Monroe County, Wisconsin (WI)

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• • 41,41690.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,1994.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8071.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5181.1%Two or more races
  • 4911.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 4300.9%Asian alone
  • 370.08%Some other race alone
  • 160.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $217,308

Here:	$217,308
State:	$243,674

Townhouses or other attached units: $220,039

Here:	$220,039
State:	$212,164

In 2-unit structures: $166,815

Here:	$166,815
State:	$191,549

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $142,377

Here:	$142,377
State:	$185,896

Mobile homes: $61,034

Here:	$61,034
State:	$56,469

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 4
• Burglaries: 49
• Thefts: 108
• Auto thefts: 9

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 9
• Burglaries: 78
• Thefts: 146
• Auto thefts: 23

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,697 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,498 (1.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Monroe County is $412 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $543 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $689 a month.

Cities in this county include: Sparta, Tomah, Little Falls, Angelo, Cashton, Adrian, Norwalk, Wellington, Wells, Wilton.

Neighboring counties: Washington County, Vermont , Sheboygan County , Oscoda County, Michigan , Wabasha County, Minnesota .

Current college students: 1,027
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,132 (47.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4102010 or later
• 2742000 to 2009
• 2891990 to 1999
• 1571980 to 1989
• 791970 to 1979
• 145Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 80.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 14,346
• One, attached: 605
• Two: 957
• 3 or 4: 721
• 5 to 9: 633
• 10 to 19: 621
• 20 to 49: 397
• 50 or more: 120
• Mobile homes: 1,618
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14

Housing units in Monroe County with a mortgage: 7,536 (307 second mortgage, 576 home equity loan, 20 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,153

Religion statistics for Monroe County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Monroe County:

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 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, And Landslides, Incident Period: August 17, 2018 - September 14, 2018, FEMA Id: 4402, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mud, Incident Period: July 19, 2017 - July 23, 2017, FEMA Id: 4343, Natural disaster type: Storm, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: September 21, 2016 to September 22, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4288: October 20, 2016, FEMA Id: 4288, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Flood
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 05, 2008 to July 25, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1768: June 14, 2008, FEMA Id: 1768, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 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 and Flooding, Incident Period: May 07, 2004 to July 03, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1526: June 18, 2004, FEMA Id: 1526, Natural disaster type: Storm, 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 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Heavy Rain And Flooding, Incident Period: June 18, 1998 to June 30, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1236: July 24, 1998, FEMA Id: 1236, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind, Heavy Rain
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.88% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($42,664 average adjusted gross income)

0.13% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,236 average AGI)

Monroe County:	0.13%
Wisconsin average:	0.02%

3.72% relocated from other counties in Wisconsin ($24,367 average AGI)
2.03% relocated from other states ($17,061 average AGI)

Monroe County:	2.03%
Wisconsin average:	1.91%

from La Crosse County, WI	1.15% ($36,177 average AGI)
from Juneau County, WI	0.52% ($44,958)
from Vernon County, WI	0.33% ($34,542)
from Jackson County, WI	0.28% ($35,157)
from Dane County, WI	0.16% ($48,414)

6.19% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($42,019 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.22% relocated to other counties in Wisconsin ($27,377 average AGI)
1.97% relocated to other states ($14,642 average AGI)

Monroe County:	1.97%
Wisconsin average:	2.13%

to La Crosse County, WI	1.11% ($35,119 average AGI)
to Juneau County, WI	0.67% ($38,413)
to Vernon County, WI	0.34% ($30,393)
to Jackson County, WI	0.32% ($43,828)
to Dane County, WI	0.23% ($39,854)
to Trempealeau County, WI	0.12% ($45,864)
to Sauk County, WI	0.11% ($35,850)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Monroe County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 9,786 (2,979 living alone), Female householders: 8,340 (2,617 living alone)

• 8,799 spouses (8,781 opposite-sex spouses), 1,594 unmarried partners, (1,542 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 13,650 children (12,647 natural, 417 adopted, 588 stepchildren), 867 grandchildren, 257 brothers or sisters, 370 parents, 54 foster children, 442 other relatives, 1,040 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 811

Size of family households: 5,570 2-persons, 2,355 3-persons, 1,787 4-persons, 1,049 5-persons, 340 6-persons, 321 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,592 1-person, 958 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 1 5-persons.

7,709 married couples with children.
2,658 single-parent households (854 men, 1,804 women).

91.9% of residents of Monroe speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (42% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $373,208,000 ($8,807 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $114,239,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $128,642,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $30,698,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,393,000
Federal grants: $49,764,000
Federal procurement contracts: $87,263,000 ($76,022,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $71,447,000 ($28,950,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,979,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $12,726,000
Federal Government insurance: $23,576,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.40 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Monroe County, Wisconsin
• 7362014 or later
• 5102010 to 2013
• 3,0612000 to 2009
• 3,4651990 to 1999
• 2,2341980 to 1989
• 2,7311970 to 1979
• 1,3081960 to 1969
• 1,4231950 to 1959
• 7071940 to 1949
• 3,9661939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Monroe County, Wisconsin

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Monroe County, Wisconsin
• 431 room
• 442 rooms
• 3553 rooms
• 1,0584 rooms
• 2,4035 rooms
• 2,6106 rooms
• 2,1837 rooms
• 1,5858 rooms
• 2,3889+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Monroe County, Wisconsin
• 1581 room
• 2652 rooms
• 1,0083 rooms
• 1,3894 rooms
• 1,1075 rooms
• 7626 rooms
• 3177 rooms
• 2288 rooms
• 2109+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Monroe County, Wisconsin

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Monroe County, Wisconsin
• 47no bedroom
• 2271 bedroom
• 2,4232 bedrooms
• 6,4013 bedrooms
• 2,6484 bedrooms
• 9245+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Monroe County, Wisconsin
• 181no bedroom
• 9391 bedroom
• 2,2522 bedrooms
• 1,5823 bedrooms
• 3694 bedrooms
• 1215+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Monroe County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 521no vehicle
• 2,5961 vehicle
• 5,1862 vehicles
• 2,8503 vehicles
• 1,0134 vehicles
• 5155+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Monroe County in renter-occupied apartments
• 798no vehicle
• 2,5021 vehicle
• 1,6662 vehicles
• 4063 vehicles
• 434 vehicles
• 315+ vehicles

87.6% of Monroe County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Wisconsin.

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

• This state: 34,220
• Other state: 10,124
• Northeast: 769
• Midwest: 5,889
• South: 1,938
• West: 1,505

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 717
• Number of aged recipients: 60
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 657
• Number of recipients under 18: 137
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 454
• Number of recipients older than 64: 126
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 284
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 306