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Cities in Wisconsin by civilian labor force

Milwaukee, WI had the highest civilian labor force of 32 cities in 2014, at 284,405. Caledonia, WI had the lowest, at 13,574. The median was 21,094. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest284,405Milwaukee, WI
Lowest13,574Caledonia, WI
Median21,09432 cities

All cities, 2014

Milwaukee, WI: 284,405 personsMilwaukee, WI284,405Madison, WI: 149,469 personsMadison, WI149,469Green Bay, WI: 54,545 personsGreen Bay, WI54,545Kenosha, WI: 49,457 personsKenosha, WI49,457Waukesha, WI: 41,471 personsWaukesha, WI41,471Appleton, WI: 39,858 personsAppleton, WI39,858Eau Claire, WI: 39,655 personsEau Claire, WI39,655Racine, WI: 36,478 personsRacine, WI36,478Oshkosh, WI: 34,940 personsOshkosh, WI34,940West Allis, WI: 34,007 personsWest Allis, WI34,007Janesville, WI: 32,759 personsJanesville, WI32,759La Crosse, WI: 29,918 personsLa Crosse, WI29,918Wauwatosa, WI: 26,807 personsWauwatosa, WI26,807Sheboygan, WI: 25,245 personsSheboygan, WI25,245Fond du Lac, WI: 23,081 personsFond du Lac, WI23,081New Berlin, WI: 21,903 personsNew Berlin, WI21,903Oak Creek, WI: 20,284 personsOak Creek, WI20,284Greenfield, WI: 19,983 personsGreenfield, WI19,983Wausau, WI: 19,878 personsWausau, WI19,878Menomonee Falls, WI: 19,789 personsMenomonee Falls, WI19,789Brookfield, WI: 19,208 personsBrookfield, WI19,208Sun Prairie, WI: 18,800 personsSun Prairie, WI18,800Franklin, WI: 18,412 personsFranklin, WI18,412West Bend, WI: 17,062 personsWest Bend, WI17,062Beloit, WI: 16,946 personsBeloit, WI16,946Manitowoc, WI: 16,622 personsManitowoc, WI16,622Fitchburg, WI: 15,356 personsFitchburg, WI15,356Stevens Point, WI: 14,934 personsStevens Point, WI14,934Superior, WI: 14,846 personsSuperior, WI14,846Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,185 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,185Neenah, WI: 14,013 personsNeenah, WI14,013Caledonia, WI: 13,574 personsCaledonia, WI13,574Milwaukee, WI: 284,405 personsMilwaukee, WI284,405Madison, WI: 149,469 personsMadison, WI149,469Green Bay, WI: 54,545 personsGreen Bay, WI54,545Kenosha, WI: 49,457 personsKenosha, WI49,457Waukesha, WI: 41,471 personsWaukesha, WI41,471Appleton, WI: 39,858 personsAppleton, WI39,858Eau Claire, WI: 39,655 personsEau Claire, WI39,655Racine, WI: 36,478 personsRacine, WI36,478Oshkosh, WI: 34,940 personsOshkosh, WI34,940West Allis, WI: 34,007 personsWest Allis, WI34,007Janesville, WI: 32,759 personsJanesville, WI32,759La Crosse, WI: 29,918 personsLa Crosse, WI29,918Wauwatosa, WI: 26,807 personsWauwatosa, WI26,807Sheboygan, WI: 25,245 personsSheboygan, WI25,245Fond du Lac, WI: 23,081 personsFond du Lac, WI23,081New Berlin, WI: 21,903 personsNew Berlin, WI21,903Oak Creek, WI: 20,284 personsOak Creek, WI20,284Greenfield, WI: 19,983 personsGreenfield, WI19,983Wausau, WI: 19,878 personsWausau, WI19,878Menomonee Falls, WI: 19,789 personsMenomonee Falls, WI19,789Brookfield, WI: 19,208 personsBrookfield, WI19,208Sun Prairie, WI: 18,800 personsSun Prairie, WI18,800Franklin, WI: 18,412 personsFranklin, WI18,412West Bend, WI: 17,062 personsWest Bend, WI17,062Beloit, WI: 16,946 personsBeloit, WI16,946Manitowoc, WI: 16,622 personsManitowoc, WI16,622Fitchburg, WI: 15,356 personsFitchburg, WI15,356Stevens Point, WI: 14,934 personsStevens Point, WI14,934Superior, WI: 14,846 personsSuperior, WI14,846Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,185 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,185Neenah, WI: 14,013 personsNeenah, WI14,013Caledonia, WI: 13,574 personsCaledonia, WI13,574
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Milwaukee, WI284,405-0.8%
2Madison, WI149,469+1.2%
3Green Bay, WI54,545-2.8%
4Kenosha, WI49,457-1.2%
5Waukesha, WI41,471+0.1%
6Appleton, WI39,858-1.5%
7Eau Claire, WI39,655-0.3%
8Racine, WI36,478-2.1%
9Oshkosh, WI34,940-1%
10West Allis, WI34,007+0.6%
11Janesville, WI32,759-0.5%
12La Crosse, WI29,918-0%
13Wauwatosa, WI26,807+0.4%
14Sheboygan, WI25,245-0.3%
15Fond du Lac, WI23,081-1.1%
16New Berlin, WI21,903+0.5%
17Oak Creek, WI20,2840%
18Greenfield, WI19,983+0.3%
19Wausau, WI19,878-0.7%
20Menomonee Falls, WI19,789+0.8%
21Brookfield, WI19,208+0.1%
22Sun Prairie, WI18,800+2.4%
23Franklin, WI18,412+0.1%
24West Bend, WI17,062-1.1%
25Beloit, WI16,946-2%
26Manitowoc, WI16,622-1.6%
27Fitchburg, WI15,356+2.5%
28Stevens Point, WI14,934-1%
29Superior, WI14,846-0.7%
30Mount Pleasant, WI14,185-1.1%
31Neenah, WI14,013-2%
32Caledonia, WI13,574+3.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 3 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Wisconsin by civilian labor force, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Wisconsin by civilian labor force, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/wisconsin-cities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Wisconsin by civilian labor force, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/wisconsin-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Wisconsin by civilian labor force, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/wisconsin-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Milwaukee, WI, with 284,405 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Caledonia, WI, with 13,574 in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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