People QuickFacts Milwaukee Wisconsin

Population, 2012 estimate 598,916 5,724,554

Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 594,740 5,686,983

Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.7% 0.7%

Population, 2010 594,833 5,686,986

Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.2% 6.3%

Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.1% 23.6%

Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 8.9% 13.7%

Female persons, percent, 2010 51.8% 50.4%

White alone, percent, 2010 (a) 44.8% 86.2%

Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) 40.0% 6.3%

American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 1.0%

Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) 3.5% 2.3%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0%

Two or More Races, percent, 2010 3.4% 1.8%

Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) 17.3% 5.9%

White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 37.0% 83.3%

Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 78.2% 85.8%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 10.0% 4.6%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 19.3% 8.6%

High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 80.8% 90.2%

Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 21.7% 26.4%

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 21.9 21.6

Housing units, 2010 255,569 2,624,358

Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 44.5% 68.6%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 52.6% 25.3%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 $134,400 $169,000

Persons per household, 2008-2012 2.52 2.42

Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 $19,199 $27,426

Median household income, 2008-2012 $35,823 $52,627