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Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people

Milwaukee, WI had the highest unemployed people of 32 cities in 2014, at 22,310. Fitchburg, WI had the lowest, at 548. The median was 1,124. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest22,310Milwaukee, WI
Lowest548Fitchburg, WI
Median1,12432 cities

All cities, 2014

Milwaukee, WI: 22,310 personsMilwaukee, WI22,310Madison, WI: 5,328 personsMadison, WI5,328Kenosha, WI: 3,225 personsKenosha, WI3,225Racine, WI: 3,013 personsRacine, WI3,013Green Bay, WI: 2,959 personsGreen Bay, WI2,959West Allis, WI: 2,157 personsWest Allis, WI2,157Janesville, WI: 1,994 personsJanesville, WI1,994Waukesha, WI: 1,940 personsWaukesha, WI1,940Appleton, WI: 1,906 personsAppleton, WI1,906Oshkosh, WI: 1,902 personsOshkosh, WI1,902Eau Claire, WI: 1,734 personsEau Claire, WI1,734La Crosse, WI: 1,379 personsLa Crosse, WI1,379Sheboygan, WI: 1,286 personsSheboygan, WI1,286Beloit, WI: 1,251 personsBeloit, WI1,251Fond du Lac, WI: 1,173 personsFond du Lac, WI1,173Greenfield, WI: 1,142 personsGreenfield, WI1,142Wauwatosa, WI: 1,105 personsWauwatosa, WI1,105Wausau, WI: 1,072 personsWausau, WI1,072Manitowoc, WI: 1,061 personsManitowoc, WI1,061New Berlin, WI: 988 personsNew Berlin, WI988Oak Creek, WI: 957 personsOak Creek, WI957Franklin, WI: 898 personsFranklin, WI898Menomonee Falls, WI: 854 personsMenomonee Falls, WI854West Bend, WI: 826 personsWest Bend, WI826Brookfield, WI: 809 personsBrookfield, WI809Mount Pleasant, WI: 767 personsMount Pleasant, WI767Stevens Point, WI: 759 personsStevens Point, WI759Superior, WI: 735 personsSuperior, WI735Neenah, WI: 728 personsNeenah, WI728Caledonia, WI: 726 personsCaledonia, WI726Sun Prairie, WI: 715 personsSun Prairie, WI715Fitchburg, WI: 548 personsFitchburg, WI548Milwaukee, WI: 22,310 personsMilwaukee, WI22,310Madison, WI: 5,328 personsMadison, WI5,328Kenosha, WI: 3,225 personsKenosha, WI3,225Racine, WI: 3,013 personsRacine, WI3,013Green Bay, WI: 2,959 personsGreen Bay, WI2,959West Allis, WI: 2,157 personsWest Allis, WI2,157Janesville, WI: 1,994 personsJanesville, WI1,994Waukesha, WI: 1,940 personsWaukesha, WI1,940Appleton, WI: 1,906 personsAppleton, WI1,906Oshkosh, WI: 1,902 personsOshkosh, WI1,902Eau Claire, WI: 1,734 personsEau Claire, WI1,734La Crosse, WI: 1,379 personsLa Crosse, WI1,379Sheboygan, WI: 1,286 personsSheboygan, WI1,286Beloit, WI: 1,251 personsBeloit, WI1,251Fond du Lac, WI: 1,173 personsFond du Lac, WI1,173Greenfield, WI: 1,142 personsGreenfield, WI1,142Wauwatosa, WI: 1,105 personsWauwatosa, WI1,105Wausau, WI: 1,072 personsWausau, WI1,072Manitowoc, WI: 1,061 personsManitowoc, WI1,061New Berlin, WI: 988 personsNew Berlin, WI988Oak Creek, WI: 957 personsOak Creek, WI957Franklin, WI: 898 personsFranklin, WI898Menomonee Falls, WI: 854 personsMenomonee Falls, WI854West Bend, WI: 826 personsWest Bend, WI826Brookfield, WI: 809 personsBrookfield, WI809Mount Pleasant, WI: 767 personsMount Pleasant, WI767Stevens Point, WI: 759 personsStevens Point, WI759Superior, WI: 735 personsSuperior, WI735Neenah, WI: 728 personsNeenah, WI728Caledonia, WI: 726 personsCaledonia, WI726Sun Prairie, WI: 715 personsSun Prairie, WI715Fitchburg, WI: 548 personsFitchburg, WI548
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Milwaukee, WI22,310-22.6%
2Madison, WI5,328-21.2%
3Kenosha, WI3,225-27.6%
4Racine, WI3,013-31.1%
5Green Bay, WI2,959-41.4%
6West Allis, WI2,157-10.8%
7Janesville, WI1,994-27%
8Waukesha, WI1,940-29.4%
9Appleton, WI1,906-39.9%
10Oshkosh, WI1,902-25.9%
11Eau Claire, WI1,734-27.9%
12La Crosse, WI1,379-24.1%
13Sheboygan, WI1,286-31.7%
14Beloit, WI1,251-32.1%
15Fond du Lac, WI1,173-31.7%
16Greenfield, WI1,142-17.1%
17Wauwatosa, WI1,105-19.8%
18Wausau, WI1,072-39%
19Manitowoc, WI1,061-28.6%
20New Berlin, WI988-17.9%
21Oak Creek, WI957-24.5%
22Franklin, WI898-20.6%
23Menomonee Falls, WI854-15.4%
24West Bend, WI826-38.2%
25Brookfield, WI809-23.6%
26Mount Pleasant, WI767-37%
27Stevens Point, WI759-37.1%
28Superior, WI735-21.8%
29Neenah, WI728-36.7%
30Caledonia, WI726+58.5%
31Sun Prairie, WI715-28.8%
32Fitchburg, WI548-29.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

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. 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: unemployment (measure 04), 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people, 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/wisconsin-cities?period=2014.

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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/wisconsin-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Milwaukee, WI, with 22,310 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Fitchburg, WI, with 548 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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