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Kenosha County Data Profile



Population
Population (1,6)
 1990 2000 2009
Kenosha County 128,181 149,577 165,382
         
Municipalities (ranked by population)  


Kenosha, city 80,426 90,352 98,187
Pleasant Prairie, village 12,037 16,136 19,878
Twin Lakes, village   3,989  5,124  5,670  
Paddock Lake, village   2,662  3,012  3,154  
Silver Lake, village  1,801  2,341  2,507  
         
Population/Demographic Characteristics (1,6)
Population by age: 1990 2000 2009 % dist (09)
Total 128,181 149,577 165,382 100.0
14 & under 29,081 33,833 34,577 20.9
15 to 24 18,484 20,674 23,619 14.3
25 to 34 22,084 20,815 21,919
 13.3
35 to 44 18,647 26,061 24,044 14.5
45 to 54 13,087 19,257 25,871 15.6
55 to 64 10,605 11,768 16,990 10.3
65 + 16,193 17,169 18,362 11.1
Median age 32.5 34.8 36.2





Population by sex:



Male 62,740 74,149 82,368 49.8
Female 65,441 75,428 83,014 50.2



Population by race:



White N.A. 137,779 149,386 90.3
Black/African American
 N.A. 7,803 10,089 6.1
American Indian N.A. 617 776 0.5
Asian N.A. 1,444 2,503 1.5
Native Hawaiian N.A. 65 77 0.0
Two or more N.A. 1,869 2,551 1.5



Hispanic/Latino (2) 5,580 10,757 16,640 10.1



Housing/Household Characteristics (1,6)
 1990 2000 2009
Households 47,029 56,057 N.A.
Persons per household 2.67 2.60 N.A.

 


Housing Occupancy  


All housing units 51,262 59,989 68,008
Occupied housing units 47,029 56,057 N.A.
Vacant housing units 4,233 3,932 N.A.

 


Housing Tenure  


Occupied housing units 47,029 56,057 N.A.
Owner-occupied housing units 32,368 38,716 N.A.
Renter-occupied housing units 14,661 17,341 N.A.
Labor Force
Labor Market (3)
 Labor Force Employment Unemployed % Unemployed
2000 81,166 77,925 3,241 4.0
2001 81,682 77,519 4,163 5.1
2002 81,376 76,523 4,853 6.0
2003 82,063 76,960 5,102 6.2
2004 82,079 77,285 4,794 5.8
2005 82,774 78,034 4,740 5.7
2006     
 83,251
 78,790
 4,461
 5.4
2007  84,708 80,456  4,252  5.0
2008
85,292
  80,650 4,642
  5.4
2009
  86,199  77,028  9,171  10.6
2010
 85,037
 75,875  9,162  10.8
         
Payroll Employment by Industry (4)
 1990 2000 2009 % dist. (09)
Total 40,162 50,952 51,995 100.0



Goods Producing 11,048 14,962 8,779 16.9
Natural resource & mining 119 129 216 0.4
Construction 1,690 2,137 1,613 3.1
Manufacturing 9,240 12,696 6,951 13.4



Service providing 29,114 35,990 43,216 83.1
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,747 10,387 10,647 20.5
   Wholesale trade 900 2,344 2,188 4.2
   Retail trade 6,362 6,184 6,701 12.9
   Transp., warehousing
   & utilities		 1,485 1,859 1,758 3.4
Information 388 419 340 0.7
Financial activities 1,931 1,337 1,486 2.9
   Finance & insurance 1,580 880 1,018 2.0
   Real estate, rental &
   leasing		 351 458 468 0.9
Professional & business services 1,498 3,079 5,132 9.9
   Professional &
   technical services		 519 873 1,104 2.1
   Management of
   companies		 N.A. 484 785 1.5
   Administrative &
   waste services		 825 1,722 3,244 6.2
Educational & health services 4,384 5,521 8,675 16.7
   Educational services 326 413 735 1.4
   Health care & social
   assistance		 4,058 5,109 7,939 15.3
Leisure & hospitality 4,887 5,821 6,322 12.2
   Arts, entertainment &
   recreation		 1,147 1,025 1,085 2.1
   Accommodation &
   food services		 3,741 4,796 5,237 10.1
Other services, excluding public 1,516 1,720 1,673 3.2
Government 5,717 7,706 8,941 17.2



Employment by Occupation (5)
 2000 % dist.

Employed population 16 years and over 73,236 100.0

Management occupations 5,982 8.2

Business & financial operations occupations 2,431 3.3

Computer & mathematical occupations 1,310 1.8

Architecture & engineering occupations 1,469 2.0

Life, physical & social science occupations 762 1.0

Community & social services occupations 834 1.1

Legal occupations 413 0.6

Education, training & library occupations 3,833 5.2

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occ. 965 1.3

Healthcare Practitioner & technical occupations 3,061 4.2

Healthcare support occupations 1,397 1.9

Protective service occupations 1,500 2.0

Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,776 5.2

Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occ. 2,008 2.7

Personal care & service occupations 1,860 2.5

Sales & related occupations 8,204 11.2

Office & administrative support occupations 11,593 15.8

Farming, fishing & forestry occupations 142 0.2

Construction & extractive occupations 4,149 5.7

Installation, maintenance & repair occupations 2,960 4.0

Production occupations 9,936 13.6

Transportation & material moving occupations 4,651 6.4






Worker Earnings by Industry - 2009 (4)
 Employment Wages
(000)		 Annual
average
earnings		 Average
weekly
earnings
Total 51,995
$1,880,564 $36,168 $696



Goods Producing 8,779 455,684 51,906 998
Natural resource & mining 216 5,704 26,447 509
Construction 1,613 81,942
 50,817 977
Manufacturing 6,951 368,038 52,948 1,018



Service providing 43,216 1,424,880 32,971 634
Trade, transportation & utilities 10,647 341,338
 32,059 617
   Wholesale trade 2,188 120,701 55,155 1,061
   Retail trade 6,701 147,565 22,022 424
   Transp., warehousing
   & utilities		 1,758 73,072 41,565 799
Information 340 11,905 34,980 673
Financial activities 1,486 54,229 36,505 702
   Finance & insurance 1,018 43,239 42,478 817
   Real estate, rental &
   leasing		 468 10,990 23,504 452
Professional & business services 5,132 201,685 39,299 756
   Professional &
   technical services		 1,104 51,253 46,435 893
   Management of
   companies		 785 81,641
 104,057 2,001
   Administrative &
   waste services		 3,244 68,791 21,207 408
Educational & health services 8,675 311,859 35,951 691
   Educational services 735 21,587 29,361 565
   Health care & social
   assistance		 7,939 290,272 36,561
 703
Leisure & hospitality 6,322 7,827 12,310 237
   Arts, entertainment &
   recreation		 1,085 15,380 14,176 273
   Accommodation &
   food services		 5,237 62,447 11,923 229
Other services, excluding public 1,673 32,691
 19,699 379
Government 8,941 393,061 43,957 845
Education
Educational Attainment (6)
 1990 2000 % change

Population 25 years & over 80,794 95,038 17.6

Less than 9th grade 6,788 4,370 -35.6

9th to 12th grade, no diploma 13,340 11,275 -15.5

High school graduate (incl. equivalency) 29,482 31,711 7.6

Some college, no degree 14,760 22,286 51.0

Associate's degree 6,174 7,150 15.8

Bachelor’s degree 6,969 12,290 76.4

Graduate or professional degree 3,281 5,956 81.5







% high school graduate or higher 75.1 83.5 -

% bachelor’s degree or higher 12.7 19.2 -







Primary & Secondary Education (7)
 Private Public Total

Enrollment (09-10) 2,958 30,109 33,067

High School Graduates (08-09) 217 1,997 2,214







Public School Districts with High Schools (8)






District (grade span)

Enrollment
09/10		 Student
teacher
ratio
08/09
 Current
expenditure
per student
08/09

Graduates
08/09		 ACT
composite
score
09/10
Central/Westosha UHS (9-12) 1,201 14.6 $10,000 270 22.9
Kenosha (PK-12) 22,933 12.8 10,870 1,482 21.7
Wilmot UHS (9-12) 1,158 13.2 10,509 245 22.4


Economy/Income
Personal Income (9)
 Total (000) Per Capita
1999 $3,914,989 $26,577
2000 4,258,631 28,373
2001 4,402,119 28,964
2002 4,526,799 29,413
2003 4,688,293 30,089
2004 4,808,726 30,473
2005
 5,001,498
 31,298
2006  5,295,113  32,831
2007
5,519,936
 33,889
2008  5,647,872  34,366
2009  5,462,095  33,027
     
Private Nonfarm Business Establishments (10)
 2000 2008
Total 3,137 3,160

Goods Producing 567 514
Natural resource & mining 5 4
Construction 343 318
Manufacturing 219 192

Service providing 2,570 2,646
Trade, transportation & utilities 783 740
   Wholesale trade 140 116
   Retail trade 566 529
   Transp., warehousing & utilities 77 95
Information 32 29
Financial activities 260 310
   Finance & insurance 153 176
   Real estate, rental & leasing 107 134
Professional & business services 371 392
   Professional & technical services 206 212
   Management of companies 14 19
   Administrative & waste services 151 161
Educational & health services 373 431
   Educational services 29 33
   Health care & social assistance 344 398
Leisure & hospitality 374 407
   Arts, entertainment & recreation 49 56
   Accommodation & food services 325 351
Other services, excluding public 351 332
Unclassified & auxiliary 26 5

Private establishments 1,000+ employees 2 2

Selected Economic Statistics

Median household income (2009) ($) (11)
 52,578
% of population in poverty (2009) (11)
 13.2%



Manufacturing shipments (2007) ($000) (12)
 3,093,705
Wholesalers, merchant sales (2007) ($000) (12)
 1,547,827
Retail sales (2007) ($000) (12)
 1,800,637
Retail sales per capita (2007) ($) (12)
 11,055


Major Private Sector Employers (13)
Company Product or service Employment range
United Hospital System Inc. Health care services 1000+
Aurora Health Care
 Health care services
 500-999
Carthage College College 500-999
Unified Solutions Packaging 250-499
Supervalu Holdings Inc. Grocery wholesalers 250-499
Kenosha Beef International Meat processors 250-499
Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.
 Fruit cannery
 250-499
Jockey International
 Underwear manufacturer
 250-499
Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
 Electric power generation
  250-499
Fair Oaks Farms LLC
 Meat processors
 250-499
Notes & Sources
(1) U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php
(2) Persons of Hispanic/Latino origin may be of any race
(3) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm
(4) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages (QCEW), www.bls.gov/cew/home.htm
(5) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics (OES), www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm
(6) U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 & 2000 Decennial Census, factfinder.census.gov
(7) Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, dpi.wi.gov/sig/dm-demographics.html
(8) Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, data.dpi.state.wi.us/data/selschool.asp
(9) U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis
(10) U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
(11) U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, www.census.gov/acs/www/
(12) U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, www.census.gov/econ/census07
(13) Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, dwd.wisconsin.gov/oea/largest_employers