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People QuickFactsDouglas CountyWisconsin
Population, 2003 estimate 44,093 5,472,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 1.9% 2.0%
Population, 2000 43,287 5,363,675
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 3.7% 9.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 85.9% 85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 18.3% 22.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 20.9 20.8 
Housing units, 2002 20,701 2,386,848
Homeownership rate, 2000 71.3% 68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 19.9% 26.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $69,900 $112,200 
Households, 2000 17,808 2,084,544
Persons per household, 2000 2.36 2.50
Median household income, 1999 $35,226 $43,791
Per capita money income, 1999 $17,638 $21,271

Business QuickFactsDouglas CountyWisconsin
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 1,105 140,540
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 14,082 2,400,575
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 0.5% -0.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 2,057 268,268
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 500,171 117,382,992
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 334,077 50,520,463
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $7,754 $9,715
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 217 38,208
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 239,260 28,843,652

Geography QuickFactsDouglas CountyWisconsin
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,309 54,310
Persons per square mile, 2000 33.1 98.8
Metropolitan Area Duluth-Superior, MN-WI MSA  
FIPS Code 031 55

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