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Portage, Wisconsin QuickFacts

	Portage, Wisconsin	United States
Total population	9,728	281,421,906
State	Wisconsin
City	portage

Portage, Wisconsin Population

	Portage, Wisconsin	%, Portage, Wisconsin	United States
Male	5,008	51.48%	49.06%
Female	4,720	48.52%	50.94%
Median age (years)	35.5		35.3

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	Portage, Wisconsin	%, Portage, Wisconsin	United States
18 years and over	7,464	76.73%	74.31%
21 years and over	7,033	72.3%	69.97%
62 years and over	1,638	16.84%	14.66%
65 years and over	1,480	15.21%	12.43%

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	Portage, Wisconsin	%, Portage, Wisconsin	United States
White	9,024	92.76%	75.14%
Black or African American	379	3.9%	12.32%
Asian	69	0.71%	3.64%
Some other race	138	1.42%	5.46%
Two or more races	118	1.21%	2.43%

Portage, Wisconsin Housing

	Portage, Wisconsin	%, Portage, Wisconsin	United States
Total households	3,770		105,480,101
Family households (families)	2,228	59.1%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	1,542	40.9%	31.94%

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	Portage, Wisconsin	%, Portage, Wisconsin	United States
Total housing units	3,966		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	200	5.04%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	3,770	95.06%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	2,219	55.95%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	1,551	39.11%	30.77%

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	Portage, Wisconsin	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	84	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	1,147	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	506	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	167	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	35	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	13	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	6	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	90,600	119,600

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	Portage, Wisconsin	%, Portage, Wisconsin	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	768	20.37%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	1,087	28.83%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	627	16.63%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	502	13.32%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	339	8.99%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	455	12.07%	9.65%

Portage, Wisconsin Education

	Portage, Wisconsin	%, Portage, Wisconsin	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,251		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	145	6.44%	6.47%
Kindergarten	136	6.04%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	973	43.23%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	608	27.01%	21.38%
College or graduate school	389	17.28%	22.81%

Portage, Wisconsin Economy

	Portage, Wisconsin	%, Portage, Wisconsin	United States
Population 16 years and over	7,712		217,168,077
In labor force	4,643	60.2%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	4,634	60.09%	63.39%
- - Employed	4,438	57.55%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	196	2.54%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	9	0.12%	0.53%
Not in labor force	3,069	39.8%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	3,710	48.11%	51.66%
In labor force	2,275	29.5%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	2,275	29.5%	29.65%
- - Employed	2,183	28.31%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	698	9.05%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	472		12,787,501

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	Portage, Wisconsin	%, Portage, Wisconsin	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	3,758		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	297	7.9%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	353	9.39%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	571	15.19%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	629	16.74%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	665	17.7%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	845	22.49%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	263	7.0%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	70	1.86%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	42	1.12%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	23	0.61%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	35,815		41,994

	Portage, Wisconsin	%, Portage, Wisconsin	United States
With earnings	2,936	38.07%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	44,848		56,604
With Social Security income	1,146	14.86%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,589		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	169	2.19%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	4,231		6,320
With public assistance income	69	0.89%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,843		3,032
With retirement income	668	8.66%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	11,499		17,376

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