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Milwaukee County, WI

924,740 Population
241.5 square miles 3,829.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,934 ±$1,017 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,361 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,215 ±$2,144 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,488 ±$902
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.6% ±1.3% (150,646  ±12,185) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.3% 601,246 (±0.3% / ±19,433)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.4 minutes ±0.5 (8,998,645  ±276,802) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.7 61,178,236 (±0.2 / ±598,615)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

396,211 ±3,406 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,535,198 ±8,638
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (905,501  ±453) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,816,268
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±0.8% (11,610  ±1,890) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 67,503 (±0.3% / ±4,034)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

429,051 ±208 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,820,538 ±1,130
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$254,700 ±$4,553 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $294,700 ±$1,862
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.7% ±1.1% (116,012  ±9,799.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.9% 645,551 (±0.3% / ±19,713.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.7% ±2% (550,597  ±12,219.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,910,355 (±0.6% / ±26,933.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.1% ±1.2% (224,274  ±7,524.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 34.6% 1,441,896 (±0.4% / ±16,738.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11% (102,024  ±6,350) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Wisconsin: 5.5% 327,033
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±0.4% (29,501  ±2,588) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.8% 272,410 (±0.1% / ±6,719)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
29,501 Total veterans ±2,588 26,282 Male ±2,331 3,219 Female ±995

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