- Nickname: Badger State
- Motto: Forward
- Flower: Wood violet
- Bird: Robin
- Area: 65,498 square miles (2000; U.S. rank: 23rd)
- Elevation: Ranges from 579 feet to 1,951 feet
above sea level
- Climate: Tempered by the Great Lakes, with
winters more severe in the north and summers warmer in the
south
- Admitted to Union: May 29, 1848
- Capital: Madison
- Head Official: Governor Jim Doyle (D) (until
2007)
- Population
- 1980: 4,706,000
- 1990: 4,891,769
- 2000: 5,363,675
- 2004 estimate: 5,509,026
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 9.6%
- U.S. rank in 2004: 20th
- Percent of residents born in state: 73.4% (2000)
- Density: 98.8 people per square mile (2000)
- 2002 FBI Crime Index Total: 176,987
- Racial and Ethnic Characteristics (2000)
- White: 4,769,857
- Black or African American: 304,460
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 47,228
- Asian: 88,763
- Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander: 1,630
- Hispanic or Latino (may be of any race): 192,921
- Other: 84,842
- Age Characteristics (2000)
- Population under 5 years old: 342,340
- Population 5 to 19 years old: 1,189,753
- Percent of population 65 years and over: 13.1%
- Median age: 36 years (2000)
- Vital Statistics
- Total number of births (2003): 69,963
- Total number of deaths (2003): 46,194 (infant
deaths, 451)
- AIDS cases reported through 2003: 1,848
- Economy
- Major industries: Manufacturing; agriculture;
finance, insurance, and real estate; wholesale and retail
trade; services
- Unemployment rate: 4.5% (April 2005)
- Per capita income: $30,723 (2003; U.S. rank: 21)
- Median household income: $46,782 (3-year average,
2001-2003)
- Percentage of persons below poverty level: 8.8%
(3-year average, 2001-2003)
- Income tax rate: Ranges from 4.6% to 6.75% (tax
year 2000)
- Sales tax rate: 5.0%
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