aBOUT mILWAUKEE...
Population: 594,328
Cost of living: 14.70% under US average Income Per Capita: $19,199/yr Average Household Income: $35,823/yr Unemployment Rate: 6%, (US average = 5.5%) Job Growth Rate: 1.15% Future Job Growth Gate (predicted) over 10 years: 33.90% Local Domestic Product (circa. 2013): $94.3 billion Minimum Wage: $7.25/hr Demographics (circa. 2014) Race: White - 47.90% Black - 39.44% Asian - 3.57% Native American - 0.61% Hawaiian, Pacific Islander - 0.06% Other - 5.06% Gender: Male - 47.93% Female - 52.08% Age: 0-17 - 27.13% 18-34 - 29.66% 35-59 - 30.11% 60+ - 13.1% Family/Households/Marital Status: Total Households - 229,555 Family Households - 130,052 Non-Family Households - 99,503 Average Household Size - 2.52 Single Population - 66.57% Married Population - 33.43% * Now Married - 31.06% * Married but Separated - 2.37% * Never Married - 50.66% * Widowed - 5.16% * Divorced - 10.76% Married w/ Children - 23.30% Married w/o Children - 26.67% Single w/ Children - 36.10% Single w/o Children - 13.93% Education Level: Grade School Education - 7.13% Some High School Education - 12.04% High School Graduate - 30.61% Some College Education - 22.05% 2-Year College Graduate - 6.43% 4-Year College Graduate - 14.22% Masters Degree - 5.61% Professional Degree - 1.21% Doctorate Degree - 0.71% Median Age - 30.5 years Cost of Living and Unemployment
Sources:
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"Occupational Employment and Wages in Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. MSA – May 2013 : Midwest Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Web. 10 Mar. 2015.
"Workforce." Transform Milwaukee. Web. 11 Mar. 2015.
"7 County Region Top Employers." 7 County Region Top Employers. Web. 11 Mar. 2015.
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