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Cities in Wisconsin by civilian labor force

Milwaukee, WI had the highest civilian labor force of 35 cities in 2017, at 283,682. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 12,268. The median was 20,849. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest283,682Milwaukee, WI
Lowest12,268Mequon, WI
Median20,84935 cities

All cities, 2017

Milwaukee, WI: 283,682 personsMilwaukee, WI283,682Madison, WI: 162,238 personsMadison, WI162,238Green Bay, WI: 57,666 personsGreen Bay, WI57,666Kenosha, WI: 53,027 personsKenosha, WI53,027Waukesha, WI: 42,473 personsWaukesha, WI42,473Appleton, WI: 42,303 personsAppleton, WI42,303Eau Claire, WI: 39,768 personsEau Claire, WI39,768Racine, WI: 38,101 personsRacine, WI38,101Oshkosh, WI: 36,289 personsOshkosh, WI36,289Janesville, WI: 33,596 personsJanesville, WI33,596West Allis, WI: 32,913 personsWest Allis, WI32,913La Crosse, WI: 29,388 personsLa Crosse, WI29,388Sheboygan, WI: 27,028 personsSheboygan, WI27,028Wauwatosa, WI: 26,876 personsWauwatosa, WI26,876Fond du Lac, WI: 23,017 personsFond du Lac, WI23,017New Berlin, WI: 21,614 personsNew Berlin, WI21,614Oak Creek, WI: 21,527 personsOak Creek, WI21,527Wausau, WI: 20,849 personsWausau, WI20,849Greenfield, WI: 20,316 personsGreenfield, WI20,316Brookfield, WI: 20,123 personsBrookfield, WI20,123Menomonee Falls, WI: 20,085 personsMenomonee Falls, WI20,085Sun Prairie, WI: 19,325 personsSun Prairie, WI19,325Franklin, WI: 18,294 personsFranklin, WI18,294Fitchburg, WI: 18,281 personsFitchburg, WI18,281Manitowoc, WI: 17,838 personsManitowoc, WI17,838West Bend, WI: 17,834 personsWest Bend, WI17,834Beloit, WI: 17,772 personsBeloit, WI17,772Stevens Point, WI: 16,286 personsStevens Point, WI16,286Superior, WI: 14,966 personsSuperior, WI14,966Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,619 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,619Neenah, WI: 14,594 personsNeenah, WI14,594De Pere, WI: 14,486 personsDe Pere, WI14,486Muskego, WI: 14,032 personsMuskego, WI14,032Caledonia, WI: 12,970 personsCaledonia, WI12,970Mequon, WI: 12,268 personsMequon, WI12,268Milwaukee, WI: 283,682 personsMilwaukee, WI283,682Madison, WI: 162,238 personsMadison, WI162,238Green Bay, WI: 57,666 personsGreen Bay, WI57,666Kenosha, WI: 53,027 personsKenosha, WI53,027Waukesha, WI: 42,473 personsWaukesha, WI42,473Appleton, WI: 42,303 personsAppleton, WI42,303Eau Claire, WI: 39,768 personsEau Claire, WI39,768Racine, WI: 38,101 personsRacine, WI38,101Oshkosh, WI: 36,289 personsOshkosh, WI36,289Janesville, WI: 33,596 personsJanesville, WI33,596West Allis, WI: 32,913 personsWest Allis, WI32,913La Crosse, WI: 29,388 personsLa Crosse, WI29,388Sheboygan, WI: 27,028 personsSheboygan, WI27,028Wauwatosa, WI: 26,876 personsWauwatosa, WI26,876Fond du Lac, WI: 23,017 personsFond du Lac, WI23,017New Berlin, WI: 21,614 personsNew Berlin, WI21,614Oak Creek, WI: 21,527 personsOak Creek, WI21,527Wausau, WI: 20,849 personsWausau, WI20,849Greenfield, WI: 20,316 personsGreenfield, WI20,316Brookfield, WI: 20,123 personsBrookfield, WI20,123Menomonee Falls, WI: 20,085 personsMenomonee Falls, WI20,085Sun Prairie, WI: 19,325 personsSun Prairie, WI19,325Franklin, WI: 18,294 personsFranklin, WI18,294Fitchburg, WI: 18,281 personsFitchburg, WI18,281Manitowoc, WI: 17,838 personsManitowoc, WI17,838West Bend, WI: 17,834 personsWest Bend, WI17,834Beloit, WI: 17,772 personsBeloit, WI17,772Stevens Point, WI: 16,286 personsStevens Point, WI16,286Superior, WI: 14,966 personsSuperior, WI14,966Mount Pleasant, WI: 14,619 personsMount Pleasant, WI14,619Neenah, WI: 14,594 personsNeenah, WI14,594De Pere, WI: 14,486 personsDe Pere, WI14,486Muskego, WI: 14,032 personsMuskego, WI14,032Caledonia, WI: 12,970 personsCaledonia, WI12,970Mequon, WI: 12,268 personsMequon, WI12,268
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

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Milwaukee, WI283,682-0.8%
2Madison, WI162,238+1.1%
3Green Bay, WI57,666+0.5%
4Kenosha, WI53,027+2.7%
5Waukesha, WI42,473+0.4%
6Appleton, WI42,303-0.3%
7Eau Claire, WI39,768+0.3%
8Racine, WI38,101-0.7%
9Oshkosh, WI36,289+0.2%
10Janesville, WI33,596+1.2%
11West Allis, WI32,913-1%
12La Crosse, WI29,388-0.4%
13Sheboygan, WI27,028+0.8%
14Wauwatosa, WI26,876+0.2%
15Fond du Lac, WI23,017-0.5%
16New Berlin, WI21,614+0.1%
17Oak Creek, WI21,527+0.9%
18Wausau, WI20,849+0.2%
19Greenfield, WI20,316-0.4%
20Brookfield, WI20,123+0.4%
21Menomonee Falls, WI20,085+2%
22Sun Prairie, WI19,325+0.4%
23Franklin, WI18,294-0%
24Fitchburg, WI18,281+2.4%
25Manitowoc, WI17,838-0.5%
26West Bend, WI17,8340%
27Beloit, WI17,772+1.2%
28Stevens Point, WI16,286-0.5%
29Superior, WI14,966+0.4%
30Mount Pleasant, WI14,619+0.1%
31Neenah, WI14,594+0.5%
32De Pere, WI14,486+1.1%
33Muskego, WI14,032+0.7%
34Caledonia, WI12,9700%
35Mequon, WI12,268+0.5%

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. 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Milwaukee, WI, with 283,682 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Mequon, WI, with 12,268 in 2017.

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.

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