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People QuickFactsChippewa CountyWisconsin
Population, 2003 estimate 56,773 5,472,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 2.9% 2.0%
Population, 2000 55,195 5,363,675
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 5.4% 9.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 84.3% 85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 14.7% 22.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 21.4 20.8 
Housing units, 2002 23,948 2,386,848
Homeownership rate, 2000 75.7% 68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 16.7% 26.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $88,100 $112,200 
Households, 2000 21,356 2,084,544
Persons per household, 2000 2.53 2.50
Median household income, 1999 $39,596 $43,791
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,243 $21,271

Business QuickFactsChippewa CountyWisconsin
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 1,227 140,540
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 17,281 2,400,575
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 -1.8% -0.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 2,815 268,268
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 989,799 117,382,992
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 481,313 50,520,463
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,865 $9,715
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 461 38,208
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 251,925 28,843,652

Geography QuickFactsChippewa CountyWisconsin
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,010 54,310
Persons per square mile, 2000 54.6 98.8
Metropolitan Area Eau Claire, WI MSA  
FIPS Code 017 55

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