10,619	17,021	20,335	16.1
55 to 64	7,435	10,435	13,873	11.0
65 +	9,942	13,212	15,015	11.9
Median age	32.5	36.6	38.8

Population by sex:
Male	47,493	58,608	62,976	49.9
Female	47,835	58,885	63,182	50.1

Population by race:
White	N.A.	115,390	123,045	97.5
Black	N.A.	474	940	0.7
American Indian	N.A.	300	323	0.3
Asian	N.A.	693	1,045	0.8
Native Hawaiian	N.A.	35	65	0.1
Two or more	N.A.	601	740	0.6

Hispanic/Latino (1)	670	1,529	2,065	1.6

Housing/Household Characteristics	1990	2000	2005
Households	32,977	43,842	N.A.
Persons per household	2.86	2.65	N.A.

Housing Occupancy
All housing units	34,382	45,808	50,815
Occupied housing units	32,977	43,842	N.A.
Vacant housing units	1,405	1,966	N.A.

Housing Tenure
Occupied housing units	32,977	43,842	N.A.
Owner-occupied housing units	24,383	33,317	N.A.
Renter-occupied housing units	8,594	10,525	N.A.

Labor Force

Labor Market	Labor Force	Employment	Unemployed	% unemployed
1995	64,032	62,150	1,882	2.9
1996	65,761	63,979	1,782	2.7
1997	66,960	65,204	1,756	2.6
1998	67,898	66,132	1,766	2.6
1999	68,949	67,402	1,547	2.2
2000	70,096	68,157	1,939	2.8
2001	70,826	68,144	2,682	3.8
2002	70,760	67,396	3,364	4.8
2003	71,215	67,515	3,700	5.2
2004	71,611	68,431	3,180	4.4
2005	71,254	68,287	2,967	4.2

Payroll Employment by Industry	1990	2000	2005	% dist. (05)
Total	35,002	48,022	51,631	100.0

Goods Producing	13,925	19,365	17,391	33.7
Natural resource & mining	174	285	322	0.6
Construction	1,969	2,737	3,192	6.2
Manufacturing	11,782	16,344	13,877	26.9

Service providing	21,077	28,657	34,240	66.3
Trade, transportation & utilities	6,028	8,968	11,000	21.3
Wholesale trade	1,129	1,863	2,926	5.7
Retail trade	3,771	5,425	6,201	12.0
Transp., warehousing & utilities	1,128	1,680	1,873	3.6
Information	387	398	486	0.9
Financial activities	1,571	2,023	2,220	4.3
Finance & insurance	1,394	1,681	1,889	3.7
Real estate, rental & leasing	177	341	332	0.6
Professional & business services	1,540	2,310	3,516	6.8
Professional & technical services	471	917	1,276	2.5
Management of companies	N.A.	59	75	0.1
Administrative & waste services	839	1,335	2,166	4.2
Educational & health services	2,414	3,850	5,078	9.8
Educational services	90	96	149	0.3
Health care & social assistance	2,324	3,753	4,929	9.5
Leisure & hospitality	3,153	4,312	5,020	9.7
Arts, entertainment & recreation	457	726	776	1.5
Accommodation & food services	2,696	3,586	4,245	8.2
Other services, excluding public	1,562	1,729	1,739	3.4
Government	4,422	5,067	5,181	10.0

Employment by Occupation	2000	% dist.
Employed population 16 years and over	64,687	100.0
Management occupations	6,424	9.9
Business & financial operations occupations	2,437	3.8
Computer & mathematical occupations	1459	2.3
Architecture & engineering occupations	2048	3.2
Life, physical & social science occupations	436	0.7
Community & social services occupations	863	1.3
Legal occupations	303	0.5
Education, training & library occupations	2,645	4.1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occ.	1049	1.6
Healthcare Practitioner & technical occupations	3,141	4.9
Healthcare support occupations	1,063	1.6
Protective service occupations	594	0.9
Food preparation & serving related occupations	2,646	4.1
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occ.	1,561	2.4
Personal care & service occupations	1,380	2.1
Sales & related occupations	6,577	10.2
Office & administrative support occupations	9,671	15.0
Farming, fishing & forestry occupations	353	0.5
Construction & extractive occupations	3,542	5.5
Installation, maintenance & repair occupations	2,926	4.5
Production occupations	10,174	15.7
Transportation & material moving occupations	3,395	5.2

Worker Earnings by Industry - 2005	Employment	Wages (000)	Annual average earnings	Average weekly earnings
Total	51,631	$1,723,933	$33,389	$642

Goods Producing	17,391	720,752	41,443	797
Natural resource & mining	322	9,332	29,013	558
Construction	3,192	122,838	38,481	740
Manufacturing	13,877	588,581	42,413	816

Service providing	34,240	1,003,181	29,299	563
Trade, transportation & utilities	11,000	334,813	30,437	585
Wholesale trade	2,926	139,224	47,584	915
Retail trade	6,201	129,475	20,881	402
Transp., warehousing & utilities	1,873	66,114	35,298	679
Information	486	11,660	23,989	461
Financial activities	2,220	97,295	43,823	843
Finance & insurance	1,889	90,034	47,671	917
Real estate, rental & leasing	332	7,261	21,904	421
Professional & business services	3,516	125,204	35,606	685
Professional & technical services	1276	58,761	46,066	886
Management of companies	75	5,249	69,983	1,346
Administrative & waste services	2,166	61,195	28,256	543
Educational & health services	5,078	170,200	33,517	645
Educational services	149	2,420	16,231	312
Health care & social assistance	4,929	167,781	34,040	655
Leisure & hospitality	5,020	48,007	9,562	184
Arts, entertainment & recreation	776	9,809	12,642	243
Accommodation & food services	4,245	38,197	8,999	173
Other services, excluding public	1,739	32,159	18,495	356
Government	5,181	183,842	35,484	682

Education

Educational Attainment	1990	2000	% change
Population 25 years & over	59,583	77,709	30.4
Less than 9th grade	5,285	3,382	-36.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,833	5,356	-8.2
High school graduate (incl. equivalency)	23,813	27,308	14.7
Some college, no degree	10,715	17,794	66.1
Associates degree	4,459	6,812	52.8
Bachelor's degree	7,086	12,437	75.5
Graduate or professional degree	2,392	4,620	93.1

% high school graduate or higher	81.3	88.8	-
% bachelor's degree or higher	15.9	21.9	-

Primary & Secondary Education	Private	Public	Total
Enrollment (05-06)	4,028	19,817	23,845
High School Graduates (02-03)	99	1,673	1,772

Public School Districts with High Schools
District (grade span)	Enrollment05/06	Student teacher ratio 04/05	Current expenditure per student 03/04	Graduates 02/03	ACT composite score 04/05
Germantown (PK-12)	3,841	13.48	8,812	291	23.0
Hartford UHS (9-12)	1,714	14.13	9,607	391	22.0
Kewaskum (PK-12)	1,887	14.05	7,846	158	22.4
Slinger (PK-12)	2,869	14.96	7,549	226	23.3
West Bend (PK-12)	6,798	13.52	7,852	607	23.2

Economy/Income

Personal Income	Total (000)	Per Capita
1995	$2,823,821	25,763
1996	3,011,123	26,965
1997	3,244,368	28,735
1998	3,502,175	30,624
1999	3,684,106	31,724
2000	3,965,026	33,604
2001	4,028,486	33,691
2002	4,150,257	34,306
2003	4,220,989	34,497
2004	4,518,064	36,324

Private Nonfarm Establishments	2000	2004
Total	3,104	3,317

Goods Producing	882	955
Natural resource & mining	10	7
Construction	550	607
Manufacturing	322	341

Service providing	2,222	2,362
Trade, transportation & utilities	712	723
Wholesale trade	184	185
Retail trade	389	398
Transp., warehousing & utilities	139	140
Information	32	36
Financial activities	250	265
Finance & insurance	182	188
Real estate, rental & leasing	68	77
Professional & business services	370	421
Professional & technical services	201	232
Management of companies	10	7
Administrative & waste services	159	182
Educational & health services	228	266
Educational services	21	22
Health care & social assistance	207	244
Leisure & hospitality	264	296
Arts, entertainment & recreation	53	58
Accommodation & food services	211	238
Other services, excluding public	335	338
Unclassified & auxiliary	31	17

Private establishments 1,000+ employees	2	1

Selected Economic Statistics
Median household income (2003) ($)	60,682
% of population in poverty (2003)	4.6%

Manufacturing shipments (2002)($000)	2,526,340
Wholesale sales (2002)($000)	1,493,812
Retail sales (2002)($000)	1,295,713
Retail sales per capita (2002)($)	10,706

Major Employers

Company	Product or service	Employment range
Broan-Nutone LLC	Household fans	500-999
Serigraph Inc.	Commercial printing	500-999
Quad/Graphics Inc.	Commercial printing	500-999
Synergy Health Inc.	Health care services	500-999
West Bend Mutual Insurance Co.	Property & casualty insurers	500-999
Signicast Corp.	Steel investment foundry	250-499
Regal Ware Inc.	Kitchen utensil, pot & pan mfg.	250-499
Helgesen Industries	Fabricated metal products	250-499
Maysteel LLC	Fabricated metal products	250-499
Aurora Medical Center	Health care services	250-499
A.P.I.
Steel Craft

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