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Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people

Milwaukee, WI had the highest unemployed people of 35 cities in 2019, at 11,606. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 343. The median was 633. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest11,606Milwaukee, WI
Lowest343Mequon, WI
Median63335 cities

All cities, 2019

Milwaukee, WI: 11,606 personsMilwaukee, WI11,606Madison, WI: 3,745 personsMadison, WI3,745Kenosha, WI: 2,067 personsKenosha, WI2,067Green Bay, WI: 1,767 personsGreen Bay, WI1,767Racine, WI: 1,756 personsRacine, WI1,756West Allis, WI: 1,210 personsWest Allis, WI1,210Janesville, WI: 1,205 personsJanesville, WI1,205Appleton, WI: 1,169 personsAppleton, WI1,169Waukesha, WI: 1,163 personsWaukesha, WI1,163Eau Claire, WI: 1,123 personsEau Claire, WI1,123Oshkosh, WI: 1,033 personsOshkosh, WI1,033La Crosse, WI: 866 personsLa Crosse, WI866Beloit, WI: 765 personsBeloit, WI765Wauwatosa, WI: 729 personsWauwatosa, WI729Sheboygan, WI: 726 personsSheboygan, WI726Fond du Lac, WI: 692 personsFond du Lac, WI692Greenfield, WI: 666 personsGreenfield, WI666New Berlin, WI: 633 personsNew Berlin, WI633Wausau, WI: 617 personsWausau, WI617Oak Creek, WI: 600 personsOak Creek, WI600Menomonee Falls, WI: 575 personsMenomonee Falls, WI575Brookfield, WI: 571 personsBrookfield, WI571Manitowoc, WI: 570 personsManitowoc, WI570Franklin, WI: 558 personsFranklin, WI558Superior, WI: 541 personsSuperior, WI541West Bend, WI: 509 personsWest Bend, WI509Sun Prairie, WI: 493 personsSun Prairie, WI493Mount Pleasant, WI: 473 personsMount Pleasant, WI473Caledonia, WI: 466 personsCaledonia, WI466Stevens Point, WI: 433 personsStevens Point, WI433De Pere, WI: 423 personsDe Pere, WI423Neenah, WI: 411 personsNeenah, WI411Fitchburg, WI: 393 personsFitchburg, WI393Muskego, WI: 381 personsMuskego, WI381Mequon, WI: 343 personsMequon, WI343Milwaukee, WI: 11,606 personsMilwaukee, WI11,606Madison, WI: 3,745 personsMadison, WI3,745Kenosha, WI: 2,067 personsKenosha, WI2,067Green Bay, WI: 1,767 personsGreen Bay, WI1,767Racine, WI: 1,756 personsRacine, WI1,756West Allis, WI: 1,210 personsWest Allis, WI1,210Janesville, WI: 1,205 personsJanesville, WI1,205Appleton, WI: 1,169 personsAppleton, WI1,169Waukesha, WI: 1,163 personsWaukesha, WI1,163Eau Claire, WI: 1,123 personsEau Claire, WI1,123Oshkosh, WI: 1,033 personsOshkosh, WI1,033La Crosse, WI: 866 personsLa Crosse, WI866Beloit, WI: 765 personsBeloit, WI765Wauwatosa, WI: 729 personsWauwatosa, WI729Sheboygan, WI: 726 personsSheboygan, WI726Fond du Lac, WI: 692 personsFond du Lac, WI692Greenfield, WI: 666 personsGreenfield, WI666New Berlin, WI: 633 personsNew Berlin, WI633Wausau, WI: 617 personsWausau, WI617Oak Creek, WI: 600 personsOak Creek, WI600Menomonee Falls, WI: 575 personsMenomonee Falls, WI575Brookfield, WI: 571 personsBrookfield, WI571Manitowoc, WI: 570 personsManitowoc, WI570Franklin, WI: 558 personsFranklin, WI558Superior, WI: 541 personsSuperior, WI541West Bend, WI: 509 personsWest Bend, WI509Sun Prairie, WI: 493 personsSun Prairie, WI493Mount Pleasant, WI: 473 personsMount Pleasant, WI473Caledonia, WI: 466 personsCaledonia, WI466Stevens Point, WI: 433 personsStevens Point, WI433De Pere, WI: 423 personsDe Pere, WI423Neenah, WI: 411 personsNeenah, WI411Fitchburg, WI: 393 personsFitchburg, WI393Muskego, WI: 381 personsMuskego, WI381Mequon, WI: 343 personsMequon, WI343
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Milwaukee, WI11,606+5.2%
2Madison, WI3,745+5.2%
3Kenosha, WI2,067+6.1%
4Green Bay, WI1,767+5.3%
5Racine, WI1,756+9.6%
6West Allis, WI1,210+6%
7Janesville, WI1,205+11.4%
8Appleton, WI1,169-0.4%
9Waukesha, WI1,163+1.7%
10Eau Claire, WI1,123+11.5%
11Oshkosh, WI1,033+5.1%
12La Crosse, WI866+5.5%
13Beloit, WI765+10.4%
14Wauwatosa, WI729-2.7%
15Sheboygan, WI726+2.4%
16Fond du Lac, WI692+4.5%
17Greenfield, WI666+4.4%
18New Berlin, WI633+5%
19Wausau, WI617+6%
20Oak Creek, WI600+4.5%
21Menomonee Falls, WI575+12.3%
22Brookfield, WI571+2.5%
23Manitowoc, WI570+2.3%
24Franklin, WI558+4.1%
25Superior, WI541+4.6%
26West Bend, WI509+7.4%
27Sun Prairie, WI493+7.2%
28Mount Pleasant, WI473+0.4%
29Caledonia, WI466+7.1%
30Stevens Point, WI433+0.2%
31De Pere, WI423+9.9%
32Neenah, WI411+2.8%
33Fitchburg, WI393+9.5%
34Muskego, WI381-1.6%
35Mequon, WI343+3.6%

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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. 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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APA 7

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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Milwaukee, WI, with 11,606 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Mequon, WI, with 343 in 2019.

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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