On May 28, 2020, Wisconsin will celebrate 172 years as the 30th state admitted to the union. To celebrate, we used Data-Z to find fun facts about Wisconsin and to learn more about the Badger State.
Wisconsin is ranked 21st in our 2019 Financial State of the States report. The state is $6.7 billion in debt and the state earned 78/100 points on our Financial Transparency Report.
Wisconsin has a Taxpayer Burden of $3,200 which means each taxpayer would have to pay an extra $3,200 to fully fund Wisconsin’s bills.
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Before COVID-19, Wisconsin had an unemployment rate of 3.5 percent, which is lower than the 50-state average of 3.79 percent.
In 2018, the Badger State spent $24.9 million on parks and recreation. This is divided between the 43 state parks.
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The state also spent $562.9 million on natural resources.
In Wisconsin, the median value for a home is $196,777, which is $60,000 below the 50-state average.
Wisconsin spent $52.4 million on police protection expenditures in 2018.
In 2018, the poverty rate in WI was 8.6 percent. While the state's poverty rate was lower than the 50-state average, Wisconsin’s children in poverty rate is also lower than the 50-state average at 14 percent.
Wisconsin is the 20th most populated with 5.8 million Wisconsinites living in the state.
You can learn more about Wisconsin and make your own charts using Data-Z. And we at Truth in Accounting wish Wisconsin a very happy 172nd birthday!
Kate Brennan is a marketing and social media intern at Truth in Accounting, a nonprofit organization based in Chicago that researches government financial data.
