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People QuickFactsLafayette CountyWisconsin
Population, 2003 estimate 16,341 5,472,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 1.3% 2.0%
Population, 2000 16,137 5,363,675
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 0.4% 9.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 85.5% 85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 13.3% 22.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 23.9 20.8 
Housing units, 2002 6,761 2,386,848
Homeownership rate, 2000 77.5% 68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 9.4% 26.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $74,600 $112,200 
Households, 2000 6,211 2,084,544
Persons per household, 2000 2.57 2.50
Median household income, 1999 $37,220 $43,791
Per capita money income, 1999 $16,811 $21,271

Business QuickFactsLafayette CountyWisconsin
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 340 140,540
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 2,981 2,400,575
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 6.3% -0.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 1,000 268,268
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 134,450 117,382,992
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 94,776 50,520,463
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $5,806 $9,715
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 49 38,208
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 93,120 28,843,652

Geography QuickFactsLafayette CountyWisconsin
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 634 54,310
Persons per square mile, 2000 25.5 98.8
Metropolitan Area None  
FIPS Code 065 55

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