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Milwaukee, WI
563,531 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5553000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Milwaukee ranked #322 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Milwaukee and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Baltimore MD, Detroit MI, Pittsburgh PA, Cincinnati OH, New Orleans LA, Columbus OH, Memphis TN, Toledo OH, St. Louis MO, Minneapolis MN, Fresno CA, Cleveland OH, Buffalo NY · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #322 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #324 | #296 | #301 | #278 | #323 | #246 | #294 | #332 | #336 | #326 | #332 | #325 | #330 | #309 | #337 | #336 | #333 | #327 | #322 | #317 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 588,565 | 586,395 | 586,445 | 587,858 | 592,180 | 594,865 | 597,086 | 598,569 | 599,916 | 600,664 | 600,477 | 596,996 | 593,725 | 591,375 | 590,157 | 577,157 | 566,415 | 564,614 | 563,052 | 563,531 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #231 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -1.5 | -1.4 | -1.0 | -0.8 | -0.4 | — | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -1.2 | -1.3 | -1.1 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -1.8 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #252 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 10 in its peer group with data | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | — | — | — | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #113 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 24.1% | 23.8% | 23.4% | 23.5% | 25.3% | 26.9% | 26.7% | 26.4% | 26.5% | 27.4% | 25.7% | 25.5% | 25.2% | 23.8% | 23.5% | — | 24.1% | 23.4% | 23.7% | 22.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #294 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | 20.6 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 17.3 | 14.3 | 24.3 | 23.6 | 20.0 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 33.3 | 34.3 | 37.9 | 30.9 | 24.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #291 of 295 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data | 173.8 | 212.0 | 225.4 | 195.6 | 190.5 | 173.0 | 155.6 | 210.5 | 212.9 | 254.6 | 293.9 | 297.7 | 323.7 | 288.5 | 293.7 | 460.5 | 519.4 | 487.8 | 429.8 | 392.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 288,096 | 297,293 | 300,167 | 303,912 | 279,442 | 284,856 | 299,889 | 290,798 | 282,182 | 295,945 | 300,835 | 301,926 | 297,309 | 301,291 | 295,057 | 276,971 | 270,322 | 280,431 | 283,032 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #171 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -1.9 | +1.5 | +0.5 | +1.1 | -3.4 | +3.1 | +2.1 | -2.5 | -3.0 | +2.5 | +0.4 | -1.6 | -1.5 | +0.6 | -2.2 | -0.9 | -2.5 | +0.2 | -0.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 250,957 | 256,322 | 261,801 | 267,283 | 274,825 | 275,797 | 272,055 | 276,819 | 273,825 | — | 260,052 | 273,725 | 272,472 | 268,641 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #271 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.8% | 13.1% | 11.3% | 10.5% | 8.7% | 8.0% | 6.2% | 5.3% | 5.3% | — | 7.0% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 6.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 123% | 127% | 131% | 99% | 113% | 104% | 96% | 91% | 95% | 97% | 97% | 96% | 90% | 82% | 80% | 81% | 83% | 83% | 77% | 76% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #201 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 6% | 5% | -14% | 6% | 11% | 12% | 18% | 7% | 5% | 2% | -3% | -11% | -10% | -8% | -10% | -10% | -5% | 8% | 15% | 17% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #160 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | $2,361 | $2,549 | $2,643 | $2,345 | $2,380 | $2,351 | $2,412 | $5,023 | $4,467 | $4,622 | $4,419 | $2,387 | $4,034 | $3,959 | $3,605 | $3,623 | $2,743 | $2,940 | $2,846 | $2,779 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Milwaukee. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.