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Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people, 2025

Milwaukee, WI had the highest unemployed people of 35 cities in 2025, at 11,923. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 380. The median was 624. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest11,923Milwaukee, WI
Lowest380Mequon, WI
Median62435 cities

All cities, 2025

Milwaukee, WI: 11,923 personsMilwaukee, WI11,923Madison, WI: 4,287 personsMadison, WI4,287Kenosha, WI: 1,998 personsKenosha, WI1,998Racine, WI: 1,693 personsRacine, WI1,693Green Bay, WI: 1,676 personsGreen Bay, WI1,676West Allis, WI: 1,234 personsWest Allis, WI1,234Appleton, WI: 1,230 personsAppleton, WI1,230Eau Claire, WI: 1,210 personsEau Claire, WI1,210Waukesha, WI: 1,189 personsWaukesha, WI1,189Janesville, WI: 1,167 personsJanesville, WI1,167Oshkosh, WI: 1,028 personsOshkosh, WI1,028La Crosse, WI: 840 personsLa Crosse, WI840Sheboygan, WI: 786 personsSheboygan, WI786Wauwatosa, WI: 754 personsWauwatosa, WI754Fond du Lac, WI: 753 personsFond du Lac, WI753Beloit, WI: 729 personsBeloit, WI729Greenfield, WI: 658 personsGreenfield, WI658Menomonee Falls, WI: 624 personsMenomonee Falls, WI624Oak Creek, WI: 624 personsOak Creek, WI624Brookfield, WI: 600 personsBrookfield, WI600Sun Prairie, WI: 595 personsSun Prairie, WI595New Berlin, WI: 590 personsNew Berlin, WI590Wausau, WI: 590 personsWausau, WI590Franklin, WI: 572 personsFranklin, WI572Superior, WI: 565 personsSuperior, WI565Manitowoc, WI: 528 personsManitowoc, WI528Mount Pleasant, WI: 503 personsMount Pleasant, WI503West Bend, WI: 497 personsWest Bend, WI497Fitchburg, WI: 470 personsFitchburg, WI470Caledonia, WI: 441 personsCaledonia, WI441Stevens Point, WI: 436 personsStevens Point, WI436Neenah, WI: 408 personsNeenah, WI408De Pere, WI: 389 personsDe Pere, WI389Muskego, WI: 381 personsMuskego, WI381Mequon, WI: 380 personsMequon, WI380Milwaukee, WI: 11,923 personsMilwaukee, WI11,923Madison, WI: 4,287 personsMadison, WI4,287Kenosha, WI: 1,998 personsKenosha, WI1,998Racine, WI: 1,693 personsRacine, WI1,693Green Bay, WI: 1,676 personsGreen Bay, WI1,676West Allis, WI: 1,234 personsWest Allis, WI1,234Appleton, WI: 1,230 personsAppleton, WI1,230Eau Claire, WI: 1,210 personsEau Claire, WI1,210Waukesha, WI: 1,189 personsWaukesha, WI1,189Janesville, WI: 1,167 personsJanesville, WI1,167Oshkosh, WI: 1,028 personsOshkosh, WI1,028La Crosse, WI: 840 personsLa Crosse, WI840Sheboygan, WI: 786 personsSheboygan, WI786Wauwatosa, WI: 754 personsWauwatosa, WI754Fond du Lac, WI: 753 personsFond du Lac, WI753Beloit, WI: 729 personsBeloit, WI729Greenfield, WI: 658 personsGreenfield, WI658Menomonee Falls, WI: 624 personsMenomonee Falls, WI624Oak Creek, WI: 624 personsOak Creek, WI624Brookfield, WI: 600 personsBrookfield, WI600Sun Prairie, WI: 595 personsSun Prairie, WI595New Berlin, WI: 590 personsNew Berlin, WI590Wausau, WI: 590 personsWausau, WI590Franklin, WI: 572 personsFranklin, WI572Superior, WI: 565 personsSuperior, WI565Manitowoc, WI: 528 personsManitowoc, WI528Mount Pleasant, WI: 503 personsMount Pleasant, WI503West Bend, WI: 497 personsWest Bend, WI497Fitchburg, WI: 470 personsFitchburg, WI470Caledonia, WI: 441 personsCaledonia, WI441Stevens Point, WI: 436 personsStevens Point, WI436Neenah, WI: 408 personsNeenah, WI408De Pere, WI: 389 personsDe Pere, WI389Muskego, WI: 381 personsMuskego, WI381Mequon, WI: 380 personsMequon, WI380
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Milwaukee, WI11,923+4.4%
2Madison, WI4,287+6.8%
3Kenosha, WI1,998+6.1%
4Racine, WI1,693+4.4%
5Green Bay, WI1,676+7%
6West Allis, WI1,234+9.3%
7Appleton, WI1,230+10.4%
8Eau Claire, WI1,210+8.4%
9Waukesha, WI1,189+8.7%
10Janesville, WI1,167+10.4%
11Oshkosh, WI1,028+2.7%
12La Crosse, WI840+6.9%
13Sheboygan, WI786+11.8%
14Wauwatosa, WI754+4.6%
15Fond du Lac, WI753-7.9%
16Beloit, WI729+2.7%
17Greenfield, WI658+5.8%
18Menomonee Falls, WI624+12%
18Oak Creek, WI624+11.6%
20Brookfield, WI600+8.7%
21Sun Prairie, WI595+14%
22New Berlin, WI590+1.7%
22Wausau, WI590+9.5%
24Franklin, WI572+10.6%
25Superior, WI565+10.1%
26Manitowoc, WI528+1.7%
27Mount Pleasant, WI503+4.4%
28West Bend, WI497+7.8%
29Fitchburg, WI470+1.1%
30Caledonia, WI441+7%
31Stevens Point, WI436+3.8%
32Neenah, WI408+5.2%
33De Pere, WI389+8.4%
34Muskego, WI381+3.8%
35Mequon, WI380+11.4%

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Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/wisconsin-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/wisconsin-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/wisconsin-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Milwaukee, WI, with 11,923 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Mequon, WI, with 380 in 2025.

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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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