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Cities in Wisconsin by civilian labor force

Milwaukee, WI had the highest civilian labor force of 32 cities in 2015, at 282,248. Caledonia, WI had the lowest, at 13,546. The median was 21,118. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest282,248Milwaukee, WI
Lowest13,546Caledonia, WI
Median21,11832 cities

All cities, 2015

Milwaukee, WI: 282,248 personsMilwaukee, WI282,248Madison, WI: 151,680 personsMadison, WI151,680Green Bay, WI: 54,458 personsGreen Bay, WI54,458Kenosha, WI: 49,596 personsKenosha, WI49,596Waukesha, WI: 41,702 personsWaukesha, WI41,702Appleton, WI: 39,929 personsAppleton, WI39,929Eau Claire, WI: 39,610 personsEau Claire, WI39,610Racine, WI: 35,965 personsRacine, WI35,965Oshkosh, WI: 34,809 personsOshkosh, WI34,809West Allis, WI: 33,862 personsWest Allis, WI33,862Janesville, WI: 33,134 personsJanesville, WI33,134La Crosse, WI: 29,726 personsLa Crosse, WI29,726Wauwatosa, WI: 27,117 personsWauwatosa, WI27,117Sheboygan, WI: 25,126 personsSheboygan, WI25,126Fond du Lac, WI: 22,997 personsFond du Lac, WI22,997New Berlin, WI: 21,854 personsNew Berlin, WI21,854Oak Creek, WI: 20,381 personsOak Creek, WI20,381Greenfield, WI: 19,965 personsGreenfield, WI19,965Menomonee Falls, WI: 19,844 personsMenomonee Falls, WI19,844Wausau, WI: 19,794 personsWausau, WI19,794Brookfield, WI: 19,227 personsBrookfield, WI19,227Sun Prairie, WI: 19,158 personsSun Prairie, WI19,158Franklin, WI: 18,394 personsFranklin, WI18,394Beloit, WI: 17,115 personsBeloit, WI17,115West Bend, WI: 17,052 personsWest Bend, WI17,052Manitowoc, WI: 16,360 personsManitowoc, WI16,360Fitchburg, WI: 15,863 personsFitchburg, WI15,863Stevens Point, WI: 15,052 personsStevens Point, WI15,052Superior, WI: 14,687 personsSuperior, WI14,687Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,159 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,159Neenah, WI: 13,918 personsNeenah, WI13,918Caledonia, WI: 13,546 personsCaledonia, WI13,546Milwaukee, WI: 282,248 personsMilwaukee, WI282,248Madison, WI: 151,680 personsMadison, WI151,680Green Bay, WI: 54,458 personsGreen Bay, WI54,458Kenosha, WI: 49,596 personsKenosha, WI49,596Waukesha, WI: 41,702 personsWaukesha, WI41,702Appleton, WI: 39,929 personsAppleton, WI39,929Eau Claire, WI: 39,610 personsEau Claire, WI39,610Racine, WI: 35,965 personsRacine, WI35,965Oshkosh, WI: 34,809 personsOshkosh, WI34,809West Allis, WI: 33,862 personsWest Allis, WI33,862Janesville, WI: 33,134 personsJanesville, WI33,134La Crosse, WI: 29,726 personsLa Crosse, WI29,726Wauwatosa, WI: 27,117 personsWauwatosa, WI27,117Sheboygan, WI: 25,126 personsSheboygan, WI25,126Fond du Lac, WI: 22,997 personsFond du Lac, WI22,997New Berlin, WI: 21,854 personsNew Berlin, WI21,854Oak Creek, WI: 20,381 personsOak Creek, WI20,381Greenfield, WI: 19,965 personsGreenfield, WI19,965Menomonee Falls, WI: 19,844 personsMenomonee Falls, WI19,844Wausau, WI: 19,794 personsWausau, WI19,794Brookfield, WI: 19,227 personsBrookfield, WI19,227Sun Prairie, WI: 19,158 personsSun Prairie, WI19,158Franklin, WI: 18,394 personsFranklin, WI18,394Beloit, WI: 17,115 personsBeloit, WI17,115West Bend, WI: 17,052 personsWest Bend, WI17,052Manitowoc, WI: 16,360 personsManitowoc, WI16,360Fitchburg, WI: 15,863 personsFitchburg, WI15,863Stevens Point, WI: 15,052 personsStevens Point, WI15,052Superior, WI: 14,687 personsSuperior, WI14,687Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,159 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,159Neenah, WI: 13,918 personsNeenah, WI13,918Caledonia, WI: 13,546 personsCaledonia, WI13,546
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

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Milwaukee, WI282,248-0.8%
2Madison, WI151,680+1.5%
3Green Bay, WI54,458-0.2%
4Kenosha, WI49,596+0.3%
5Waukesha, WI41,702+0.6%
6Appleton, WI39,929+0.2%
7Eau Claire, WI39,610-0.1%
8Racine, WI35,965-1.4%
9Oshkosh, WI34,809-0.4%
10West Allis, WI33,862-0.4%
11Janesville, WI33,134+1.1%
12La Crosse, WI29,726-0.6%
13Wauwatosa, WI27,117+1.2%
14Sheboygan, WI25,126-0.5%
15Fond du Lac, WI22,997-0.4%
16New Berlin, WI21,854-0.2%
17Oak Creek, WI20,381+0.5%
18Greenfield, WI19,965-0.1%
19Menomonee Falls, WI19,844+0.3%
20Wausau, WI19,794-0.4%
21Brookfield, WI19,227+0.1%
22Sun Prairie, WI19,158+1.9%
23Franklin, WI18,394-0.1%
24Beloit, WI17,115+1%
25West Bend, WI17,052-0.1%
26Manitowoc, WI16,360-1.6%
27Fitchburg, WI15,863+3.3%
28Stevens Point, WI15,052+0.8%
29Superior, WI14,687-1.1%
30Mount Pleasant, WI14,159-0.2%
31Neenah, WI13,918-0.7%
32Caledonia, WI13,546-0.2%

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 2015 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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/wisconsin-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/wisconsin-cities?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/wisconsin-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Milwaukee, WI, with 282,248 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Caledonia, WI, with 13,546 in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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