# Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people, 2025

All 35 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: 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. 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/wisconsin-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Milwaukee, WI | 11,923 |
| 2 | Madison, WI | 4,287 |
| 3 | Kenosha, WI | 1,998 |
| 4 | Racine, WI | 1,693 |
| 5 | Green Bay, WI | 1,676 |
| 6 | West Allis, WI | 1,234 |
| 7 | Appleton, WI | 1,230 |
| 8 | Eau Claire, WI | 1,210 |
| 9 | Waukesha, WI | 1,189 |
| 10 | Janesville, WI | 1,167 |
| 11 | Oshkosh, WI | 1,028 |
| 12 | La Crosse, WI | 840 |
| 13 | Sheboygan, WI | 786 |
| 14 | Wauwatosa, WI | 754 |
| 15 | Fond du Lac, WI | 753 |
| 16 | Beloit, WI | 729 |
| 17 | Greenfield, WI | 658 |
| 18 | Menomonee Falls, WI | 624 |
| 18 | Oak Creek, WI | 624 |
| 20 | Brookfield, WI | 600 |
| 21 | Sun Prairie, WI | 595 |
| 22 | New Berlin, WI | 590 |
| 22 | Wausau, WI | 590 |
| 24 | Franklin, WI | 572 |
| 25 | Superior, WI | 565 |
| 26 | Manitowoc, WI | 528 |
| 27 | Mount Pleasant, WI | 503 |
| 28 | West Bend, WI | 497 |
| 29 | Fitchburg, WI | 470 |
| 30 | Caledonia, WI | 441 |
| 31 | Stevens Point, WI | 436 |
| 32 | Neenah, WI | 408 |
| 33 | De Pere, WI | 389 |
| 34 | Muskego, WI | 381 |
| 35 | Mequon, WI | 380 |