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Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people

Milwaukee, WI had the highest unemployed people of 35 cities in 2022, at 10,754. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 307. The median was 558. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest10,754Milwaukee, WI
Lowest307Mequon, WI
Median55835 cities

All cities, 2022

Milwaukee, WI: 10,754 personsMilwaukee, WI10,754Madison, WI: 3,383 personsMadison, WI3,383Kenosha, WI: 1,764 personsKenosha, WI1,764Green Bay, WI: 1,485 personsGreen Bay, WI1,485Racine, WI: 1,466 personsRacine, WI1,466Janesville, WI: 1,102 personsJanesville, WI1,102West Allis, WI: 1,059 personsWest Allis, WI1,059Waukesha, WI: 1,019 personsWaukesha, WI1,019Appleton, WI: 972 personsAppleton, WI972Eau Claire, WI: 934 personsEau Claire, WI934Oshkosh, WI: 865 personsOshkosh, WI865Beloit, WI: 715 personsBeloit, WI715La Crosse, WI: 709 personsLa Crosse, WI709Sheboygan, WI: 650 personsSheboygan, WI650Wauwatosa, WI: 642 personsWauwatosa, WI642Greenfield, WI: 600 personsGreenfield, WI600Fond du Lac, WI: 584 personsFond du Lac, WI584New Berlin, WI: 558 personsNew Berlin, WI558Oak Creek, WI: 529 personsOak Creek, WI529Wausau, WI: 504 personsWausau, WI504Superior, WI: 492 personsSuperior, WI492Manitowoc, WI: 480 personsManitowoc, WI480Menomonee Falls, WI: 479 personsMenomonee Falls, WI479Brookfield, WI: 468 personsBrookfield, WI468Sun Prairie, WI: 466 personsSun Prairie, WI466Franklin, WI: 459 personsFranklin, WI459Mount Pleasant, WI: 441 personsMount Pleasant, WI441West Bend, WI: 429 personsWest Bend, WI429Caledonia, WI: 383 personsCaledonia, WI383Stevens Point, WI: 381 personsStevens Point, WI381Fitchburg, WI: 363 personsFitchburg, WI363Muskego, WI: 350 personsMuskego, WI350Neenah, WI: 340 personsNeenah, WI340De Pere, WI: 326 personsDe Pere, WI326Mequon, WI: 307 personsMequon, WI307Milwaukee, WI: 10,754 personsMilwaukee, WI10,754Madison, WI: 3,383 personsMadison, WI3,383Kenosha, WI: 1,764 personsKenosha, WI1,764Green Bay, WI: 1,485 personsGreen Bay, WI1,485Racine, WI: 1,466 personsRacine, WI1,466Janesville, WI: 1,102 personsJanesville, WI1,102West Allis, WI: 1,059 personsWest Allis, WI1,059Waukesha, WI: 1,019 personsWaukesha, WI1,019Appleton, WI: 972 personsAppleton, WI972Eau Claire, WI: 934 personsEau Claire, WI934Oshkosh, WI: 865 personsOshkosh, WI865Beloit, WI: 715 personsBeloit, WI715La Crosse, WI: 709 personsLa Crosse, WI709Sheboygan, WI: 650 personsSheboygan, WI650Wauwatosa, WI: 642 personsWauwatosa, WI642Greenfield, WI: 600 personsGreenfield, WI600Fond du Lac, WI: 584 personsFond du Lac, WI584New Berlin, WI: 558 personsNew Berlin, WI558Oak Creek, WI: 529 personsOak Creek, WI529Wausau, WI: 504 personsWausau, WI504Superior, WI: 492 personsSuperior, WI492Manitowoc, WI: 480 personsManitowoc, WI480Menomonee Falls, WI: 479 personsMenomonee Falls, WI479Brookfield, WI: 468 personsBrookfield, WI468Sun Prairie, WI: 466 personsSun Prairie, WI466Franklin, WI: 459 personsFranklin, WI459Mount Pleasant, WI: 441 personsMount Pleasant, WI441West Bend, WI: 429 personsWest Bend, WI429Caledonia, WI: 383 personsCaledonia, WI383Stevens Point, WI: 381 personsStevens Point, WI381Fitchburg, WI: 363 personsFitchburg, WI363Muskego, WI: 350 personsMuskego, WI350Neenah, WI: 340 personsNeenah, WI340De Pere, WI: 326 personsDe Pere, WI326Mequon, WI: 307 personsMequon, WI307
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Milwaukee, WI10,754-37.7%
2Madison, WI3,383-24.9%
3Kenosha, WI1,764-29.7%
4Green Bay, WI1,485-30.5%
5Racine, WI1,466-34%
6Janesville, WI1,102-26.9%
7West Allis, WI1,059-31.5%
8Waukesha, WI1,019-26.8%
9Appleton, WI972-24.3%
10Eau Claire, WI934-26.7%
11Oshkosh, WI865-25.8%
12Beloit, WI715-30.8%
13La Crosse, WI709-21.5%
14Sheboygan, WI650-28.5%
15Wauwatosa, WI642-25.9%
16Greenfield, WI600-27.5%
17Fond du Lac, WI584-30.6%
18New Berlin, WI558-17%
19Oak Creek, WI529-25.9%
20Wausau, WI504-31.7%
21Superior, WI492-11.4%
22Manitowoc, WI480-23.3%
23Menomonee Falls, WI479-25.2%
24Brookfield, WI468-22.4%
25Sun Prairie, WI466-32.6%
26Franklin, WI459-26.2%
27Mount Pleasant, WI441-18.5%
28West Bend, WI429-25.8%
29Caledonia, WI383-20.4%
30Stevens Point, WI381-17.5%
31Fitchburg, WI363-29.1%
32Muskego, WI350-17.6%
33Neenah, WI340-26.4%
34De Pere, WI326-26.1%
35Mequon, WI307-12.5%

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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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2022. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/wisconsin-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/wisconsin-cities?period=2022.

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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/wisconsin-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Milwaukee, WI, with 10,754 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Mequon, WI, with 307 in 2022.

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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