Counties in Wisconsin by business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census)

Milwaukee County had the highest business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census) of 57 counties in 2017, at $947.08 million. Florence County had the lowest, at $280,000. The median was $18.01 million and the figure for Wisconsin was $3.49 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest947.1Milwaukee County
Median1857 counties
Wisconsin3,493.7History

Map of counties, 2017

Ashland County: 2.4 USD millionBayfield County: 9.4 USD millionBrown County: 585.9 USD millionBuffalo County: 2.6 USD millionCalumet County: 12.6 USD millionChippewa County: 26.5 USD millionClark County: 1.2 USD millionColumbia County: 30.7 USD millionDane County: 300.7 USD millionDodge County: 18 USD millionDoor County: 46.5 USD millionDouglas County: 12.5 USD millionDunn County: 3.9 USD millionEau Claire County: 54.9 USD millionFlorence County: 0.3 USD millionFond du Lac County: 37.7 USD millionForest County: 1.3 USD millionGrant County: 6.1 USD millionGreen County: 6.9 USD millionIowa County: 18.6 USD millionJackson County: 4.3 USD millionJefferson County: 35.4 USD millionJuneau County: 3 USD millionKenosha County: 63 USD millionKewaunee County: 1.6 USD millionLa Crosse County: 56 USD millionLafayette County: 0.5 USD millionLincoln County: 3.5 USD millionManitowoc County: 22.8 USD millionMarathon County: 45 USD millionMarinette County: 16.5 USD millionMilwaukee County: 947.1 USD millionMonroe County: 7.4 USD millionOconto County: 8.8 USD millionOneida County: 21.9 USD millionOutagamie County: 72.7 USD millionOzaukee County: 54.7 USD millionPepin County: 0.5 USD millionPierce County: 5.8 USD millionPolk County: 7.2 USD millionPortage County: 23 USD millionPrice County: 1.6 USD millionRacine County: 51.1 USD millionRock County: 44.5 USD millionRusk County: 3.4 USD millionSt. Croix County: 39 USD millionSauk County: 69.3 USD millionSawyer County: 8.8 USD millionShawano County: 6.2 USD millionSheboygan County: 103 USD millionVilas County: 17.3 USD millionWalworth County: 60.4 USD millionWashington County: 41.7 USD millionWaukesha County: 217.6 USD millionWaupaca County: 14.8 USD millionWinnebago County: 58.9 USD millionWood County: 108.8 USD million
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USD million, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2017

Milwaukee County: 947.1 USD millionMilwaukee County947.1Brown County: 585.9 USD millionBrown County585.9Dane County: 300.7 USD millionDane County300.7Waukesha County: 217.6 USD millionWaukesha County217.6Wood County: 108.8 USD millionWood County108.8Sheboygan County: 103 USD millionSheboygan County103Outagamie County: 72.7 USD millionOutagamie County72.7Sauk County: 69.3 USD millionSauk County69.3Kenosha County: 63 USD millionKenosha County63Walworth County: 60.4 USD millionWalworth County60.4Winnebago County: 58.9 USD millionWinnebago County58.9La Crosse County: 56 USD millionLa Crosse County56Eau Claire County: 54.9 USD millionEau Claire County54.9Ozaukee County: 54.7 USD millionOzaukee County54.7Racine County: 51.1 USD millionRacine County51.1Door County: 46.5 USD millionDoor County46.5Marathon County: 45 USD millionMarathon County45Rock County: 44.5 USD millionRock County44.5Washington County: 41.7 USD millionWashington County41.7St. Croix County: 39 USD millionSt. Croix County39Fond du Lac County: 37.7 USD millionFond du Lac County37.7Jefferson County: 35.4 USD millionJefferson County35.4Columbia County: 30.7 USD millionColumbia County30.7Chippewa County: 26.5 USD millionChippewa County26.5Portage County: 23 USD millionPortage County23Manitowoc County: 22.8 USD millionManitowoc County22.8Oneida County: 21.9 USD millionOneida County21.9Iowa County: 18.6 USD millionIowa County18.6Dodge County: 18 USD millionDodge County18Vilas County: 17.3 USD millionVilas County17.3Marinette County: 16.5 USD millionMarinette County16.5Waupaca County: 14.8 USD millionWaupaca County14.8Calumet County: 12.6 USD millionCalumet County12.6Douglas County: 12.5 USD millionDouglas County12.5Bayfield County: 9.4 USD millionBayfield County9.4Oconto County: 8.8 USD millionOconto County8.8Sawyer County: 8.8 USD millionSawyer County8.8Monroe County: 7.4 USD millionMonroe County7.4Polk County: 7.2 USD millionPolk County7.2Green County: 6.9 USD millionGreen County6.9Shawano County: 6.2 USD millionShawano County6.2Grant County: 6.1 USD millionGrant County6.1Pierce County: 5.8 USD millionPierce County5.8Jackson County: 4.3 USD millionJackson County4.3Dunn County: 3.9 USD millionDunn County3.9Lincoln County: 3.5 USD millionLincoln County3.5Rusk County: 3.4 USD millionRusk County3.4Juneau County: 3 USD millionJuneau County3Buffalo County: 2.6 USD millionBuffalo County2.6Ashland County: 2.4 USD millionAshland County2.4Kewaunee County: 1.6 USD millionKewaunee County1.6Price County: 1.6 USD millionPrice County1.6Forest County: 1.3 USD millionForest County1.3Clark County: 1.2 USD millionClark County1.2Lafayette County: 0.5 USD millionLafayette County0.5Pepin County: 0.5 USD millionPepin County0.5Florence County: 0.3 USD millionFlorence County0.3Milwaukee County: 947.1 USD millionMilwaukee County947.1Brown County: 585.9 USD millionBrown County585.9Dane County: 300.7 USD millionDane County300.7Waukesha County: 217.6 USD millionWaukesha County217.6Wood County: 108.8 USD millionWood County108.8Sheboygan County: 103 USD millionSheboygan County103Outagamie County: 72.7 USD millionOutagamie County72.7Sauk County: 69.3 USD millionSauk County69.3Kenosha County: 63 USD millionKenosha County63Walworth County: 60.4 USD millionWalworth County60.4Winnebago County: 58.9 USD millionWinnebago County58.9La Crosse County: 56 USD millionLa Crosse County56Eau Claire County: 54.9 USD millionEau Claire County54.9Ozaukee County: 54.7 USD millionOzaukee County54.7Racine County: 51.1 USD millionRacine County51.1Door County: 46.5 USD millionDoor County46.5Marathon County: 45 USD millionMarathon County45Rock County: 44.5 USD millionRock County44.5Washington County: 41.7 USD millionWashington County41.7St. Croix County: 39 USD millionSt. Croix County39Fond du Lac County: 37.7 USD millionFond du Lac County37.7Jefferson County: 35.4 USD millionJefferson County35.4Columbia County: 30.7 USD millionColumbia County30.7Chippewa County: 26.5 USD millionChippewa County26.5Portage County: 23 USD millionPortage County23Manitowoc County: 22.8 USD millionManitowoc County22.8Oneida County: 21.9 USD millionOneida County21.9Iowa County: 18.6 USD millionIowa County18.6Dodge County: 18 USD millionDodge County18Vilas County: 17.3 USD millionVilas County17.3Marinette County: 16.5 USD millionMarinette County16.5Waupaca County: 14.8 USD millionWaupaca County14.8Calumet County: 12.6 USD millionCalumet County12.6Douglas County: 12.5 USD millionDouglas County12.5Bayfield County: 9.4 USD millionBayfield County9.4Oconto County: 8.8 USD millionOconto County8.8Sawyer County: 8.8 USD millionSawyer County8.8Monroe County: 7.4 USD millionMonroe County7.4Polk County: 7.2 USD millionPolk County7.2Green County: 6.9 USD millionGreen County6.9Shawano County: 6.2 USD millionShawano County6.2Grant County: 6.1 USD millionGrant County6.1Pierce County: 5.8 USD millionPierce County5.8Jackson County: 4.3 USD millionJackson County4.3Dunn County: 3.9 USD millionDunn County3.9Lincoln County: 3.5 USD millionLincoln County3.5Rusk County: 3.4 USD millionRusk County3.4Juneau County: 3 USD millionJuneau County3Buffalo County: 2.6 USD millionBuffalo County2.6Ashland County: 2.4 USD millionAshland County2.4Kewaunee County: 1.6 USD millionKewaunee County1.6Price County: 1.6 USD millionPrice County1.6Forest County: 1.3 USD millionForest County1.3Clark County: 1.2 USD millionClark County1.2Lafayette County: 0.5 USD millionLafayette County0.5Pepin County: 0.5 USD millionPepin County0.5Florence County: 0.3 USD millionFlorence County0.3
USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 6 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments (Counties in Wisconsin by business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip

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Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments, Counties in Wisconsin by business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-arts-entertainment/wisconsin-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census)?

Milwaukee County, with $947.08 million in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Florence County, with $280,000 in 2017.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 6 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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