Women's Well-Being Index
An online, interactive tool, the Women's Well-Being Index provides access to publicly available data specific to regional, city, and statewide levels and aggregated for gender and race.
An online, interactive tool, the Women's Well-Being Index provides access to publicly available data specific to regional, city, and statewide levels and aggregated for gender and race.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, table B01001
Counting race is generally complicated.
The US Census Bureau distinguishes between race (eg Asian or Black) and Hispanic ethnicity.
In this bar chart, for all but the white non-Hispanic group, counts include those women who self-identify as Hispanic or Latina.
Hispanic group includes women of all races.
Therefore, the total value of 7 bars exceeds the actual population of females in the area.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, tables B01001B through B01001I
Generally, females aged 18 and over have higher foreign-born rates than those under 18.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, table B05003
30% of females in the state of Wisconsin were never married, while 50% were married.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, table B12001
In Wisconsin, 32% of women have at least some college education, while 12% have a graduate or professional degree.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, table B15002
Median earnings for women increase with educational attainment.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, table B20004
The bar charts below shows the distribution of earnings of full-time female workers, by race and Hispanic ethnicity. Use the dropdown to view data for for a select race/ethnicity.
Note that data is missing for many racial categories. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, tables B20005, and B20005B through B20005I
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, tables B17001B through B17001I
Labor force includes females aged 16 and over who are available to work. Those in the labor force are generally split into employed and unemployed. Those not in labor force often include students, retirees, and those who take care of children or other family members.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, table B12006
Family households with a female householder and no spouse present generally receive SNAP benefits in higher numbers if they have children under 18.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, table B22002
The bar charts below represent the number of women employed in a particular occupation field, and the median earnings of women in that field. Data are not available for all geographies. In general, median earnings of women working in STEM and management fields are highest.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, table C24020
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, table B24022
The chart below shoes the median weekly earnings of full-time female workers as a percent of full-time male workers.
Historically in the US, racial minorities have been less likely to own their homes than their white peers. In Wisconsin, things are not much different. The bar chart below shows the proportion of households who own their home, by race/ethnicity of the main householder.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, table B25003
Median gross rent is a typical rent paid by the "middle" household when ranked from lowest to highest rent. It includes estimated monthly utility and fuel costs.
Contract rent is the amount paid by a tenant to the owner of the property. It does not include utility bills. Unlike the median, the average rent can be skewed by more expensive properties.
Average gross rent is estimated from the aggregted gross rent paid by all rental households in the area, divided by the number of rental households. Unlike the median, it can be skewed by more expensive properties.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, tables B25064_001, B25060_001, and B25065_001
Maternal mortality is the number of deaths from any cause related to pregnancy and its management
(excluding accidental or incidental causes) and up to 12 months following the termination of pregnancy,
per 100,000 live births.
This data is only available on the state and national level.
Source: 2023 Health of Women and Children, Maternal Mortality accessed via United Health Foundation's America's Health Rankings
According to the American Community Survey, young adults (age groups 19-25 and 26-34) have higher rates of uninsured population among all age groups for many geographies in Wisconsin.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, table B27001
The pie chart on the left shows the share of females aged 15-50 who gave birth in the past 12 months and the pie chart on the right shows their marital status. Now married includes women who are separated whose spouses are absent. Unmarried includes women who are divorced, widowed, or have never been married.
Source: ACS 2022 5-year estimates, table B13002 (including subtables B through I)