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Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people

Milwaukee, WI had the highest unemployed people of 35 cities in 2018, at 11,033. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 331. The median was 603. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest11,033Milwaukee, WI
Lowest331Mequon, WI
Median60335 cities

All cities, 2018

Milwaukee, WI: 11,033 personsMilwaukee, WI11,033Madison, WI: 3,559 personsMadison, WI3,559Kenosha, WI: 1,948 personsKenosha, WI1,948Green Bay, WI: 1,678 personsGreen Bay, WI1,678Racine, WI: 1,602 personsRacine, WI1,602Appleton, WI: 1,174 personsAppleton, WI1,174Waukesha, WI: 1,143 personsWaukesha, WI1,143West Allis, WI: 1,142 personsWest Allis, WI1,142Janesville, WI: 1,082 personsJanesville, WI1,082Eau Claire, WI: 1,007 personsEau Claire, WI1,007Oshkosh, WI: 983 personsOshkosh, WI983La Crosse, WI: 821 personsLa Crosse, WI821Wauwatosa, WI: 749 personsWauwatosa, WI749Sheboygan, WI: 709 personsSheboygan, WI709Beloit, WI: 693 personsBeloit, WI693Fond du Lac, WI: 662 personsFond du Lac, WI662Greenfield, WI: 638 personsGreenfield, WI638New Berlin, WI: 603 personsNew Berlin, WI603Wausau, WI: 582 personsWausau, WI582Oak Creek, WI: 574 personsOak Creek, WI574Brookfield, WI: 557 personsBrookfield, WI557Manitowoc, WI: 557 personsManitowoc, WI557Franklin, WI: 536 personsFranklin, WI536Superior, WI: 517 personsSuperior, WI517Menomonee Falls, WI: 512 personsMenomonee Falls, WI512West Bend, WI: 474 personsWest Bend, WI474Mount Pleasant, WI: 471 personsMount Pleasant, WI471Sun Prairie, WI: 460 personsSun Prairie, WI460Caledonia, WI: 435 personsCaledonia, WI435Stevens Point, WI: 432 personsStevens Point, WI432Neenah, WI: 400 personsNeenah, WI400Muskego, WI: 387 personsMuskego, WI387De Pere, WI: 385 personsDe Pere, WI385Fitchburg, WI: 359 personsFitchburg, WI359Mequon, WI: 331 personsMequon, WI331Milwaukee, WI: 11,033 personsMilwaukee, WI11,033Madison, WI: 3,559 personsMadison, WI3,559Kenosha, WI: 1,948 personsKenosha, WI1,948Green Bay, WI: 1,678 personsGreen Bay, WI1,678Racine, WI: 1,602 personsRacine, WI1,602Appleton, WI: 1,174 personsAppleton, WI1,174Waukesha, WI: 1,143 personsWaukesha, WI1,143West Allis, WI: 1,142 personsWest Allis, WI1,142Janesville, WI: 1,082 personsJanesville, WI1,082Eau Claire, WI: 1,007 personsEau Claire, WI1,007Oshkosh, WI: 983 personsOshkosh, WI983La Crosse, WI: 821 personsLa Crosse, WI821Wauwatosa, WI: 749 personsWauwatosa, WI749Sheboygan, WI: 709 personsSheboygan, WI709Beloit, WI: 693 personsBeloit, WI693Fond du Lac, WI: 662 personsFond du Lac, WI662Greenfield, WI: 638 personsGreenfield, WI638New Berlin, WI: 603 personsNew Berlin, WI603Wausau, WI: 582 personsWausau, WI582Oak Creek, WI: 574 personsOak Creek, WI574Brookfield, WI: 557 personsBrookfield, WI557Manitowoc, WI: 557 personsManitowoc, WI557Franklin, WI: 536 personsFranklin, WI536Superior, WI: 517 personsSuperior, WI517Menomonee Falls, WI: 512 personsMenomonee Falls, WI512West Bend, WI: 474 personsWest Bend, WI474Mount Pleasant, WI: 471 personsMount Pleasant, WI471Sun Prairie, WI: 460 personsSun Prairie, WI460Caledonia, WI: 435 personsCaledonia, WI435Stevens Point, WI: 432 personsStevens Point, WI432Neenah, WI: 400 personsNeenah, WI400Muskego, WI: 387 personsMuskego, WI387De Pere, WI: 385 personsDe Pere, WI385Fitchburg, WI: 359 personsFitchburg, WI359Mequon, WI: 331 personsMequon, WI331
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Milwaukee, WI11,033-11.4%
2Madison, WI3,559-6%
3Kenosha, WI1,948-7.7%
4Green Bay, WI1,678-6.7%
5Racine, WI1,602-10.3%
6Appleton, WI1,174-8.4%
7Waukesha, WI1,143-9.4%
8West Allis, WI1,142-10.1%
9Janesville, WI1,082-10.3%
10Eau Claire, WI1,007-10.9%
11Oshkosh, WI983-9.2%
12La Crosse, WI821-12.1%
13Wauwatosa, WI749-5.2%
14Sheboygan, WI709-10.1%
15Beloit, WI693-14.8%
16Fond du Lac, WI662-5.3%
17Greenfield, WI638-8.3%
18New Berlin, WI603-6.7%
19Wausau, WI582-8.8%
20Oak Creek, WI574-8.6%
21Brookfield, WI557-6.1%
21Manitowoc, WI557-12.7%
23Franklin, WI536-10.5%
24Superior, WI517-12.1%
25Menomonee Falls, WI512-13.1%
26West Bend, WI474-7.8%
27Mount Pleasant, WI471-8.5%
28Sun Prairie, WI460-5.3%
29Caledonia, WI435-8.6%
30Stevens Point, WI432-4.2%
31Neenah, WI400-9.7%
32Muskego, WI387-4.2%
33De Pere, WI385-2%
34Fitchburg, WI359-8.4%
35Mequon, WI331-6.5%

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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.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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people, 2018) [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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people, 2018. 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/unemployed-people/wisconsin-cities?period=2018. 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, 2018. 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/unemployed-people/wisconsin-cities?period=2018.

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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/wisconsin-cities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Milwaukee, WI, with 11,033 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Mequon, WI, with 331 in 2018.

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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