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Portage County Statistics Back to top

Population (2000): 152,061
Births / Deaths / Infant Deaths (2004): 1,633 / 1,241 / 9
Land Area (2000): 1,275.283 square kilometers
Water Area (2000): 38.118 square kilometers
Farm Area (2002): 97,000.000 acres (392.462 square kilometers)
Farms (2002): 962
Farms under 50 acres (2002): 56.20%
Farms over 500 acres (2002): 2.90%
Farm earnings (2005): $7,500,000
Gallons of water used per day (total / public use) (2000): 18,000,000 / 9,000,000
Ground water as percent of water use (2000): 73.30%
Physicians (2004): 180
Community Hospitals (Beds) (2004): 1 (118)
Medicare Recipients (2005): 19,942
Federal Spending (2004): $809,268

Urban/Rural	Population	Percent
Urban	178,138	58.28%
Rural, Farm	4,608	1.51%
Rural, Non-farm	122,912	40.21%

Portage County Real Estate Lawyers provide services for home buying/selling, commercial real estate, leases, landlord tenant, construction, land use and zoning laws. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Portage County Employment Information Back to top
Portage County Labor Force By Month

Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
1990	75,100	71,208	3,892	5.18%	52
1991	76,101	71,638	4,463	5.86%	59
1992	78,338	72,906	5,432	6.93%	69
1993	78,882	74,244	4,638	5.88%	59
1994	80,243	76,150	4,093	5.10%	51
1995	81,080	77,665	3,415	4.21%	42
1996	82,753	79,027	3,727	4.50%	45
1997	82,292	78,893	3,399	4.13%	41
1998	81,993	78,822	3,172	3.87%	39
1999	83,002	79,669	3,333	4.02%	40
2000	84,762	81,467	3,294	3.89%	39
2001	84,828	81,220	3,608	4.25%	42
2002	85,023	80,397	4,626	5.44%	54
2003	86,527	81,507	5,020	5.80%	58
2004	87,622	82,564	5,058	5.77%	58
2005	89,266	84,298	4,968	5.56%	56
2006	90,297	85,716	4,581	5.07%	51
2007	90,979	86,105	4,874	5.36%	54
2008	91,501	85,828	5,672	6.20%	62

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1990	74,389	69,175	5,214	7.01%	70
Feb 1990	74,288	69,905	4,383	5.90%	59
Mar 1990	74,315	70,411	3,904	5.25%	53
Apr 1990	74,487	70,618	3,869	5.19%	52
May 1990	75,128	71,603	3,525	4.69%	47
Jun 1990	74,476	71,034	3,442	4.62%	46
Jul 1990	75,606	71,539	4,067	5.38%	54
Aug 1990	74,815	71,541	3,274	4.38%	44
Sep 1990	75,482	72,068	3,414	4.52%	45
Oct 1990	75,836	72,628	3,208	4.23%	42
Nov 1990	76,266	72,179	4,087	5.36%	54
Dec 1990	76,112	71,797	4,315	5.67%	57

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1991	74,389	69,278	5,111	6.87%	69
Feb 1991	75,599	69,899	5,700	7.54%	75
Mar 1991	75,934	70,644	5,290	6.97%	70
Apr 1991	75,861	71,326	4,535	5.98%	60
May 1991	75,923	71,904	4,019	5.29%	53
Jun 1991	75,788	71,447	4,341	5.73%	57
Jul 1991	76,411	72,502	3,909	5.12%	51
Aug 1991	76,362	72,030	4,332	5.67%	57
Sep 1991	76,227	72,451	3,776	4.95%	50
Oct 1991	76,782	72,968	3,814	4.97%	50
Nov 1991	76,916	72,781	4,135	5.38%	54
Dec 1991	77,020	72,423	4,597	5.97%	60

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1992	76,979	70,898	6,081	7.90%	79
Feb 1992	77,265	71,299	5,966	7.72%	77
Mar 1992	77,421	71,748	5,673	7.33%	73
Apr 1992	78,123	72,890	5,233	6.70%	67
May 1992	78,361	73,447	4,914	6.27%	63
Jun 1992	77,903	72,671	5,232	6.72%	67
Jul 1992	79,259	73,632	5,627	7.10%	71
Aug 1992	78,589	73,556	5,033	6.40%	64
Sep 1992	78,837	73,609	5,228	6.63%	66
Oct 1992	79,343	74,027	5,316	6.70%	67
Nov 1992	78,800	73,636	5,164	6.55%	66
Dec 1992	79,175	73,455	5,720	7.22%	72

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1993	78,358	71,883	6,475	8.26%	83
Feb 1993	78,347	72,300	6,047	7.72%	77
Mar 1993	78,502	72,939	5,563	7.09%	71
Apr 1993	77,982	73,296	4,686	6.01%	60
May 1993	78,507	74,281	4,226	5.38%	54
Jun 1993	78,128	73,638	4,490	5.75%	57
Jul 1993	79,146	74,804	4,342	5.49%	55
Aug 1993	78,627	74,955	3,672	4.67%	47
Sep 1993	78,353	74,953	3,400	4.34%	43
Oct 1993	79,814	75,865	3,949	4.95%	49
Nov 1993	80,201	75,890	4,311	5.38%	54
Dec 1993	80,617	76,122	4,495	5.58%	56

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1994	79,745	73,871	5,874	7.37%	74
Feb 1994	80,113	74,438	5,675	7.08%	71
Mar 1994	80,231	74,996	5,235	6.52%	65
Apr 1994	80,165	75,635	4,530	5.65%	57
May 1994	80,258	76,312	3,946	4.92%	49
Jun 1994	79,084	75,282	3,802	4.81%	48
Jul 1994	80,661	76,397	4,264	5.29%	53
Aug 1994	80,190	76,691	3,499	4.36%	44
Sep 1994	80,313	77,008	3,305	4.12%	41
Oct 1994	80,958	77,933	3,025	3.74%	37
Nov 1994	80,751	77,803	2,948	3.65%	37
Dec 1994	80,448	77,436	3,012	3.74%	37

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1995	79,991	75,763	4,228	5.29%	53
Feb 1995	80,367	76,326	4,041	5.03%	50
Mar 1995	80,534	76,808	3,726	4.63%	46
Apr 1995	80,387	76,970	3,417	4.25%	43
May 1995	80,841	77,975	2,866	3.55%	35
Jun 1995	80,058	76,726	3,332	4.16%	42
Jul 1995	81,846	78,889	2,957	3.61%	36
Aug 1995	81,069	78,362	2,707	3.34%	33
Sep 1995	81,217	78,224	2,993	3.69%	37
Oct 1995	82,081	79,029	3,052	3.72%	37
Nov 1995	82,103	78,558	3,545	4.32%	43
Dec 1995	82,463	78,350	4,113	4.99%	50

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1996	81,547	76,838	4,709	5.77%	58
Feb 1996	81,990	77,492	4,498	5.49%	55
Mar 1996	82,777	78,269	4,508	5.45%	54
Apr 1996	81,911	78,258	3,653	4.46%	45
May 1996	82,784	79,294	3,490	4.22%	42
Jun 1996	81,536	78,124	3,412	4.18%	42
Jul 1996	82,871	79,368	3,503	4.23%	42
Aug 1996	82,296	79,239	3,057	3.71%	37
Sep 1996	83,050	79,820	3,230	3.89%	39
Oct 1996	84,198	80,940	3,258	3.87%	39
Nov 1996	84,402	80,633	3,769	4.47%	45
Dec 1996	83,679	80,048	3,631	4.34%	43

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1997	81,945	76,878	5,067	6.18%	62
Feb 1997	82,154	77,573	4,581	5.58%	56
Mar 1997	82,237	78,029	4,208	5.12%	51
Apr 1997	81,790	78,357	3,433	4.20%	42
May 1997	82,049	79,319	2,730	3.33%	33
Jun 1997	81,383	78,387	2,996	3.68%	37
Jul 1997	82,601	79,529	3,072	3.72%	37
Aug 1997	82,122	79,481	2,641	3.22%	32
Sep 1997	82,379	79,515	2,864	3.48%	35
Oct 1997	82,998	80,195	2,803	3.38%	34
Nov 1997	83,034	79,978	3,056	3.68%	37
Dec 1997	82,816	79,480	3,336	4.03%	40

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1998	81,469	77,443	4,026	4.94%	49
Feb 1998	81,530	77,633	3,897	4.78%	48
Mar 1998	82,173	78,362	3,811	4.64%	46
Apr 1998	81,765	78,950	2,815	3.44%	34
May 1998	82,272	79,543	2,729	3.32%	33
Jun 1998	81,116	78,198	2,918	3.60%	36
Jul 1998	83,078	79,830	3,248	3.91%	39
Aug 1998	81,435	78,636	2,799	3.44%	34
Sep 1998	81,725	78,900	2,825	3.46%	35
Oct 1998	82,452	79,537	2,915	3.54%	35
Nov 1998	82,282	79,257	3,025	3.68%	37
Dec 1998	82,623	79,570	3,053	3.70%	37

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1999	81,853	77,669	4,184	5.11%	51
Feb 1999	82,070	78,055	4,015	4.89%	49
Mar 1999	82,300	78,659	3,641	4.42%	44
Apr 1999	82,597	79,340	3,257	3.94%	39
May 1999	83,180	80,407	2,773	3.33%	33
Jun 1999	82,894	79,674	3,220	3.88%	39
Jul 1999	83,672	80,130	3,542	4.23%	42
Aug 1999	82,733	79,838	2,895	3.50%	35
Sep 1999	83,202	80,065	3,137	3.77%	38
Oct 1999	83,669	80,791	2,878	3.44%	34
Nov 1999	83,913	80,786	3,127	3.73%	37
Dec 1999	83,940	80,614	3,326	3.96%	40

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2000	84,040	79,976	4,064	4.84%	48
Feb 2000	84,709	80,592	4,117	4.86%	49
Mar 2000	85,066	81,179	3,887	4.57%	46
Apr 2000	85,106	81,806	3,300	3.88%	39
May 2000	84,943	81,903	3,040	3.58%	36
Jun 2000	85,070	81,575	3,495	4.11%	41
Jul 2000	85,248	82,051	3,197	3.75%	38
Aug 2000	84,507	81,374	3,133	3.71%	37
Sep 2000	84,083	81,163	2,920	3.47%	35
Oct 2000	84,713	82,108	2,605	3.08%	31
Nov 2000	84,813	82,015	2,798	3.30%	33
Dec 2000	84,842	81,865	2,977	3.51%	35

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2001	84,172	80,325	3,847	4.57%	46
Feb 2001	84,109	80,367	3,742	4.45%	44
Mar 2001	84,180	80,719	3,461	4.11%	41
Apr 2001	84,390	81,251	3,139	3.72%	37
May 2001	84,293	81,439	2,854	3.39%	34
Jun 2001	85,366	81,629	3,737	4.38%	44
Jul 2001	85,308	82,005	3,303	3.87%	39
Aug 2001	84,415	81,027	3,388	4.01%	40
Sep 2001	84,805	81,221	3,584	4.23%	42
Oct 2001	85,590	81,790	3,800	4.44%	44
Nov 2001	85,828	81,668	4,160	4.85%	48
Dec 2001	85,474	81,197	4,277	5.00%	50

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2002	84,577	78,988	5,589	6.61%	66
Feb 2002	84,958	79,439	5,519	6.50%	65
Mar 2002	84,923	79,729	5,194	6.12%	61
Apr 2002	84,754	79,750	5,004	5.90%	59
May 2002	84,219	79,975	4,244	5.04%	50
Jun 2002	85,064	80,430	4,634	5.45%	54
Jul 2002	85,534	81,083	4,451	5.20%	52
Aug 2002	84,963	80,861	4,102	4.83%	48
Sep 2002	85,494	81,426	4,068	4.76%	48
Oct 2002	85,628	81,678	3,950	4.61%	46
Nov 2002	85,043	80,808	4,235	4.98%	50
Dec 2002	85,120	80,601	4,519	5.31%	53

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2003	85,249	79,275	5,974	7.01%	70
Feb 2003	85,924	80,058	5,866	6.83%	68
Mar 2003	85,899	80,402	5,497	6.40%	64
Apr 2003	86,424	81,321	5,103	5.90%	59
May 2003	86,040	81,534	4,506	5.24%	52
Jun 2003	86,875	81,456	5,419	6.24%	62
Jul 2003	86,977	82,156	4,821	5.54%	55
Aug 2003	86,653	81,976	4,677	5.40%	54
Sep 2003	86,734	82,135	4,599	5.30%	53
Oct 2003	87,030	82,624	4,406	5.06%	51
Nov 2003	87,209	82,613	4,596	5.27%	53
Dec 2003	87,308	82,534	4,774	5.47%	55

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2004	86,758	80,693	6,065	6.99%	70
Feb 2004	86,932	81,274	5,658	6.51%	65
Mar 2004	87,133	81,670	5,463	6.27%	63
Apr 2004	86,914	82,130	4,784	5.50%	55
May 2004	87,022	82,553	4,469	5.14%	51
Jun 2004	87,723	82,629	5,094	5.81%	58
Jul 2004	88,406	83,416	4,990	5.64%	56
Aug 2004	87,751	83,112	4,639	5.29%	53
Sep 2004	87,788	82,916	4,872	5.55%	55
Oct 2004	88,312	83,505	4,807	5.44%	54
Nov 2004	88,457	83,549	4,908	5.55%	55
Dec 2004	88,268	83,326	4,942	5.60%	56

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2005	88,140	82,099	6,041	6.85%	69
Feb 2005	88,428	82,342	6,086	6.88%	69
Mar 2005	88,603	82,929	5,674	6.40%	64
Apr 2005	88,536	83,605	4,931	5.57%	56
May 2005	88,944	84,499	4,445	5.00%	50
Jun 2005	89,229	84,278	4,951	5.55%	55
Jul 2005	90,081	85,340	4,741	5.26%	53
Aug 2005	89,796	85,413	4,383	4.88%	49
Sep 2005	89,507	84,933	4,574	5.11%	51
Oct 2005	90,189	85,687	4,502	4.99%	50
Nov 2005	89,581	85,148	4,433	4.95%	49
Dec 2005	90,153	85,304	4,849	5.38%	54

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2006	88,662	83,278	5,384	6.07%	61
Feb 2006	89,070	83,680	5,390	6.05%	61
Mar 2006	89,110	84,277	4,833	5.42%	54
Apr 2006	89,393	84,888	4,505	5.04%	50
May 2006	89,793	85,906	3,887	4.33%	43
Jun 2006	89,908	85,489	4,419	4.92%	49
Jul 2006	91,277	86,481	4,796	5.25%	53
Aug 2006	91,184	86,662	4,522	4.96%	50
Sep 2006	90,899	86,656	4,243	4.67%	47
Oct 2006	91,351	87,306	4,045	4.43%	44
Nov 2006	91,531	87,221	4,310	4.71%	47
Dec 2006	91,383	86,749	4,634	5.07%	51

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2007	89,949	84,523	5,426	6.03%	60
Feb 2007	90,256	84,973	5,283	5.85%	59
Mar 2007	90,346	85,388	4,958	5.49%	55
Apr 2007	90,425	85,631	4,794	5.30%	53
May 2007	90,144	85,842	4,302	4.77%	48
Jun 2007	91,020	86,118	4,902	5.39%	54
Jul 2007	91,815	87,022	4,793	5.22%	52
Aug 2007	91,192	86,427	4,765	5.23%	52
Sep 2007	91,530	86,753	4,777	5.22%	52
Oct 2007	91,592	86,981	4,611	5.03%	50
Nov 2007	91,623	87,038	4,585	5.00%	50
Dec 2007	91,853	86,560	5,293	5.76%	58

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Month	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2008	90,048	84,199	5,849	6.50%	65
Feb 2008	90,650	85,093	5,557	6.13%	61
Mar 2008	91,422	85,661	5,761	6.30%	63
Apr 2008	91,453	86,649	4,804	5.25%	53
May 2008	91,365	86,434	4,931	5.40%	54
Jun 2008	92,009	86,249	5,760	6.26%	63
Jul 2008	92,616	86,292	6,324	6.83%	68
Aug 2008	92,069	85,979	6,090	6.61%	66
Sep 2008	91,874	85,899	5,975	6.50%	65
Oct, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Nov, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Dec, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--

Portage County Employment By Industry

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Construction	9,700	11.57%
2.	Educational Services	5,748	6.86%
3.	Metal Manufactuing	5,702	6.80%
4.	Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing	4,314	5.15%
5.	Accommodation and Food Services	4,030	4.81%
6.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	3,444	4.11%
7.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	2,872	3.43%
8.	Machinery Manufacturing	2,862	3.41%
9.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	2,544	3.03%
10.	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	2,498	2.98%
11.	Public Administration	2,490	2.97%
12.	Repair and Maintenance	2,464	2.94%
13.	Truck Transportation	2,042	2.44%
14.	Food and Beverage Stores	1,882	2.24%
15.	Health Care	1,868	2.23%
16.	Arts / Entertainment / Recreation	1,862	2.22%
17.	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	1,556	1.86%
18.	Finance and Insurance	1,474	1.76%
19.	Chemical Manufacturing	1,224	1.46%
20.	Electrical Equipment / Appliances / Components Manufacturing	1,162	1.39%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Educational Services	11,846	15.67%
2.	Health Care	9,186	12.15%
3.	Accommodation and Food Services	7,172	9.49%
4.	Finance and Insurance	3,206	4.24%
5.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	2,898	3.83%
6.	Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing	2,208	2.92%
7.	Public Administration	2,178	2.88%
8.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	2,172	2.87%
9.	Food and Beverage Stores	2,076	2.75%
10.	Social Assistance	2,002	2.65%
11.	Department and Other General Stores	1,766	2.34%
12.	Metal Manufactuing	1,696	2.24%
13.	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	1,494	1.98%
14.	Personal and Laundry Services	1,450	1.92%
15.	Religious / Grantmaking / Civic / Similar Organizations	1,328	1.76%
16.	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	1,182	1.56%
17.	Construction	1,178	1.56%
18.	Arts / Entertainment / Recreation	1,164	1.54%
19.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	1,020	1.35%
20.	Electrical Equipment / Appliances / Components Manufacturing	960	1.27%

Portage County Employment By Job

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers	6,328	7.55%
2.	Other Production Occupations	6,220	7.42%
3.	Other Installation / Maintenance	4,020	4.79%
4.	Driver / Sales Workers and Truckers	3,694	4.41%
5.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	3,346	3.99%
6.	Other Management Occupations	3,300	3.94%
7.	Laborers and Material Movers / Handlers	3,126	3.73%
8.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	2,958	3.53%
9.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	2,642	3.15%
10.	Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact	2,350	2.80%
11.	Vehicle Mechanics	2,202	2.63%
12.	Other Construction Trades	2,176	2.60%
13.	Top Executives	2,138	2.55%
14.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	1,968	2.35%
15.	Computer Specialists	1,844	2.20%
16.	Carpenters	1,654	1.97%
17.	Engineers	1,482	1.77%
18.	Postsecondary Teachers	1,440	1.72%
19.	Assemblers and Fabricators	1,358	1.62%
20.	Business Operations Specialists	1,318	1.57%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Other Office and Admin Support	4,846	6.41%
2.	Secretaries and Admins	4,716	6.24%
3.	Other Production Occupations	3,168	4.19%
4.	Cashiers	2,902	3.84%
5.	Teachers, Pre/Primary School	2,832	3.75%
6.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	2,702	3.58%
7.	Waiters and Waitresses	2,680	3.55%
8.	Other Management Occupations	2,534	3.35%
9.	Informaion and Record Clerks, Not Customer Service	2,512	3.32%
10.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	2,230	2.95%
11.	Registered Nurses	2,190	2.90%
12.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	2,126	2.81%
13.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	2,040	2.70%
14.	Assemblers and Fabricators	1,718	2.27%
15.	Health Technologists and Technicians	1,696	2.24%
16.	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	1,682	2.23%
17.	Bookkeeping / Accounting / Auditing	1,630	2.16%
18.	Customer Service Representatives	1,600	2.12%
19.	Business Operations Specialists	1,582	2.09%
20.	Financial Clerks, Non-bookkeeping	1,500	1.98%

Portage County Hours Worked Per Week In 1999

Hours Per Week	Population	Percent
35 or more hours	135,534	56.08%
15-35 hours	41,122	17.02%
1-14 hours	7,927	3.28%
No regular hours	57,085	23.62%

Portage County Time Left For Work

Time	Population	Percent
Midnight-4:59 AM	5,363	3.51%
5 AM-5:29 AM	4,045	2.65%
5:30 AM-5:59 AM	7,608	4.98%
6 AM-6:29 AM	13,273	8.69%
6:30 AM-6:59 AM	16,083	10.53%
7 AM-7:29 AM	21,880	14.32%
7:30 AM-7:59 AM	20,787	13.61%
8 AM-8:29 AM	13,755	9.01%
8:30 AM-8:59 AM	7,717	5.05%
9:00 AM-9:59 AM	8,144	5.33%
10:00 AM-10:59 AM	3,327	2.18%
11:00 AM-11:59 AM	1,887	1.24%
Noon-3:59 PM	14,690	9.62%
4 PM-11:59 PM	14,189	9.29%

Portage County Length Of Commute In Minutes

Minutes	Population	Percent
Less than 5	5,795	3.79%
5-9	18,010	11.79%
10-14	19,773	12.94%
15-19	19,835	12.99%
20-24	22,361	14.64%
25-29	11,638	7.62%
30-34	20,905	13.69%
35-39	6,111	4.00%
40-44	6,781	4.44%
45-59	13,156	8.61%
60-89	5,674	3.71%
At least 90	2,709	1.77%

Portage County Length Of Commute In Mintues - Public vs. Private Transportation

Minutes	Population (public)	Percent	Population (private)	Percent
Under 30	732	0.48%	96,680	63.29%
30-44	192	0.13%	33,605	22.00%
45-59	20	0.01%	13,136	8.60%
At least 60	60	0.04%	8,323	5.45%

Portage County Type Of Commute

Type	Population	Percent
Bicycle	342	0.22%
Car / truck / van, carpool	13,377	8.53%
Car / truck / van, solo	131,682	83.93%
Motorcycle	78	0.05%
Other	592	0.38%
Public transportation	1,004	0.64%
Walked	5,673	3.62%
Worked at home	4,151	2.65%

Portage County Employment Lawyers handle cases involving employment contracts, severance agreements, OSHA, workers compensation, ADA, race, sex, pregnancy, national-orgin, sexual orientation and age discrimination, sexual harassment, hours & wages and overtime issues. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Portage County Family Information Back to top
: 112,830 (288,932 people)
: 78,826 (238,524 people)
: 34,302
: 160,115
Portage County Household Income in 1999

Income	Population	Percent
Under $10,000	8,774	7.74%
$10,000-$14,999	6,421	5.66%
$15,000-$19,999	6,049	5.34%
$20,000-$24,999	7,526	6.64%
$25,000-$29,999	6,950	6.13%
$30,000-$34,999	7,880	6.95%
$35,000-$39,999	6,898	6.08%
$40,000-$44,999	6,870	6.06%
$45,000-$49,999	6,577	5.80%
$50,000-$59,999	11,485	10.13%
$60,000-$74,999	14,018	12.37%
$75,000-$99,999	12,785	11.28%
$100,000-$124,999	5,375	4.74%
$125,000-$149,999	2,512	2.22%
$150,000-$199,999	1,586	1.40%
$200,000 or more	1,656	1.46%

Portage County Household Type

Type	Population	Percent
Nonfamily, 1 person	13,151	23.30%
Family, 2 people	16,669	29.53%
Nonfamily, 2 people	3,104	5.50%
Family, 3 people	9,220	16.33%
Nonfamily, 3 people	571	1.01%
Family, 4 people	8,303	14.71%
Nonfamily, 4 people	239	0.42%
Family, 5 people	3,480	6.16%
Nonfamily, 5 people	122	0.22%
Family, 6 people	1,114	1.97%
Nonfamily, 6 people	35	0.06%
Family, 7 or more people	415	0.74%
Nonfamily, 7 or more people	26	0.05%

Portage County Household Income Type

Type	Population	Percent
Earnings	96,003	31.04%
Interest / Dividend / Rent	40,573	13.12%
Public Assistance	2,266	0.73%
Retirement	20,288	6.56%
Self Employment	12,507	4.04%
Social Security	25,891	8.37%
Supplemental Security	3,505	1.13%
Wage / Salary	93,506	30.23%
Other	14,796	4.78%

Portage County Family Type

Type	Population	Percent
No children under 18	35,612	55.98%
With children under 18	28,008	44.02%

Portage County Marital Status - Male (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	11,183	9.44%
Married	67,862	57.26%
Never Married	37,387	31.54%
Widowed	2,089	1.76%

Portage County Marital Status - Female (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	13,026	10.23%
Married	67,661	53.16%
Never Married	35,594	27.96%
Widowed	11,001	8.64%

Portage County Family Lawyers help clients with family law issues, such as marriage, divorce, domestic partnerships, adoptions, paternity, annulment, child support, custody, division of property, alimony, palimony, restraining orders, spousal support, uncontested divorce and visitation rights. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Portage County Education Information Back to top
Portage County Highest Degree Earned (18 or older)

Degree	Population	Percent
Less than 9th grade	5,861	2.51%
9th-12th grade, no diploma	25,534	10.94%
High school diploma or equivalent	86,961	37.27%
Some college, no degree	62,132	26.63%
Associate degree	10,093	4.33%
Bachelors degree	29,161	12.50%
Graduate or professional degree	13,562	5.81%

Portage County Population In School (3 or older)

School Level	In Public School	Percent	In Private School	Percent	Total	Percent
Nursery or preschool	3,071	2.02%	1,938	1.27%	5,009	3.29%
Kindergarten	3,515	2.31%	356	0.23%	3,871	2.55%
Grades 1-4	15,724	10.34%	1,642	1.08%	17,366	11.42%
Grades 5-8	15,409	10.13%	1,232	0.81%	16,641	10.94%
Grades 9-12	15,061	9.90%	1,200	0.79%	16,261	10.69%
Undergrad college	26,508	17.43%	3,096	2.04%	29,604	19.47%
Graduate or professional school	4,299	2.83%	302	0.20%	4,601	3.03%
Total	83,587	54.97%	9,766	6.42%	93,353	61.39%

Portage County Education Lawyers represent colleges, school districts, other educational institutions, and students in the practice of education law. They handle issues related to No Child Left Behind, special education, and disability rights. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Portage County Business Information Back to top
: $1,734,393,000
: $1,328,797,000
: $146,703,000
: $2,167,698
: 14,795
Portage County Businesses Changes By Year

Year - Type	Business Births	Business Deaths	Business Expansions	Business Contractions	Stable Businesses
1999 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
1999 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	10	17	36	36	46
1999 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	2	1	1	1	1
1999 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	3	3	13	15	17
1999 - Construction	49	34	92	109	100
1999 - Educational Services	2	1	4	4	4
1999 - Finance & Insurance	15	9	24	27	59
1999 - Health Care & Social Assistance	9	9	73	57	68
1999 - Information	4	1	4	8	5
1999 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	5	0	6	5	3
1999 - Manufacturing	16	24	106	113	56
1999 - Mining	1	4	7	9	8
1999 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	27	17	71	81	138
1999 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	15	21	43	34	95
1999 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	7	11	23	17	41
1999 - Retail Trade	32	32	123	150	130
1999 - Transportation & Warehousing	10	7	28	14	30
1999 - Unclassified	10	2	1	1	0
1999 - Utilities	4	0	0	0	2
1999 - Wholesale Trade	11	14	39	56	62
1999 - Total	232	207	694	737	865
2000 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2000 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	14	15	42	36	36
2000 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	0	2	0	1	2
2000 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	3	5	19	5	19
2000 - Construction	59	33	115	86	118
2000 - Educational Services	2	1	6	6	1
2000 - Finance & Insurance	15	13	24	24	64
2000 - Health Care & Social Assistance	18	21	58	54	73
2000 - Information	5	3	3	9	7
2000 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	2	6	4	7
2000 - Manufacturing	19	21	96	115	58
2000 - Mining	0	2	12	6	5
2000 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	21	20	77	86	131
2000 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	26	14	47	29	100
2000 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	10	10	25	16	37
2000 - Retail Trade	36	31	145	130	129
2000 - Transportation & Warehousing	11	9	31	19	28
2000 - Unclassified	4	6	1	0	2
2000 - Utilities	0	1	0	2	3
2000 - Wholesale Trade	13	15	57	30	69
2000 - Total	256	224	764	658	889
2001 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2001 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	20	14	37	38	42
2001 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	1	1	0	1	0
2001 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	4	1	9	18	18
2001 - Construction	30	44	94	138	109
2001 - Educational Services	4	1	6	1	6
2001 - Finance & Insurance	16	23	24	21	60
2001 - Health Care & Social Assistance	27	14	63	54	73
2001 - Information	4	1	8	7	9
2001 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	3	5	9
2001 - Manufacturing	12	20	90	124	58
2001 - Mining	2	2	4	11	6
2001 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	24	24	83	72	135
2001 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	19	26	46	32	98
2001 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	11	8	28	16	34
2001 - Retail Trade	33	31	126	143	140
2001 - Transportation & Warehousing	17	12	25	18	31
2001 - Unclassified	2	2	0	1	3
2001 - Utilities	1	1	1	0	3
2001 - Wholesale Trade	12	11	37	51	70
2001 - Total	239	236	684	751	904
2002 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2002 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	25	28	32	31	46
2002 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	0	0	0	0	2
2002 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	5	7	15	11	17
2002 - Construction	36	49	89	114	120
2002 - Educational Services	1	2	5	5	7
2002 - Finance & Insurance	14	8	29	23	56
2002 - Health Care & Social Assistance	22	12	75	61	72
2002 - Information	8	4	7	9	7
2002 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	2	1	4	5	8
2002 - Manufacturing	13	29	75	145	39
2002 - Mining	0	2	4	9	9
2002 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	31	26	80	74	132
2002 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	31	33	34	38	93
2002 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	20	13	24	26	29
2002 - Retail Trade	36	54	132	133	122
2002 - Transportation & Warehousing	19	10	18	26	38
2002 - Unclassified	1	2	0	0	0
2002 - Utilities	1	0	0	0	5
2002 - Wholesale Trade	11	26	35	46	65
2002 - Total	276	306	658	756	867
2003 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2003 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	24	25	28	37	46
2003 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	1	1	0	0	1
2003 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	5	7	12	16	9
2003 - Construction	44	45	89	96	127
2003 - Educational Services	2	0	3	5	9
2003 - Finance & Insurance	14	5	32	27	61
2003 - Health Care & Social Assistance	9	8	89	61	75
2003 - Information	5	4	6	2	18
2003 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	1	2	2	7	7
2003 - Manufacturing	12	14	99	93	67
2003 - Mining	3	2	6	6	10
2003 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	30	19	82	86	137
2003 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	22	12	47	38	93
2003 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	7	10	27	19	48
2003 - Retail Trade	42	27	137	137	121
2003 - Transportation & Warehousing	16	10	31	27	36
2003 - Unclassified	0	0	0	0	0
2003 - Utilities	0	0	2	0	4
2003 - Wholesale Trade	7	11	39	47	70
2003 - Total	244	202	731	704	939
2004 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2004 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	20	25	34	34	42
2004 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	2	1	0	0	1
2004 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	7	2	15	13	11
2004 - Construction	45	45	95	97	119
2004 - Educational Services	2	4	7	5	3
2004 - Finance & Insurance	9	9	34	25	67
2004 - Health Care & Social Assistance	12	15	68	71	78
2004 - Information	5	3	8	5	15
2004 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	3	0	5	3	7
2004 - Manufacturing	10	18	91	98	60
2004 - Mining	3	4	7	4	9
2004 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	27	24	80	86	135
2004 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	20	21	46	31	106
2004 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	7	14	12	29	44
2004 - Retail Trade	44	34	135	123	147
2004 - Transportation & Warehousing	10	15	31	28	42
2004 - Unclassified	3	1	0	0	0
2004 - Utilities	2	1	3	0	2
2004 - Wholesale Trade	13	18	46	26	71
2004 - Total	244	254	717	678	959
2005 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2005 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	17	19	37	35	39
2005 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	2	1	1	1	0
2005 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	3	8	11	20	7
2005 - Construction	50	50	95	96	117
2005 - Educational Services	5	1	6	6	4
2005 - Finance & Insurance	11	12	39	23	61
2005 - Health Care & Social Assistance	12	15	69	66	82
2005 - Information	3	2	3	6	21
2005 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	1	3	8	2	6
2005 - Manufacturing	13	17	95	81	66
2005 - Mining	1	0	5	8	11
2005 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	18	23	89	68	145
2005 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	15	21	43	37	105
2005 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	21	10	20	9	51
2005 - Retail Trade	47	43	127	142	136
2005 - Transportation & Warehousing	15	8	35	24	44
2005 - Unclassified	3	2	0	1	0
2005 - Utilities	0	0	2	2	2
2005 - Wholesale Trade	14	18	38	48	48
2005 - Total	251	253	723	675	945

Wholesale Trade Business Lawyers provide services for corporations, LLCs, partnerships, contracts, franchising and business litigation. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Portage County Public Benefits Information Back to top
Portage County Above Or Below Poverty Level In 1999

Above/Below	Population	Percent
At Or Above Poverty Level	263,294	90.74%
Below Poverty Level	26,876	9.26%

Portage County Government Finances By Year

Year	Property Taxes	Other Taxes	Intergov. Revenue	Utility Revenue	Employee Retirement Revenue	Other Revenue	Total Revenue	Salaries & Wages	Total Debt	Total Cash & Securities
1970	$1,825	$161	$2,028	$0	$0	$6,643	$10,496	$5,379	$2,410	$1,626
1971	$2,196	$207	$2,367	$0	$0	$7,988	$12,551	$7,179	$3,882	$3,069
1972	$2,425	$536	$3,240	$0	$0	$8,251	$13,916	$7,720	$3,569	$2,836
1973	$1,906	$1,170	$3,579	$0	$0	$10,106	$15,591	$8,459	$4,966	$4,538
1974	$2,253	$507	$5,971	$0	$0	$10,889	$19,113	$9,356	$4,865	$5,026
1975	$2,278	$528	$7,112	$0	$0	$12,215	$21,605	$10,072	$9,299	$8,715
1976	$2,820	$181	$5,737	$15	$0	$12,181	$20,753	$11,783	$24,897	$5,478
1977	$3,416	$329	$5,972	$110	$0	$12,825	$22,323	$11,425	$24,637	$16,778
1978	$4,087	$298	$6,243	$110	$0	$19,652	$30,092	$17,448	$28,927	$13,444
1979	$4,340	$335	$18,074	$206	$0	$24,213	$46,833	$16,595	$46,237	$28,091
1980	$3,983	$293	$15,493	$167	$0	$26,901	$46,544	$22,665	$29,994	$5,582
1981	$5,001	$257	$12,847	$318	$0	$29,655	$47,821	$20,975	$32,210	$8,660
1982	$4,954	$257	$12,095	$324	$0	$35,766	$53,139	$23,073	$25,109	$7,436
1983	$7,483	$126	$12,515	$334	$0	$38,587	$58,919	$26,028	$22,021	$7,472
1984	$7,162	$280	$17,051	$324	$0	$44,952	$69,489	$27,209	$33,581	$11,091
1985	$7,148	$347	$22,558	$347	$0	$50,762	$80,815	$29,919	$35,832	$25,886
1986	$8,033	$463	$18,961	$400	$0	$47,874	$75,268	$32,626	$33,897	$29,087
1987	$8,002	$762	$15,339	$464	$0	$54,052	$77,857	$34,320	$51,784	$27,831
1988	$8,994	$2,462	$18,578	$532	$0	$58,947	$87,051	$36,729	$47,149	$69,881
1989	$9,142	$2,567	$17,427	$534	$0	$61,113	$88,216	$38,565	$55,452	$65,651
1990	$11,053	$2,213	$18,060	$636	$0	$66,711	$96,460	$40,859	$50,349	$62,926
1991	$14,324	$3,732	$22,288	$687	$0	$78,163	$115,462	$44,401	$48,169	$65,230
1992	$10,338	$6,296	$25,515	$713	$0	$80,818	$117,384	$47,329	$49,183	$58,913
1993	$13,491	$6,131	$21,307	$800	$0	$89,735	$125,333	$48,941	$52,532	$81,230
1994	$14,256	$6,478	$19,397	$826	$0	$113,906	$148,385	$50,456	$47,014	$97,019
1995	$25,415	$255	$24,729	$0	$0	$92,552	$142,696	$41,260	$39,512	$86,844
1996	$14,481	$11,891	$23,204	$1,600	$0	$106,609	$145,894	$61,394	$54,728	$90,936
1997	$15,618	$13,957	$25,286	$1,681	$0	$113,405	$155,990	$63,236	$61,328	$107,609
1998	$19,528	$14,070	$28,154	$1,795	$0	$118,229	$167,706	$65,133	$72,007	$90,816
1999	$20,855	$12,052	$31,080	$1,850	$0	$124,306	$178,091	$65,133	$58,157	$87,874
2000	$19,917	$14,997	$34,029	$2,575	$0	$130,971	$187,492	$71,891	$92,968	$139,569
2001	$22,296	$12,752	$34,978	$2,652	$0	$127,745	$187,671	$100,000	$134,742	$154,140
2002	$21,229	$12,398	$36,472	$2,224	$0	$148,672	$208,597	$118,132	$118,105	$76,453
2003	$21,936	$13,048	$47,454	$2,553	$0	$156,104	$228,047	$148,553	$128,097	$108,372
2004	$22,383	$13,235	$43,380	$2,646	$0	$160,071	$228,480	$153,000	$121,819	$94,759
2005	$23,833	$13,767	$41,600	$3,151	$0	$169,963	$238,547	$157,590	$139,553	$115,108
2006	$25,794	$14,313	$47,623	$3,673	$0	$176,275	$253,365	$162,318	$152,015	$118,047

Year	Education	Financial Control	Public Buildings	Public Health	Transportation	Parks & Recreation	Total Expenses
Year	Protective Services	Welfare	Interest On General Debt	Utilities	Employee Retirement	Other	Total Expenses
1970	$210	$882	$99	$5,801	$1,483	$0	$11,208
1970	$308	$1,022	$55	$0	$0	$1,348	$11,208
1971	$154	$1,018	$111	$6,939	$1,654	$0	$13,066
1971	$361	$1,272	$51	$0	$0	$1,506	$13,066
1972	$199	$1,076	$125	$7,864	$1,822	$0	$15,526
1972	$404	$1,420	$95	$0	$0	$2,521	$15,526
1973	$271	$1,215	$808	$8,495	$1,773	$0	$17,091
1973	$443	$1,896	$112	$0	$0	$2,078	$17,091
1974	$180	$1,328	$520	$8,886	$1,761	$0	$19,243
1974	$478	$2,337	$211	$0	$0	$3,542	$19,243
1975	$206	$2,016	$174	$11,092	$2,181	$0	$22,727
1975	$939	$2,213	$585	$1	$0	$3,320	$22,727
1976	$221	$2,468	$179	$26,769	$2,290	$0	$41,930
1976	$1,014	$2,544	$412	$1,079	$0	$4,954	$41,930
1977	$307	$2,015	$215	$22,130	$2,408	$0	$34,151
1977	$1,125	$2,116	$432	$112	$0	$3,291	$34,151
1978	$406	$2,359	$1,386	$23,220	$2,328	$0	$45,102
1978	$1,069	$3,515	$792	$365	$0	$9,662	$45,102
1979	$718	$2,547	$390	$21,218	$2,381	$0	$50,529
1979	$1,154	$3,977	$3,419	$260	$0	$14,465	$50,529
1980	$741	$2,901	$714	$24,079	$2,401	$0	$53,418
1980	$1,324	$4,305	$3,137	$161	$0	$13,655	$53,418
1981	$763	$3,344	$853	$27,070	$3,303	$0	$47,635
1981	$1,403	$5,664	$1,421	$291	$0	$3,523	$47,635
1982	$824	$4,098	$659	$31,160	$3,433	$0	$56,558
1982	$1,625	$6,107	$2,393	$116	$0	$6,143	$56,558
1983	$900	$4,109	$938	$33,900	$3,910	$0	$59,052
1983	$1,551	$7,281	$1,581	$0	$0	$4,882	$59,052
1984	$930	$3,590	$915	$38,311	$3,376	$0	$63,912
1984	$1,556	$8,201	$2,726	$145	$0	$4,162	$63,912
1985	$1,007	$3,817	$867	$38,710	$3,548	$0	$67,036
1985	$1,510	$8,213	$2,438	$276	$0	$6,650	$67,036
1986	$926	$4,163	$727	$42,452	$3,800	$0	$75,647
1986	$1,617	$8,327	$2,243	$288	$0	$11,104	$75,647
1987	$1,000	$3,409	$700	$46,090	$3,593	$0	$69,910
1987	$1,689	$7,852	$1,815	$263	$0	$3,499	$69,910
1988	$1,000	$4,897	$889	$54,936	$3,598	$0	$86,510
1988	$1,529	$10,060	$4,448	$645	$0	$4,508	$86,510
1989	$1,050	$4,575	$1,075	$56,543	$4,791	$0	$91,455
1989	$1,872	$11,897	$4,744	$451	$0	$4,457	$91,455
1990	$1,062	$4,883	$1,217	$60,177	$4,000	$0	$93,849
1990	$2,254	$10,432	$4,464	$649	$0	$4,711	$93,849
1991	$1,426	$6,378	$1,349	$67,349	$5,524	$0	$110,421
1991	$2,558	$12,376	$4,317	$700	$0	$8,444	$110,421
1992	$1,993	$8,184	$1,475	$69,019	$5,293	$0	$113,881
1992	$2,677	$12,300	$4,007	$699	$0	$8,234	$113,881
1993	$1,364	$8,446	$1,321	$76,726	$4,773	$0	$120,980
1993	$2,918	$13,294	$3,041	$756	$0	$8,341	$120,980
1994	$0	$8,759	$1,370	$79,570	$4,950	$0	$124,234
1994	$3,026	$13,569	$3,139	$859	$0	$8,992	$124,234
1995	$0	$11,088	$0	$88,458	$5,149	$431	$128,443
1995	$5,488	$0	$2,223	$0	$0	$15,606	$128,443
1996	$0	$10,130	$1,816	$91,003	$5,121	$0	$148,130
1996	$4,934	$15,092	$2,624	$1,062	$0	$16,348	$148,130
1997	$0	$10,346	$1,661	$114,154	$5,651	$0	$171,200
1997	$5,901	$15,811	$3,086	$1,812	$0	$12,778	$171,200
1998	$0	$13,260	$1,827	$104,304	$5,284	$0	$173,811
1998	$4,596	$23,404	$3,349	$854	$0	$16,933	$173,811
1999	$0	$19,982	$8,759	$104,305	$5,284	$0	$187,250
1999	$4,596	$20,169	$3,914	$853	$0	$19,388	$187,250
2000	$0	$17,952	$10,884	$122,120	$6,644	$0	$210,220
2000	$4,765	$16,998	$3,184	$2,979	$0	$24,694	$210,220
2001	$0	$19,082	$3,340	$126,750	$7,075	$0	$211,183
2001	$4,965	$17,681	$7,509	$3,258	$0	$21,523	$211,183
2002	$0	$20,206	$9,072	$142,531	$6,503	$0	$240,110
2002	$9,972	$24,859	$5,852	$2,088	$0	$19,027	$240,110
2003	$0	$23,661	$3,479	$145,064	$7,778	$0	$240,429
2003	$10,719	$21,998	$7,077	$2,884	$0	$17,769	$240,429
2004	$0	$22,821	$4,961	$157,338	$5,989	$0	$251,485
2004	$10,571	$21,704	$4,961	$3,463	$0	$19,677	$251,485
2005	$0	$25,381	$2,137	$160,052	$7,404	$0	$261,685
2005	$5,170	$23,594	$8,572	$2,874	$0	$26,501	$261,685
2006	$0	$23,434	$2,237	$160,173	$8,955	$0	$270,557
2006	$5,757	$24,812	$8,122	$2,317	$0	$34,750	$270,557

Portage County Public Benefits Lawyers assess the range of local, state and federal government benefits to which their clients may be entitled and help them apply for such programs, as well as appeal decisions denying such benefits to their clients. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Portage County Criminal Information Back to top
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Portage County Criminal Lawyers represent defendants in municipal, state and federal criminal proceedings. These lawyers commonly handle cases involving DUI/DWI (drunk driving), drug possession, gun crimes, traffic tickets, violent crimes, sex crimes, theft offenses and white collar crimes. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Portage County Immigration & Civil Rights Information Back to top
: 52,000
Portage County Population By Age

Age	Population	Percent
0-9 Years	19,464	12.80%
10-19 Years	23,839	15.68%
20-29 Years	23,988	15.78%
30-39 Years	21,943	14.43%
40-49 Years	23,275	15.31%
50-59 Years	17,156	11.28%
60-69 Years	10,777	7.09%
70-79 Years	7,828	5.15%
80-89 Years	3,282	2.16%
90+ Years	509	0.33%

Portage County Population - Male/Female

Male/Female	Population	Percent
Male	74,260	48.84%
Female	77,801	51.16%

Portage County Population By Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Population	Percent
Caucasian	142,825	93.93%
African-American	4,812	3.16%
Multiracial	1,692	1.11%
Asian	1,238	0.81%
Hispanic/Latino	1,093	0.72%
Amerindian	260	0.17%
Other Race	127	0.08%
Pacific Islander	14	0.01%

Portage County Top Specified Ancestries

Rank	Ancestry	Population	Percent Of Specified Ancestries
1.	German	82,891	25.70%
2.	Irish	46,912	14.54%
3.	English	36,685	11.37%
4.	Italian	27,917	8.66%
5.	United States Or American	23,293	7.22%
6.	Polish	17,853	5.53%
7.	Hungarian	12,378	3.84%
8.	French Non-Basque	8,352	2.59%
9.	Dutch	7,135	2.21%
10.	Scottish	6,984	2.17%

Portage County Top Languages Spoken At Home

Rank	Language	Population	Percent Of Reported Languages
1.	Only English	274,796	95.73%
2.	Spanish Or Spanish Creole	3,496	1.22%
3.	German	1,754	0.61%
4.	French	1,169	0.41%
5.	Italian	743	0.26%
6.	Chinese	686	0.24%
7.	Hungarian	604	0.21%
8.	Polish	354	0.12%
9.	Other Slavic	344	0.12%
10.	Korean	314	0.11%

Portage County Citizen Type

Type	Population	Percent
Citizen by birth	299,534	98.00%
Naturalized immigrant	2,898	0.95%
Not a citizen	3,226	1.06%

Portage County Immigration Lawyers help clients navigate through the federal immigration process. They help workers secure temporary visas (H1-B, fiances obtain K-1 visas, and permanent immigrants apply for Green Cards or citizenship. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Portage County Civil Rights Lawyers represent clients who have been illegally discriminated against on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and national origin. If you have suffered employment discrimination, sexual harassment, or have been treated differently by a hotel, restaurant, or other public accommodation, a civil rights lawyer can help you determine whether your rights were violated and what types of redress are available. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Portage County Cities Back to top

Alphabetical | By Population

Atwater	Garrettsville	Ravenna
Aurora	Hiram	Rootstown
Brady Lake	Kent	Shalersville
Brimfield	Mantua	Streetsboro
Charlestown	Mogadore	Suffield
Deerfield	Nelson	Sugar Bush Knolls
Diamond	North Benton	Tallmadge
Edinburg	Palmyra	Wayland
Franklin	Paris	Windham
Freedom	Randolph

Portage County Zip Codes Back to top

Alphabetical | By Population

44201	44242	44285
44202	44243	44288
44211	44255	44411
44231	44260	44412
44234	44265	44449
44240	44266
44241	44272

Today on Verdict

Can a Public High School Punish a Student for Asking a Question that Refers to “Illegal Aliens”? Part One in a Two-Part Series

In this first of a two-part series of columns discussing a recent incident at a North Carolina high school where a student was suspended for using the term “illegal alien” in class, UC Davis Law professor Vikram David Amar and Illinois Law professor Jason Mazzone explain the relevant First Amendment case law surrounding student speech in public K-12 schools.

Kent (27,906)	Freedom (5,083)	Brady Lake (513)
Ravenna (21,041)	Windham (4,866)	Sugar Bush Knolls (227)
Aurora (13,556)	Mogadore (3,893)	Wayland
Streetsboro (12,311)	Hiram (3,538)	Tallmadge
Brimfield (7,963)	Nelson (2,985)	Franklin
Rootstown (7,212)	Palmyra (2,785)	North Benton
Suffield (6,383)	Atwater (2,762)	Paris
Shalersville (5,976)	Edinburg (2,344)	Diamond
Mantua (5,707)	Garrettsville (2,262)	Deerfield
Randolph (5,504)	Charlestown (2,003)