Wood County, Wisconsin (WI)

Races in Wood County, Wisconsin:

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 5
• Burglaries: 86
• Thefts: 164
• Auto thefts: 20

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 5
• Burglaries: 99
• Thefts: 189
• Auto thefts: 19

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $2,585 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $2,344 (2.0%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Wood County is $418 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $518 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $630 a month.

Cities in this county include: Marshfield, Wisconsin Rapids, Grand Rapids, Saratoga, Lake Wazeecha, Nekoosa, Port Edwards, Seneca, Sigel, Biron.

Neighboring counties: Custer County, Idaho , Crawford County, Michigan , Jackson County , Nicollet County, Minnesota , St. Croix County , Sibley County, Minnesota .

Current college students: 2,792
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,053 (59.9% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Wood County population

• 2752010 or later
• 5792000 to 2009
• 4291990 to 1999
• 4441980 to 1989
• 1041970 to 1979
• 317Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 17.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 85.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 25,080
• One, attached: 1,424
• Two: 1,947
• 3 or 4: 780
• 5 to 9: 1,070
• 10 to 19: 1,268
• 20 to 49: 868
• 50 or more: 876
• Mobile homes: 1,419

Housing units in Wood County with a mortgage: 13,226 (507 second mortgage, 1,023 home equity loan, 141 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10,276

Religion statistics for Wood County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Wood County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Wisconsin Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: September 22, 2010 to October 09, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1944: October 21, 2010, FEMA Id: 1944, Natural disaster type: Storm, 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: 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 Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 21, 2002 to June 25, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1429: July 19, 2002, FEMA Id: 1429, Natural disaster type: Storm, 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 Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 07, 1993 to August 25, 1993, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-994: July 02, 1993, FEMA Id: 994, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Wisconsin Drought, Incident Period: June 17, 1976, Emergency Declared EM-3014: June 17, 1976, FEMA Id: 3014, Natural disaster type: Drought
• Wisconsin SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: April 27, 1973, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-376: April 27, 1973, FEMA Id: 376, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Wisconsin FLOODING, Incident Period: May 01, 1969, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-260: May 01, 1969, FEMA Id: 260, Natural disaster type: Flood

4.18% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($34,100 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.07% relocated from other counties in Wisconsin ($22,010 average AGI)
1.11% relocated from other states ($12,091 average AGI)

Wood County:	1.11%
Wisconsin average:	1.76%

from Portage County, WI	0.60% ($29,123 average AGI)
from Marathon County, WI	0.56% ($31,557)
from Clark County, WI	0.29% ($28,099)
from Adams County, WI	0.16% ($29,667)
from Dane County, WI	0.13% ($34,976)
from Milwaukee County, WI	0.11% ($28,611)
from Eau Claire County, WI	0.07% ($27,955)

4.71% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($37,246 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.49% relocated to other counties in Wisconsin ($26,015 average AGI)
1.22% relocated to other states ($11,232 average AGI)

Wood County:	1.22%
Wisconsin average:	2.00%

to Marathon County, WI	0.60% ($37,335 average AGI)
to Portage County, WI	0.52% ($36,297)
to Clark County, WI	0.27% ($34,212)
to Dane County, WI	0.22% ($33,225)
to La Crosse County, WI	0.13% ($33,381)
to Eau Claire County, WI	0.13% ($40,650)
to Milwaukee County, WI	0.12% ($29,026)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 9.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Wood County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 4%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 57,456 (10,693 male householders, 9,577 female householders)

  16,614 spouses, 17,181 children (16,043 natural, 258 adopted, 880 stepchildren), 1,363 grandchildren, 159 brothers or sisters, 184 parents, 330 other relatives, 1,355 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 14,671 (6,379 male householders (4,804 living alone)), 6,100 female householders (5,715 living alone)), 2,192 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 980

Size of family households: 10,907 2-persons, 3,365 3-persons, 3,469 4-persons, 1,591 5-persons, 459 6-persons, 479 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,519 1-person, 1,655 2-persons, 206 3-persons, 77 4-persons, 22 5-persons.

10,403 married couples with children.
3,399 single-parent households (1,209 men, 2,190 women).

95.3% of residents of Wood speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $396,145,000 ($5,268 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,285,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $206,539,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $82,822,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,477,000
Federal grants: $80,521,000
Federal procurement contracts: $8,507,000 ($684,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $13,280,000 ($940,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,533,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $16,127,000
Federal Government insurance: $26,208,000

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

Here:	-20 per 1000 residents
State:	+3 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 7.46 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Note: State values scaled to Wood County population

• 452014 or later
• 5072010 to 2013
• 3,4772000 to 2009
• 4,7511990 to 1999
• 3,5661980 to 1989
• 5,6961970 to 1979
• 4,6561960 to 1969
• 3,4311950 to 1959
• 1,4611940 to 1949
• 7,1421939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Wood County, Wisconsin

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Wood County population

• 01 room
• 1842 rooms
• 5293 rooms
• 1,6504 rooms
• 4,2895 rooms
• 4,8496 rooms
• 4,0397 rooms
• 3,7438 rooms
• 4,2199+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Wood County population

• 2241 room
• 5192 rooms
• 2,0603 rooms
• 3,1514 rooms
• 1,6435 rooms
• 8176 rooms
• 5337 rooms
• 1218 rooms
• 1799+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Wood County, Wisconsin

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Wood County population

• 9no bedroom
• 4591 bedroom
• 3,8242 bedrooms
• 13,6183 bedrooms
• 4,4904 bedrooms
• 1,1025+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Wood County population

• 224no bedroom
• 2,5451 bedroom
• 4,7952 bedrooms
• 1,1643 bedrooms
• 4954 bedrooms
• 245+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Wood County population

• 533no vehicle
• 5,4781 vehicle
• 10,4862 vehicles
• 4,5173 vehicles
• 1,5744 vehicles
• 9145+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Wood County population

• 1,288no vehicle
• 5,5221 vehicle
• 1,5072 vehicles
• 8323 vehicles
• 824 vehicles
• 165+ vehicles

88.7% of Wood County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Wisconsin.

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

• This state: 59,250
• Other state: 11,407
• Northeast: 526
• Midwest: 8,064
• South: 1,378
• West: 1,439

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,128
• Number of aged recipients: 97
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,031
• Number of recipients under 18: 156
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 769
• Number of recipients older than 64: 203
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 468
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 466

Wood County on our top lists:

• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"