General Demographic Indicators

U.S. Census American Fact Finder  (up to 2009)

2010 U.S. Census American Fact Finder

DNR Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) 2011-2016 (Region 2 – Oneida and Vilas Counties)

DNR’s Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) 2005-2010 – Based on 2000 Census, so some information is dated, but contains illustrative maps of various demographic, social and economic trends in nine Northwoods Counties.

Wisconsin Demographic and Economic Profile (2006) by the Rural Policy Institute – Broad-based general profile of the state of Wisconsin covering a range of categories.  Includes references.

Wisconsin Population & Household Projections: 2000-2035 – Wisconsin Department of Administration – Intergovernmental Relations

Demographic Internet Resources (by topic), Center for Demography and Ecology – portal to a variety of internet data sources.

Economic Indicators

Wisconsin County Workforce Profiles - The County Workforce Profiles, created by the labor market analysts and economists in DWD’s Office of Economic Advisors, provide snapshots of the labor market in every Wisconsin county.  Every profile includes analysis of the county’s current and projected population dynamics and their effect on the labor force, of the county’s industries and employers, of occupational patterns within industries and average wages and of total personal income.

Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) Wisconsin Resources, Other Sources of Data and Statistics - A large variety of data sources covering general statistics, food insecurity, health, education, children and local capacity measures at state and local levels.

Wisconsin’s WORKnet - Queries and downloadable datasets of employment statistics for Wisconsin counties, cities and other defined areas.

Wisconsin’s WORKnet Data Analyist Links - Links to outside resources for data stastistics in Wisconsin (including the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Social Indicators

Kids Count Data Center – Annie E. Casey Foundation’s database provides access to hundreds of social and health indicators, from nation, state and down to county, city, school district, congressional district levels.

Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Data and Statistics - portal to data sources reporting on public social support programs.

Wisconsin FoodShare Data and Statistics - Collection of data on food stamps and assistance benefits and caseloads.

Wisconsin’s Information Network for Successful Schools (WINSS) – WINSS is a service of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and provides information on student academic performance; school staff, programs and monetary resources; student attendance and performance, and general student demographics for each school and school district in the state of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Medicaid Data - monthly Medicaid caseload by county from 1998.

Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey.  Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction – Source for data and trends from the high school Youth Risk Behavior Survey administered at public schools in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Resources, Other Sources of Data and Statistics, Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) -  A large variety of data sources covering general statistics, food insecurity, health, education, children and local capacity measures at state and local levels.

Rural Assistance Center maps on rural topics - Includes maps on Child Care, Critical Access Care, Disability Status, Education Levels, Elderly, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Frontier, Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations, Medicare, Minorities, Long-term Care Facilities, Population Change, Poverty and Income Levels, Public Transportation, Rural Health Clinics, Uninsured, Youth and some others.

Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources -  Portal for a variety of resources on prevention issues, including national and state statistics, reports, programs, evaluation tools, news releases, publications and other resources. etc.

Health Indicators

County Health Rankings

Wisconsin County Health Rankings (2003-2011), UW-Population Health Institute - Ranking of health in Wisconsin counties based on health determinants and health outcomes.

Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health (WISH) – This site gives you information about health indicators (measures of health) in Wisconsin. WISH allows policy makers, health professionals, and the public to submit questions (requests for data) and receive answers (tables) over the Internet. To construct answers to your questions, WISH uses protected databases containing Wisconsin data on births, deaths, population estimates, injuries, behavioral risk factors, and violent death. Most modules contain data for multiple years and geographic areas.

2010 State Health Plan – Tracking – Wisconsin Department of Health Services’s indicators and objectives for the State of Wisconsin’s health plan for 2010. (New plan is Healthiest Wisconsin 2020)

Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Control Program

Department of Health and Human Services listing of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Areas (MUA) and Populations (MUP)

Map of Health Professional Shortage Areas for Mental Health Designated Populations

Law, Law Enforcement and Crime Indicators

Bureau of Law Enforcement Reports (2010). Department of Natural Resources - Includes incident reports and statistics on recreational vehicle (boat, snowmobile, ATV) fatalities.

Wisconsin OWI (DUI) Sentencing Guidelines by County and Judicial District – (Note: this is a private law firm site and NOT a government site.)

Wisconsin State Statutes and Annotations.  Wisconsin Legislature - Source for text of Wisconsin State Statutes, Constitution, etc.

Miscellaneous

Wisconsin County and Municipal Web Mapping Sites -  Links to Land Information mapping sites from 67 of 72 Wisconsin counties.  May be useful for creating specialized maps for grants or reports, or gathering land information.

Wisconsin State Map Collection -  Collection of maps that may be useful for grants, reports, etc.