Waushara COUNTY DEMOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW 2004

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Waushara COUNTY DEMOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW2004
Waushara County
Modeled in part on Civil Rights presentation by
UW-Extension Oconto County
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Geography, Human Activity

• 18 Towns, 6 Villages, 1¼ Cities
• 1/3, 1/3, 1/3

• Central Wisconsin
• 626 square miles

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Population, Race, and Ethnicity Trends

• Official 2003 Population Estimate 24,656
  Wisconsin Department of Administration
• Estimated 2003 Seasonal Population 45,776
  Estimates calculated by Patrick Nehring,
  UW-Extension Waushara County using U.S. Census,
  Wisconsin Department of Administration, and local
  data
• 2002 Migrant Worker Population, includes workers
  and family members 855
  Bureau of Migrant, Refugee, and Labor Services
• Estimated 2010 Population 26,548
  Wisconsin Department of Administration

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Population, Race, and Ethnicity Trends

• Waushara County has a significant elderly
  population, 18.7 of the population in Waushara
  County compared to 13.0 of Wisconsins
  population are 65 and older. Wisconsin Department
  of Health and Family Services
• Hispanic/Latino is the largest racial/ethnic
  minority group in Waushara County. This
  population has increased from 2.0 of the
  population or 379 people in 1990 to 3.7 of the
  population or 848 people in 2000. U.S. Census
  2000

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Number of Migrant Workers, Their Spouses, and
Their Children
Source Bureau of Migrant, Refugee, and Labor
Services
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Population by Race/Ethnicity
79
65
848
159
21,939
Source U.S. Census 2000
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2000 Percent of Waushara County Population by
Ethnic Heritage

• German 48
• Polish 11
• Irish 10
• English 8
• Norwegian 6
• French 4
• Hispanic/Latino 4
• Mexican 3
• Italian 3

Source U.S. Census 2000
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Number of Adherents Claimed by Various Religious
Bodies in Waushara County in 2000
Total number of reported members from
churches/religious bodies in the county equals
about 50 of the population, 11,510.

• Catholic Church 3,936
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 2,460
• Lutheran Missouri Synod 1,380
• United Methodist Church 1,251
• Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 650
• Assembly of God 455
• New Testament Association of Independent Baptist
  Churches and other Fundamental Baptist
  Assoc./Fellowships 276
• United Church of Christ 257

• Evangelical Free Church of America 200
• Wesleyan Church 140
• Old Order Amish 132
• National Association of Congregational Christian
  Churches 74
• Presbyterian Church (USA) 65
• General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
  65
• Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
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• Mennonite 40

Religious Congregations and Membership in the
United States 2000 Association of Statisticians
of American Religious Bodies (ASARB)
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2002 Waushara County Population by AgeSource
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
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Education

• In Waushara County in 2000, 21 of the population
  over age 25 is without a high school diploma, and
  12 of the population has bachelors or graduate
  degrees. In the same year the reverse was true
  for the whole state of Wisconsin, 15 of the
  population over age 25 did not have a high school
  diploma, and 22 of the population had bachelors
  or graduate degrees Source 2000 US Census

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2000 Waushara County Population,Age 25 and Over
by Education Attainment
Source U.S. Census 2000
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2003 Wages

• Median Hourly Wage
• Waushara County and similar counties 11.24
• Waupaca County and similar counties 11.71
• Portage County and similar counties 12.08
• Adams County and similar counties 11.81
• Fox Valley 13.92

Source Wisconsin Department of Workforce
Development
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Benefits

• 70 of Waushara County workers said health
  insurance was most important to them

• Benefits offered by Employers in Waushara County
• Paid vacations (84.1)
• Health insurance to employee (63.5)
• Health insurance to family (53.2)
• Retirement Plan (48.4)

• Benefits received by workers residing in Waushara
  County
• Health insurance to employee (57.0)
• Health insurance to family (54.7)
• Paid vacations (54.0)
• Pension Plans (44.3)

Source Labor Market Conditions in Waushara
County 2001 UW-Extension and Waushara County
Economic Development Corporation
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Workforce

• 2003 Average Unemployment Rate was 6.7. The
  Wisconsin unemployment rate was 5.6. Source
  Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
• 48 of employed Waushara County residents, over
  age 16, work outside of the county. Source 2000
  US Census

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Employees Working in Waushara County County of
Residence
Waushara County Employed Residents County of
Employment
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2000 Worker Flow

• Live in Work in Count Travel to
  From Count
• Waushara Co. WI Waushara 5,398 Waushara Co.
  WI Waushara 5,398
• Winnebago 1,162 Portage 334
• Green Lake 926 Green Lake 224
• Waupaca 654 Marquette 217
• Portage 505 Winnebago 163
• Outagamie 321 Waupaca 131
• Marquette 317 Adams 106
• Fond du Lac 277 Wood 53
• Adams 105 Milwaukee 35
• Wood 91 Outagamie 30
• Milwaukee 86 Elsewhere 204
• Dodge 57 Grand Total
  6,895
• Dane 45
• Waukesha 45
• Washington 37
• Brown 35
• Cook Co. IL 31
• Elsewhere 196

Source U.S. Census 2000
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Waushara County Businesses

• Total of approximately 1,709 non-farm business
  establishments in 2000
• 522 Establishments have 1 or more employees,
  totaling 4,413 jobs U.S. Census -
  County Business Patterns
• 92 have 1-19 employees
• 1,187 Non-employer Establishments
  U.S. Census Nonemployer Establishments
• 634 Farms in 1997
  National Agriculture Statistics Service Census
  of Agriculture
• 194 Farms employ 2,649 hired workers

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Parents living with own or related children under
18 years
1990 2000 Change Change 4,553 5,104 551 10
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Single-parents

• Male single parent Female single parent
• 1990 115 321
• 2000 212 373
• Change 97 52
• Change 84 16

Source U.S. Census 1990 2000
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Children Under Age 6 with All Parents in Family
in Labor Force
1990 2000 Change Change 959
928 -31 -3.2 65.3 65.8
Source U.S. Census 1990 2000
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Population changes in parents of young children

• Age Group 1990 2000 Change Change
• 20-24 yrs 888 885 -3 -0.3
• 25-29 yrs 1,217 975 -242 -19.9
• 30-34 yrs 1,399 1,222 -177 -12.7
• 35-39 yrs 1,345 1,741 396
  29.4

Source U.S. Census 1990 2000
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Grandparents as Caregivers

• Total Grandparent Grandparent of
  Grandparents
• Population living in responsible for who care
  for
• In Households household grdchilds
  care___grandchild_____
• 22,684 240 107 44.6

Source U.S. Census 2000
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Median Family Incomes - Waushara County versus
State of Wisconsin
Sources Land Management Plan Town of Saxeville,
October, 2001 U.S. Census Data
1980, 1990, 2000
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Poverty

• Percentage of residents living below poverty
  Waushara County 9.1 Wisconsin 8.7.

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2000 Percent of population receiving Food Stamps
Source UW Extension Food Security Project Web
site 2002
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Food Stamp Participation Estimatesfor Permanent
Residents
Source Wisconsin Department of Health and Family
Services, 2002
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Food Stamp Participation Estimates Affect of
migrant/seasonal participation
Source Wisconsin Department of Health and
Family Services, 2002
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Percent Receiving Free Reduced Lunches by School
Source UW Extension Food Security Project Web
site DPI
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K-12 Population by Racial Characteristics2002-03
Public School Districts in Waushara County
Source Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction
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Additional Sources for Statistics about Waushara
County and Beyond

• Internet Sources Of Demographic and Economic Data
  For Communities in Wisconsin by Patrick Nehring,
  UW-Extension Waushara Cnty www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/wa
  ushara/cnred/stats.html
• Applied Population Laboratory
• www.ssc.wisc.edu/poplab/index.html
• WisStat
• www.wisstat.wisc.edu/

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For More Information Contact

• Waushara County
• P.O. Box 487
• 209 S. Ste Marie Street
• Wautoma, WI 54982
• [phone]

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Groups who received this PowerPoint

• County Board of Supervisors
• Redgranite Economic Development Committee
• Gods People In Action (a faith-based
  not-for-profit group)
• Department of Workforce Development Staff
• W2 Steering Committee
• Agriculture Day Participants
• Job Center Employee Relations Team
• Employees of Coldwell Banker Realty

• Department of Human Services
• Area School District Representative
• Extension Education Committee
• Luther Olson Louis Molepske Representatives to
  the Assembly
• Bob Welch Julie Lassa State Senators
• Agriculture Day sponsored by UW-Extension and Job
  Center
• Safe Stable Families Committee