2022 population: 2,320,742 ( 12,820 from 2010 , 19,653 from 2020)
Land area: 4558.4 square miles
Population density: 509.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,617,214	69.69%	4.6%
Black:	291,125	12.54%	0.7%
Indian:	9,124	0.39%	2.6%
Asian:	85,448	3.68%	47.8%
2+ races:	47,983	2.07%	35.2%
Hispanic:	269,848	11.63%	25.1%

Total non-White:	703,528	30.31%	14.8%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	57,416	12.3
Deaths:	57,052	12.2
Net Migration:	-25,554	-5.5
Net Immigration:	5,756	1.2

Change in White population:	-77,639	-3.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	90,459	3.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
2,307,922
1,694,853	73.44%
293,144	12.70%
8,890	0.39%
57,797	2.50%
35,501	1.54%
215,625	9.34%
613,069	26.56%

2000
2,205,472
1,732,059	78.53%
263,349	11.94%
8,944	0.41%
38,931	1.77%
24,786	1.12%
135,402	6.14%
473,413	21.47%

1990
2,058,583
1,737,338	84.39%
220,139	10.69%
9,365	0.45%
24,227	1.18%
n/a
67,514	3.28%
321,245	15.61%

1980
2,007,070
1,769,909	88.18%
167,954	8.37%
7,388	0.37%
11,134	0.55%
n/a
49,289	2.46%
237,161	11.82%

1970
1,981,611
1,819,669	91.83%
118,048	5.96%
4,846	0.24%
3,796	0.19%
n/a
32,833	1.66%
161,942	8.17%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
285,170	12.9
176,255	8.0
-67,605	-3.1
36,829	1.7

-37,206	-1.7
139,656	6.3

Number	Rate
1990's
307,722	14.9
185,299	9.0
-48,125	-2.3
15,566	0.8

-5,279	-0.3
152,168	7.4

Number	Rate
1980's
313,885	15.6
173,303	8.6
-78,515	-3.9
n/a

-32,571	-1.6
84,084	4.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-130,601	-6.6
n/a

-49,760	-2.5
75,219	3.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Milwaukee, WI Market 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
39.3
520,474	22.4%
1,800,268	77.6%
387,557	16.7%

955,473
2.39

583,822	61.1%
429,361	73.5%
64,993	11.1%
371,651	38.9%

2010
Number	Percent
37.4
565,293	24.5%
1,742,629	75.5%
295,121	12.8%

912,434
2.47

586,524	64.3%
429,468	73.2%
70,552	12.0%
325,910	35.7%

2000
Number	Percent
35.5
578,340	26.2%
1,627,132	73.8%
278,154	12.6%

852,930
2.52

568,420	66.6%
438,585	77.2%
62,400	11.0%
284,510	33.4%

1990
Number	Percent
32.8
544,038	26.4%
1,514,545	73.6%
261,739	12.7%

766,400
2.62

539,275	70.4%
427,320	79.2%
55,515	10.3%
227,125	29.6%

1980
Number	Percent
30.0
574,591	28.6%
1,432,479	71.4%
226,633	11.3%

711,875
2.75

521,186	73.2%
433,828	83.2%
45,534	8.7%
190,689	26.8%

2022 Housing Data for Milwaukee, WI Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	42,911	4.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	35,658	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	28,648	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	34,352	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	39,976	4.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	34,254	3.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	34,948	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	34,527	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	35,884	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	75,599	7.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	92,275	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	127,641	13.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	100,981	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	71,750	7.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	82,453	8.6%
$200,000 or more	83,616	8.8%

Median Household Income	74,471
Per Capita Income	41,118

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	89

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	47,206	4.9%
Public Assistance	18,843	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	127,214	13.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,002,208	75.8%
Unemployed	40,745	3.1%
In Armed Forces	1,086	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,044,039	79.0%
Not in Labor Force	277,515	21.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	472,955	374,443	55.8%
Non-Profit	35,867	86,957	29.2%
Self-Employed	54,608	33,825	61.8%

Local Government	32,728	47,797	40.6%
State Government	12,382	17,860	40.9%
Federal Government	7,427	8,989	45.2%

Total Private + Self	527,563	408,268	56.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	88,404	161,603	35.4%
Total	615,967	569,871	51.9%

Pct. Govt.	10.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	195,099	16.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	234,865	19.8%
Professional, Technical	275,406	23.2%
Service Occupations	189,006	15.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,059	0.4%
All others	293,274	24.7%

White Collar		59.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	222,434	102.1%
Health care and social assistance	177,302	81.3%
Retail trade	128,214	58.8%
Educational services	102,385	47.0%
Accommodation and food services	73,787	33.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	68,283	31.3%
Construction	67,107	30.8%
Finance and insurance	58,188	26.7%
Other services	50,443	23.1%
Transportation and warehousing	49,936	22.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	46,116	21.2%
Public administration	36,348	16.7%
Wholesale trade	30,753	14.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	20,308	9.3%
Information	17,512	8.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	16,587	7.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	10,587	4.9%
Utilities	8,304	3.8%
Management	2,024	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,032	0.5%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	181,689	7.79%
Puerto Rican	49,628	2.13%
Cuban	3,479	0.15%
Dominican	2,338	0.10%

Total Central American	9,130	0.39%
Costa Rican	494	0.02%
Guatemalan	2,736	0.12%
Honduran	1,287	0.06%
Nicaraguan	1,828	0.08%
Panamanian	826	0.04%
Salvadoran	1,939	0.08%
Other Central American	20	0.00%

Total South American	8,401	0.36%
Argentinean	1,406	0.06%
Bolivian	467	0.02%
Chilean	486	0.02%
Colombian	2,236	0.10%
Ecuadorian	971	0.04%
Paraguayan	85	0.00%
Peruvian	1,480	0.06%
Uruguayan	169	0.01%
Venezuelan	1,064	0.05%
Other South American	37	0.00%

Other Hispanic	7,595	0.33%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Hmong	20,186	0.87%
Indian	18,099	0.78%
Chinese	9,576	0.41%
Filipino	6,032	0.26%
Burmese	5,563	0.24%
Vietnamese	3,265	0.14%
Korean	3,019	0.13%
Laotian	2,321	0.10%
Japanese	1,038	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,935,978	88.0%
Spanish	159,422	7.2%
Other Asian	28,026	1.3%
Other Indo-European	22,311	1.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	11,630	0.5%
German, other Germanic	10,945	0.5%
Chinese	6,792	0.3%
Other	6,747	0.3%
Arabic	6,096	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	789,264	33.8%
Irish	230,053	9.9%
Polish	215,616	9.2%
English	125,195	5.4%
Italian	107,575	4.6%
Norwegian	80,577	3.5%
American	58,167	2.5%
French	51,268	2.2%
Dutch	38,583	1.7%
Swedish	36,043	1.5%
European	32,266	1.4%
Scottish	23,218	1.0%
Danish	21,126	0.9%
Czech	20,701	0.9%
Russian	17,457	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,250,423	96.5%
Not a citizen	82,110	3.5%

Native	2,173,738	93.2%
Foreign-born	158,795	6.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
43,463	2.7%	78,942	4.9%	445,253	27.9%	479,322	30.0%	359,842	22.5%	191,678	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	43,463	2.7%
9-12 Years	78,942	4.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	445,253	27.9%
Some College	479,322	30.0%
Bach. Degree	359,842	22.5%
Grad Degree	191,678	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,078,259	1,031,969	46,290	4.3%
1991	1,081,413	1,025,347	56,066	5.2%
1992	1,104,127	1,048,811	55,316	5.0%
1993	1,118,555	1,072,341	46,214	4.1%
1994	1,146,055	1,099,469	46,586	4.1%
1995	1,161,625	1,121,351	40,274	3.5%
1996	1,177,741	1,137,123	40,618	3.4%
1997	1,188,991	1,149,033	39,958	3.4%
1998	1,193,778	1,155,727	38,051	3.2%
1999	1,196,273	1,159,099	37,174	3.1%

2000	1,194,250	1,152,273	41,977	3.5%
2001	1,194,760	1,139,037	55,723	4.7%
2002	1,184,777	1,117,210	67,567	5.7%
2003	1,189,309	1,117,469	71,840	6.0%
2004	1,183,015	1,119,942	63,073	5.3%
2005	1,176,622	1,117,869	58,753	5.0%
2006	1,189,969	1,132,499	57,470	4.8%
2007	1,201,494	1,141,602	59,892	5.0%
2008	1,206,028	1,144,507	61,521	5.1%
2009	1,204,723	1,090,412	114,311	9.5%

2010	1,216,462	1,107,109	109,353	9.0%
2011	1,213,170	1,115,820	97,350	8.0%
2012	1,212,507	1,123,091	89,416	7.4%
2013	1,217,920	1,130,807	87,113	7.2%
2014	1,219,623	1,149,912	69,711	5.7%
2015	1,217,769	1,159,765	58,004	4.8%
2016	1,225,525	1,174,183	51,342	4.2%
2017	1,227,689	1,184,737	42,952	3.5%
2018	1,219,815	1,180,890	38,925	3.2%
2019	1,214,138	1,172,269	41,869	3.4%

2020	1,203,493	1,121,237	82,256	6.8%
2021	1,215,009	1,163,120	51,889	4.3%
2022	1,207,454	1,169,914	37,540	3.1%
2023	1,228,150	1,188,811	39,339	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,030,676
Median Value	$245,043

Occupied	955,473	92.7%
Vacant	75,203	7.3%

Owned	605,237	63.3%
Rented	350,236	36.7%
Median Rent	$1,050

Single-Family Units	662,181	64.2%
Detached	610,972	59.3%
Attached	51,209	5.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	211,492	20.5%
Mobile Homes	11,831	1.1%

Milwaukee, WI Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Milwaukee, WI Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Milwaukee, WI Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Milwaukee, WI Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Milwaukee, WI Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Milwaukee, WI Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Milwaukee, WI Market Area