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Indicators Wisconsin Dane County Milwaukee County  Populations Total population 5,601,640[1] 476,785[2] 951,252[3] Families 666,856[4] 52,269[5] 108,539[6] Children 1,556,632[7] 125,842[8] 291,266[9]  Households Average family size 2.98[10] 3.16[11] 3.25[12]  Family Composition One parent (female) 21.66%[13] 17.80%[14] 37.79%[15] One parent (male) 8.02%[16] 7.74%[17] 8.14%[18] Two-parent 70.32%[19] 74.46%[20] 54.07%[21]  Income Median family income $62,804[22] $79,026[23] $53,123[24] Mean family income $75,895[25] $97,518[26] $66,971[27] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $715[28] $807[29] $795[30] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $28,593[31] $32,280[32] $31,800[33]  Employment Unemployed 5.74%[34] 4.42%[35] 8.28%[36]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 11.99%[37] 8.55%[38] 20.88%[39] Children under 5 16.65%[40] 10.48%[41] 25.43%[42] Children 5-17 12.81%[43] 10.77%[44] 25.33%[45]  Education No high school diploma 11.00%[46] 6.31%[47] 15.60%[48] High school and above 89.00%[49] 93.69%[50] 84.40%[51] Bachelor’s degree and above 25.40%[52] 44.04%[53] 25.52%[54] High school dropout rate 2.40%[55] n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 8.59%[56] 5.32%[57] 13.64%[58] Birth rate ranking 17[59] 68[60] 479[61]