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Milwaukee County, WI

916,205 Population
241.5 square miles 3,794.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,812 ±$878 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $41,785 ±$352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$63,185 ±$2,648 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $74,631 ±$774
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17% ±1.1% (152,459  ±9,472) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 616,874 (±0.3% / ±19,150)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.2 minutes ±0.4 (8,708,650  ±234,870) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.5 59,514,440 (±0.2 / ±628,115)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

388,165 ±3,490 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,495,539 ±8,832
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (897,958  ±400) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,773,894
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.5% ±0.8% (10,466  ±1,904) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 4.8% 62,338 (±0.3% / ±4,468)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

423,914 ±197 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,787,388 ±291
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$232,500 ±$4,186 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $272,500 ±$1,737
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.7% ±1% (115,088  ±8,772.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.2% 654,440 (±0.3% / ±19,786.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.6% ±2% (550,875  ±12,151.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,855,294 (±0.6% / ±26,343.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
35.9% ±1.2% (220,855  ±7,366) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.8% 1,389,399 (±0.4% / ±14,983.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

19.1% ±0.7% (163,799  ±5,790.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 9.3% 518,533 (±0.2% / ±11,785.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

10.1% (92,424  ±5,960) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 307,899
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.1% ±0.4% (28,530  ±2,548) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.9% 275,531 (±0.1% / ±6,392)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
28,530 Total veterans ±2,548 25,840 Male ±2,228 2,690 Female ±768

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