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Milwaukee, WI Urban Area

1,291,752 Population
463.7 square miles 2,786 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,822 ±$877 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$74,339 ±$1,929 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.7% ±1% (174,161  ±12,840) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.3 minutes ±0.4 (12,636,595  ±317,146) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

549,702 ±4,499 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (1,267,676  ±6,542) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5% ±0.7% (15,635  ±2,109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

589,330 ±2,235 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$305,200 ±$5,782 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.5% ±0.8% (146,363  ±10,634.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.3% ±1.6% (808,979  ±14,471.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.3% ±1.1% (366,142  ±9,498.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

17% ±1.1% (207,285  ±13,143.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

9.7% ±0.5% (125,501  ±6,615) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.4% ±0.3% (43,753  ±2,591) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
43,753 Total veterans ±2,591 39,614 Male ±2,448 4,139 Female ±1,097

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