2024 population: 1,574,452 ( 283 from 2020)
Land area: 1454.9 square miles
Population density: 1082.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,008,574	64.06%	2.2%
Black:	250,574	15.91%	2.0%
Indian:	6,411	0.41%	2.2%
Asian:	76,429	4.85%	14.5%
2+ races:	35,015	2.22%	9.4%
Hispanic:	197,449	12.54%	8.1%

Total non-White:	565,878	35.94%	4.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	74,122	11.8
Deaths:	66,652	10.6
Net Migration:	-30,505	-4.8
Net Immigration:	23,425	3.7

Change in White population:	-22,486	-1.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	22,203	1.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,574,735
1,031,060	65.48%
255,787	16.24%
6,554	0.42%
66,741	4.24%
31,993	2.03%
182,600	11.60%
543,675	34.52%

2010
1,555,908
1,073,109	68.97%
255,779	16.44%
6,594	0.42%
46,043	2.96%
25,384	1.63%
147,503	9.48%
482,799	31.03%

2000
1,500,741
1,116,150	74.37%
232,247	15.48%
6,843	0.46%
31,199	2.08%
18,247	1.22%
94,511	6.30%
384,591	25.63%

1990
1,432,149
1,161,344	81.09%
195,991	13.69%
7,480	0.52%
19,058	1.33%
n/a
48,276	3.37%
270,805	18.91%

1980
1,397,143
1,196,260	85.62%
149,617	10.71%
6,224	0.45%
8,942	0.64%
n/a
34,993	2.50%
200,883	14.38%

1970
1,403,688
1,267,915	90.33%
104,868	7.47%
4,012	0.29%
3,121	0.22%
n/a
21,907	1.56%
135,773	9.67%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
182,815	11.7
123,806	8.0
-64,395	-4.1
25,298	1.6

-42,049	-2.7
60,876	3.9

Number	Rate
2000's
199,213	13.3
119,253	7.9
-74,453	-5.0
27,832	1.9

-43,041	-2.9
98,208	6.5

Number	Rate
1990's
219,424	15.3
127,102	8.9
-80,450	-5.6
12,574	0.9

-45,194	-3.2
113,786	7.9

Number	Rate
1980's
222,721	15.9
120,216	8.6
-59,302	-4.2
n/a

-34,916	-2.5
69,922	5.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-118,427	-8.4
n/a

-71,655	-5.1
65,110	4.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.6
356,496	22.6%
1,217,956	77.4%
255,501	16.2%

648,737
2.37

387,565	59.7%
279,196	72.0%
46,178	11.9%
261,172	40.3%

2010
Number	Percent
36.8
382,936	24.6%
1,172,972	75.4%
195,832	12.6%

622,087
2.45

391,117	62.9%
279,442	71.4%
51,152	13.1%
230,970	37.1%

2000
Number	Percent
35.3
395,665	26.4%
1,105,076	73.6%
188,380	12.6%

588,230
2.50

383,799	65.2%
288,423	75.1%
46,895	12.2%
204,431	34.8%

1990
Number	Percent
32.7
376,713	26.3%
1,055,436	73.7%
178,515	12.5%

538,179
2.60

372,335	69.2%
287,655	77.3%
42,817	11.5%
165,844	30.8%

1980
Number	Percent
30.1
395,105	28.3%
1,002,038	71.7%
155,083	11.1%

501,617
2.72

361,567	72.1%
295,772	81.8%
35,078	9.7%
140,050	27.9%

2022 Housing Data for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	31,165	4.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	26,412	4.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	19,894	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	24,249	3.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	28,118	4.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	23,346	3.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	23,272	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	22,843	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	24,318	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	49,469	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	59,208	9.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	83,749	12.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	66,907	10.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	47,452	7.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	55,512	8.6%
$200,000 or more	62,823	9.7%

Median Household Income	74,861
Per Capita Income	42,428

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	91

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	34,538	5.3%
Public Assistance	12,242	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	92,806	14.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	670,661	75.7%
Unemployed	26,912	3.0%
In Armed Forces	630	0.1%

Total Labor Force	698,203	78.8%
Not in Labor Force	187,513	21.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	312,093	250,738	55.5%
Non-Profit	26,821	63,695	29.6%
Self-Employed	35,051	22,205	61.2%

Local Government	20,696	30,223	40.6%
State Government	8,221	11,209	42.3%
Federal Government	5,447	6,673	44.9%

Total Private + Self	347,144	272,943	56.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	61,185	111,800	35.4%
Total	408,329	384,743	51.5%

Pct. Govt.	10.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	137,962	17.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	159,837	20.1%
Professional, Technical	199,658	25.1%
Service Occupations	124,665	15.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,910	0.2%
All others	172,033	21.7%

White Collar		62.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	133,680	16.8%
Health care and social assistance	125,309	15.8%
Retail trade	83,759	10.5%
Educational services	70,409	8.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	53,677	6.8%
Accommodation and food services	48,460	6.1%
Finance and insurance	44,291	5.6%
Construction	39,887	5.0%
Other services	33,746	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	33,392	4.2%
Transportation and warehousing	33,363	4.2%
Public administration	23,645	3.0%
Wholesale trade	20,085	2.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	14,286	1.8%
Information	12,848	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	12,228	1.5%
Utilities	5,136	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	3,693	0.5%
Management	1,593	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	668	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	116,093	7.40%
Puerto Rican	41,256	2.63%
Cuban	2,487	0.16%
Dominican	1,889	0.12%

Total Central American	6,512	0.42%
Costa Rican	405	0.03%
Guatemalan	1,721	0.11%
Honduran	795	0.05%
Nicaraguan	1,255	0.08%
Panamanian	603	0.04%
Salvadoran	1,713	0.11%
Other Central American	20	0.00%

Total South American	6,050	0.39%
Argentinean	903	0.06%
Bolivian	455	0.03%
Chilean	403	0.03%
Colombian	1,577	0.10%
Ecuadorian	622	0.04%
Paraguayan	69	0.00%
Peruvian	954	0.06%
Uruguayan	103	0.01%
Venezuelan	927	0.06%
Other South American	37	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4,427	0.28%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	16,060	1.02%
Hmong	14,063	0.90%
Chinese	7,977	0.51%
Burmese	5,554	0.35%
Filipino	3,818	0.24%
Vietnamese	2,603	0.17%
Korean	2,434	0.16%
Laotian	2,104	0.13%
Thai	793	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,279,847	86.7%
Spanish	113,910	7.7%
Other Asian	22,386	1.5%
Other Indo-European	17,767	1.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	8,790	0.6%
German, other Germanic	7,661	0.5%
Other	5,795	0.4%
Chinese	5,735	0.4%
Arabic	5,228	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	500,416	31.9%
Polish	160,135	10.2%
Irish	149,244	9.5%
English	76,736	4.9%
Italian	66,637	4.2%
Norwegian	47,187	3.0%
American	33,855	2.2%
French	33,725	2.1%
European	23,596	1.5%
Swedish	22,518	1.4%
Dutch	18,265	1.2%
Scottish	13,991	0.9%
Czech	12,967	0.8%
Russian	11,949	0.8%
Danish	9,006	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,508,440	96.1%
Not a citizen	60,500	3.9%

Native	1,450,964	92.5%
Foreign-born	117,976	7.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
28,220	2.6%	52,260	4.9%	278,792	26.0%	305,819	28.5%	263,345	24.6%	143,866	13.4%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	28,220	2.6%
9-12 Years	52,260	4.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	278,792	26.0%
Some College	305,819	28.5%
Bach. Degree	263,345	24.6%
Grad Degree	143,866	13.4%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,493,148	1,430,420	62,728	4.2%
1991	1,487,212	1,413,490	73,722	5.0%
1992	1,520,548	1,448,252	72,296	4.8%
1993	1,534,570	1,472,338	62,232	4.1%
1994	1,565,386	1,501,496	63,890	4.1%
1995	1,583,142	1,528,172	54,970	3.5%
1996	1,607,256	1,550,940	56,316	3.5%
1997	1,624,956	1,569,718	55,238	3.4%
1998	1,628,056	1,575,240	52,816	3.2%
1999	1,629,716	1,578,582	51,134	3.1%

2000	1,609,410	1,551,438	57,972	3.6%
2001	1,607,368	1,532,640	74,728	4.6%
2002	1,591,620	1,499,656	91,964	5.8%
2003	1,592,028	1,494,520	97,508	6.1%
2004	1,580,232	1,495,342	84,890	5.4%
2005	1,570,108	1,492,008	78,100	5.0%
2006	1,591,034	1,514,372	76,662	4.8%
2007	1,611,122	1,530,730	80,392	5.0%
2008	1,615,934	1,534,494	81,440	5.0%
2009	1,612,642	1,465,174	147,468	9.1%

2010	1,635,816	1,492,136	143,680	8.8%
2011	1,632,224	1,502,880	129,344	7.9%
2012	1,630,916	1,511,430	119,486	7.3%
2013	1,641,070	1,523,774	117,296	7.1%
2014	1,643,856	1,549,000	94,856	5.8%
2015	1,641,290	1,562,368	78,922	4.8%
2016	1,651,072	1,581,446	69,626	4.2%
2017	1,650,734	1,592,624	58,110	3.5%
2018	1,635,906	1,583,278	52,628	3.2%
2019	1,627,988	1,571,648	56,340	3.5%

2020	1,615,162	1,501,080	114,082	7.1%
2021	1,626,954	1,554,716	72,238	4.4%
2022	1,614,836	1,563,798	51,038	3.2%
2023	1,640,386	1,586,736	53,650	3.3%
2024	1,642,540	1,589,536	53,004	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	693,549
Median Value	$253,933

Occupied	648,737	93.5%
Vacant	44,812	6.5%

Owned	390,320	60.2%
Rented	258,417	39.8%
Median Rent	$1,078

Single-Family Units	414,879	59.8%
Detached	378,008	54.5%
Attached	36,871	5.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	161,478	23.3%
Mobile Homes	4,000	0.6%

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area