Barron County, Wisconsin (WI)

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• • 42,39691.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,4313.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,3562.9%Two or more races
  • 7901.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2770.6%Asian alone
  • 1930.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1470.3%Some other race alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 13
• Burglaries: 34
• Thefts: 66
• Auto thefts: 9

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 17
• Burglaries: 40
• Thefts: 72
• Auto thefts: 15

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,546 (1.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,674 (1.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Barron County is $422 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $642 a month.

Cities in this county include: Rice Lake, Barron, Cumberland, Chetek, Cameron, Prairie Lake, Turtle Lake, Lakeland, Cedar Lake, Maple Plain.

Neighboring counties: Franklin County, Maine , Delta County, Michigan , Menominee County, Michigan , Washburn County , Swift County, Minnesota , Washington County, Minnesota .

Current college students: 1,371
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,436 (44.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 8882010 or later
• 2732000 to 2009
• 1121990 to 1999
• 1121980 to 1989
• 621970 to 1979
• 150Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 18,868
• One, attached: 622
• Two: 911
• 3 or 4: 654
• 5 to 9: 570
• 10 to 19: 445
• 20 to 49: 481
• 50 or more: 185
• Mobile homes: 1,295
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 51

Housing units in Barron County with a mortgage: 7,721 (811 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 687 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 281

Religion statistics for Barron County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Barron County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Wisconsin Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4520-WI: April 4, 2020, FEMA Id: 4520, Natural disaster type: Other
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: July 18, 2019 - July 20, 2019, FEMA Id: 4459, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Wisconsin Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3249: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3249, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: September 02, 2002 to September 06, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1432: September 10, 2002, FEMA Id: 1432, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Wisconsin Flooding, Incident Period: April 10, 2001 to July 06, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1369: May 11, 2001, FEMA Id: 1369, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding, Incident Period: May 26, 2000 to July 19, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1332: June 24, 2000, FEMA Id: 1332, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Wisconsin Winds, Hail & Rain, Incident Period: August 05, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3048: October 03, 1977, FEMA Id: 3048, Natural disaster type: Wind
• Wisconsin Drought, Incident Period: June 17, 1976, Emergency Declared EM-3014: June 17, 1976, FEMA Id: 3014, Natural disaster type: Drought
• Wisconsin TORNADOES, SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: April 21, 1965, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-192: April 21, 1965, FEMA Id: 192, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood

6.14% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($60,153 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.89% relocated from other counties in Wisconsin ($29,606 average AGI)
2.24% relocated from other states ($30,547 average AGI)

Barron County:	2.24%
Wisconsin average:	2.19%

from Polk County, WI	0.58% ($43,612 average AGI)
from Chippewa County, WI	0.46% ($38,413)
from Washburn County, WI	0.46% ($38,609)
from Eau Claire County, WI	0.38% ($46,240)
from Rusk County, WI	0.32% ($37,381)
from Dunn County, WI	0.28% ($49,875)
from Hennepin County, MN	0.25% ($100,224)

5.79% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($47,864 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.77% relocated to other counties in Wisconsin ($31,027 average AGI)
2.01% relocated to other states ($16,837 average AGI)

Barron County:	2.01%
Wisconsin average:	2.22%

to Eau Claire County, WI	0.51% ($39,752 average AGI)
to Polk County, WI	0.48% ($64,158)
to Washburn County, WI	0.47% ($53,097)
to Chippewa County, WI	0.45% ($44,551)
to Dunn County, WI	0.30% ($43,831)
to Rusk County, WI	0.27% ($35,528)
to St. Croix County, WI	0.22% ($59,349)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Barron County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 9,920 (2,867 living alone), Female householders: 9,793 (2,951 living alone)

• 9,933 spouses (9,888 opposite-sex spouses), 1,510 unmarried partners, (1,492 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,153 children (11,269 natural, 350 adopted, 539 stepchildren), 431 grandchildren, 368 brothers or sisters, 265 parents, 59 foster children, 419 other relatives, 1,195 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 727

Size of family households: 7,056 2-persons, 2,369 3-persons, 1,761 4-persons, 861 5-persons, 334 6-persons, 268 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,817 1-person, 1,099 2-persons, 61 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 32 5-persons.

6,048 married couples with children.
3,096 single-parent households (903 men, 2,193 women).

95.7% of residents of Barron speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 58% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (6% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 32% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $233,862,000 ($5,129 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,052,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $115,335,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $41,492,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $7,097,000
Federal grants: $57,728,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,569,000 ($39,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $9,641,000 ($654,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,105,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $18,149,000
Federal Government insurance: $22,236,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.38 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Barron County, Wisconsin
• 522020 or later
• 1,6102010 to 2019
• 3,0472000 to 2009
• 2,8111990 to 1999
• 3,0241980 to 1989
• 3,9321970 to 1979
• 1,8741960 to 1969
• 2,0931950 to 1959
• 1,4341940 to 1949
• 3,9881939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Barron County, Wisconsin

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Barron County, Wisconsin
• 211 room
• 492 rooms
• 6063 rooms
• 1,6264 rooms
• 2,4235 rooms
• 2,7206 rooms
• 2,4027 rooms
• 2,1878 rooms
• 2,9349+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Barron County, Wisconsin
• 1561 room
• 4302 rooms
• 6943 rooms
• 1,2924 rooms
• 8645 rooms
• 5596 rooms
• 3047 rooms
• 1778 rooms
• 3309+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Barron County, Wisconsin

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Barron County, Wisconsin
• 41no bedroom
• 3951 bedroom
• 3,4002 bedrooms
• 7,0763 bedrooms
• 3,2714 bedrooms
• 7605+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Barron County, Wisconsin
• 175no bedroom
• 1,0691 bedroom
• 1,8902 bedrooms
• 1,1113 bedrooms
• 4124 bedrooms
• 1235+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Barron County, Wisconsin in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Barron County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 415no vehicle
• 3,0691 vehicle
• 6,7992 vehicles
• 3,1673 vehicles
• 9944 vehicles
• 4605+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Barron County in renter-occupied apartments
• 642no vehicle
• 2,5301 vehicle
• 1,1802 vehicles
• 2913 vehicles
• 1234 vehicles
• 335+ vehicles

90.7% of Barron County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Wisconsin.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 33,547
• Other state: 11,598
• Northeast: 433
• Midwest: 8,467
• South: 1,157
• West: 1,548

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 821
• Number of aged recipients: 97
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 724
• Number of recipients under 18: 105
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 527
• Number of recipients older than 64: 189
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 422
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 304