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Racine County Data Profile



Population/Demographics
Population (1,6)
1990 2000 2009
Racine County 175,034 188,831 200,601

     
Municipalities (ranked by population)



Racine, city 84,298 81,855 82,009
Mount Pleasant, village 20,084 23,142 26,601
Caledonia, village
 20,999 23,61425,909 
Burlington, city 8,851 9,936 10,564
Sturtevant, village  3,803 5,287 6,941 
Waterford, village  2,431 4,048 4,932 
Union Grove, village  3,669 4,322 4,787 
Wind Point, village  1,941 1,8531,815 
Rochester, village  978 1,1493,382 
Elmwood Park, village  534 474 466 
North Bay, village  246 260 250 





Population/Demographic Characteristics (1,6)
1990 2000 2009 % dist (09)
Population by age:



Total 175,034 188,831 200,601 100.0
14 & under 41,240 41,956 40,907
20.4
15 to 24 23,093 24,610 25,998 13.0
25 to 34 29,847 24,531 24,179 12.1
35 to 44 26,393 32,004 27,423 13.7
45 to 54 18,268 26,267 32,688 16.3
55 to 64 15,103 16,230 23,821 11.9
65 + 21,090 23,233 25,585 12.8
Median age 32.8 36.1 38.7





Population by sex:



Male 84,934 93,457 99,726 49.7
Female 90,100 95,374 100,875 50.3





Population by race:



White N.A. 164,390 173,204 86.3
Black/African American
N.A. 20,135 21,535 10.7
American Indian N.A. 756 1,020 0.5
Asian N.A. 1,418 1,886 0.9
Native Hawaiian N.A. 87 107 0.1
Two or more N.A. 2,045 2,849 1.4





Hispanic/Latino (2) 9,034 14,990 21,453 10.7





Housing/Household Characteristics (1,6)
1990 2000 2009
Households 63,736 70,819 N.A.
Persons per household 2.70 2.59 N.A.





Housing Occupancy



All housing units 66,945 74,718 81,256
Occupied housing units 63,736 70,819 N.A.
Vacant housing units 3,209 3,899 N.A.





Housing Tenure



Occupied housing units 63,736 70,819 N.A.
Owner-occupied housing units 43,555 50,004 N.A.
Renter-occupied housing units 20,181 20,815 N.A.


Labor Force
Labor Market (3)
Labor Force Employment Unemployed % Unemployed
2000 99,858 95,976 3,882 3.9
2001 100,007 94,493 5,514 5.5
2002 99,314 92,969 6,345 6.4
2003 99,381 92,409 6,972 7.0
2004 99,273 93,286 5,987 6.0
2005 99,006 93,074 5,932 6.0
2006
 99,98394,354 5,629 5.6
2007 100,61794,842 5,7755.7
2008
 99,726 93,961 5,765 5.8
2009
 99,431 89,067 10,364 10.4
2010
98,046
88,256
9,790
10.0





Payroll Employment by Industry (4)
1990 2000 2009 % dist. (09)
Total 74,312 79,075 71,076 100.0





Goods Producing 27,612 27,695 19,300 27.2
Natural resource & mining 483 423 360 0.5
Construction 2,833 3,559 2,404 3.4
Manufacturing 24,295 23,714 16,536 23.3





Service providing 46,700 51,380 51,776 72.8
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,100 14,238 13,835 19.5
   Wholesale trade 2,130 2,950 3,137 4.4
   Retail trade 8,802 9,452 8,641 12.2
   Transp., warehousing
   & utilities
2,168 1,836 2,057 2.9
Information 2,379 785 474 0.7
Financial activities 2,380 2,370 2,845 4.0
   Finance & insurance 1,700 1,671 2,319 3.3
   Real estate, rental &
   leasing
680 699 526 0.7
Professional & business services 4,634 6,856 5,689 8.0
   Professional &
   technical services
1,635 2,010 1,670 2.3
   Management of
   companies
N.A. 236 182 0.3
   Administrative &
   waste services
2,741 4,609 3,836 5.4
Educational & health services 7,197 9,246 10,859 15.3
   Educational services 188 285 462 0.7
   Health care & social
   assistance
7,009 8,961 10,398 14.6
Leisure & hospitality 7,030 5,959 6,479 9.1
   Arts, entertainment &
   recreation
1,078 1,098 1,114 1.6
   Accommodation &
   food services
5,953 4,860 5,365 7.5
Other services, excluding public 2,222 2,573 2,129 3.0
Government 7,758 9,349 9,467 13.3





Employment by Occupation (5)
2000 % dist.

Employed population 16 years and over 91,021 100.0

Management occupations 7,928 8.7

Business & financial operations occupations 3,319 3.6

Computer & mathematical occupations 1,424 1.6

Architecture & engineering occupations 2,085 2.3

Life, physical & social science occupations 812 0.9

Community & social services occupations 1,247 1.4

Legal occupations 637 0.7

Education, training & library occupations 4,730 5.2

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occ. 1,466 1.6

Healthcare Practitioner & technical occupations 4,261 4.7

Healthcare support occupations 2,341 2.6

Protective service occupations 1,753 1.9

Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,726 4.1

Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occ. 2,398 2.6

Personal care & service occupations 1,815 2.0

Sales & related occupations 9,202 10.1

Office & administrative support occupations 14,109 15.5

Farming, fishing & forestry occupations 192 0.2

Construction & extractive occupations 4,395 4.8

Installation, maintenance & repair occupations 3,823 4.2

Production occupations 13,544 14.9

Transportation & material moving occupations 5,814 6.4






Worker Earnings by Industry - 2009 (4)
Employment Wages
(000)
Annual
average
earnings
Average
weekly
earnings
Total 71,076 $2,887,322 $40,623 $781





Goods Producing 19,300 1,180,322 61,157 1,176
Natural resource & mining 360 10,314 28,643 551
Construction 2,404 104,903 43,646 839
Manufacturing 16,536 1,065,106 64,410 1,239





Service providing 51,776 1,707,000 32,969 634
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,835 402,665 29,105 560
   Wholesale trade 3,137 141,083 44,975 865
   Retail trade 8,641
181,766 21,036 405
   Transp., warehousing
   & utilities
2,057 79,816 38,802 746
Information 474
19,522 41,229 793
Financial activities 2,845 134,351 47,222 908
   Finance & insurance 2,319 119,364 51,468 990
   Real estate, rental &
   leasing
526 14,987 28,496 548
Professional & business services 5,689 180,626 31,753 611
   Professional &
   technical services
1,670 81,523 48,821 939
   Management of
   companies
182 15,482 84,950 1,634
   Administrative &
   waste services
3,836 83,620 21,796 419
Educational & health services 10,859 422,863 38,940 749
   Educational services 462
14,517 31,434 604
   Health care & social
   assistance
10,398 408,346 39,273 755
Leisure & hospitality 6,479 78,218 12,073 232
   Arts, entertainment &
   recreation
1,114 14,739
13,339 254
   Accommodation &
   food services
5,365 63,479 11,833 228
Other services, excluding public 2,129 45,542 21,396 411
Government 9,467 423,204
44,703 860


Education
Educational Attainment (6)
1990 2000 % change

Population 25 years & over 110,593 122,356 10.6

Less than 9th grade 9,567 6,310 -34.0

9th to 12th grade, no diploma 16,554 14,604 -11.8

High school graduate (incl. equivalency) 38,863 39,758 2.3

Some college, no degree 20,276 27,879 37.5

Associates degree 7,134 9,006 26.2

Bachelor’s degree 12,740 17,082 34.1

Graduate or professional degree 5,459 7,717 41.4







% high school graduate or higher 76.4 82.9 -

% bachelor’s degree or higher 16.5 20.3 -







Primary & Secondary Education (7)
Private Public Total

Enrollment (09-10) 4,985 31,120 36,105

High School Graduates (08-09) 235 1,973 2,208







Public School Districts with High Schools (8)





District (grade span) Enrollment
09/10
Student teacher ratio 08/09 Current expenditure per student 08/09 Graduates 08/09 ACT composite score 09/10
Burlington Area (PK-12) 3,565 13.5 $10,339 298 21.7
Racine (PK-12) 21,276 13.1 10,674 1,250 20.8
Union Grove UHS (9-12) 867 14.9 10,925 192 22.3
Waterford UHS (9-12) 1,071 13.3
10,985 233 23.4


Economy/Income
Personal Income (9)
Total (000) Per Capita
1999 $5,232,322 $27,778
2000 5,502,385 29,115
2001 5,778,082 30,411
2002 5,965,802 31,158
2003 6,209,052 32,151
2004 6,474,819 33,223
2005
 6,532,536 33,156
2006 6,931,969 34,940
2007
 7,178,69435,965

2008
 7,424,768 37,104 
2009
7,363,720
36,708
 




Private Nonfarm Establishments (10)
2000 2008
Total 4,148 4,186




Goods Producing 862 834

Natural resource & mining 8 4

Construction 487 488
Manufacturing 367 342




Service providing 3,286 3,352
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,007 999
   Wholesale trade 230 210
   Retail trade 636 631
   Transp., warehousing & utilities 141 158
Information 41 46
Financial activities 361 370
   Finance & insurance 235 247
   Real estate, rental & leasing 126 123
Professional & business services 557 548
   Professional & technical services 328 326
   Management of companies 21 20
   Administrative & waste services 208 202
Educational & health services 395 464
   Educational services 33 40
   Health care & social assistance 362 424
Leisure & hospitality 398 457
   Arts, entertainment & recreation 65 75
   Accommodation & food services 333 382
Other services, excluding public 479 465
Unclassified & auxiliary 48 3




Private establishments 1,000+ employees 4 6





Selected Economic Statistics



Median household income (2009) ($) (11)
51,743

% of population in poverty (2009) (11)
12.2%





Manufacturing shipments (2007) ($000) (12)
7,863,331

Wholesalers, merchant, sales (2007) ($000) (12)
N.A.

Retail sales (2007) ($000) (12)
2,230,013

Retail sales per capita (2007) ($) (12)
11,172



Major Private Sector Employers (13)
Company Product or service Employment range
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Health care services 1000+
S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. Household products 1000+
CNH America Farm machinery 1000+
Emerson Electric Co. Household appliances 500-999
Johnson/Diversey Inc.
Commercial cleaning & polymer resin prod.
500-999
Aurora Health Care Health care services 500-999
Rudd Lighting
Lighting fixtures
 500-999
Modine Manufacturing
Auto components
250-499
Nestle USA Inc. Chocolate 250-499
Bombardier Motor Corp. of America Marine engines 250-499
Notes & Sources
(1) U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php
(2) Persons of Hispanic/Latino origin may be of any race
(3) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm
(4) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages (QCEW), www.bls.gov/cew/home.htm
(5) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics (OES), www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm
(6) U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 & 2000 Decennial Census, factfinder.census.gov
(7) Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, dpi.wi.gov/sig/dm-demographics.html
(8) Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, data.dpi.state.wi.us/data/selschool.asp
(9) U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis
(10) U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
(11) U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, www.census.gov/acs/www/
(12) U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, www.census.gov/econ/census07
(13) Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, dwd.wisconsin.gov/oea/largest_employers