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Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people

Milwaukee, WI had the highest unemployed people of 35 cities in 2023, at 10,520. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 324. The median was 555. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest10,520Milwaukee, WI
Lowest324Mequon, WI
Median55535 cities

All cities, 2023

Milwaukee, WI: 10,520 personsMilwaukee, WI10,520Madison, WI: 3,614 personsMadison, WI3,614Kenosha, WI: 1,803 personsKenosha, WI1,803Green Bay, WI: 1,464 personsGreen Bay, WI1,464Racine, WI: 1,452 personsRacine, WI1,452Janesville, WI: 1,067 personsJanesville, WI1,067Appleton, WI: 1,044 personsAppleton, WI1,044West Allis, WI: 1,037 personsWest Allis, WI1,037Eau Claire, WI: 1,031 personsEau Claire, WI1,031Waukesha, WI: 1,023 personsWaukesha, WI1,023Oshkosh, WI: 891 personsOshkosh, WI891La Crosse, WI: 745 personsLa Crosse, WI745Beloit, WI: 693 personsBeloit, WI693Wauwatosa, WI: 657 personsWauwatosa, WI657Fond du Lac, WI: 651 personsFond du Lac, WI651Sheboygan, WI: 638 personsSheboygan, WI638Greenfield, WI: 574 personsGreenfield, WI574Superior, WI: 555 personsSuperior, WI555New Berlin, WI: 551 personsNew Berlin, WI551Wausau, WI: 527 personsWausau, WI527Oak Creek, WI: 519 personsOak Creek, WI519Brookfield, WI: 515 personsBrookfield, WI515Menomonee Falls, WI: 513 personsMenomonee Falls, WI513Sun Prairie, WI: 490 personsSun Prairie, WI490Manitowoc, WI: 485 personsManitowoc, WI485Franklin, WI: 476 personsFranklin, WI476Mount Pleasant, WI: 426 personsMount Pleasant, WI426West Bend, WI: 424 personsWest Bend, WI424Fitchburg, WI: 415 personsFitchburg, WI415Stevens Point, WI: 369 personsStevens Point, WI369Caledonia, WI: 368 personsCaledonia, WI368De Pere, WI: 353 personsDe Pere, WI353Neenah, WI: 343 personsNeenah, WI343Muskego, WI: 333 personsMuskego, WI333Mequon, WI: 324 personsMequon, WI324Milwaukee, WI: 10,520 personsMilwaukee, WI10,520Madison, WI: 3,614 personsMadison, WI3,614Kenosha, WI: 1,803 personsKenosha, WI1,803Green Bay, WI: 1,464 personsGreen Bay, WI1,464Racine, WI: 1,452 personsRacine, WI1,452Janesville, WI: 1,067 personsJanesville, WI1,067Appleton, WI: 1,044 personsAppleton, WI1,044West Allis, WI: 1,037 personsWest Allis, WI1,037Eau Claire, WI: 1,031 personsEau Claire, WI1,031Waukesha, WI: 1,023 personsWaukesha, WI1,023Oshkosh, WI: 891 personsOshkosh, WI891La Crosse, WI: 745 personsLa Crosse, WI745Beloit, WI: 693 personsBeloit, WI693Wauwatosa, WI: 657 personsWauwatosa, WI657Fond du Lac, WI: 651 personsFond du Lac, WI651Sheboygan, WI: 638 personsSheboygan, WI638Greenfield, WI: 574 personsGreenfield, WI574Superior, WI: 555 personsSuperior, WI555New Berlin, WI: 551 personsNew Berlin, WI551Wausau, WI: 527 personsWausau, WI527Oak Creek, WI: 519 personsOak Creek, WI519Brookfield, WI: 515 personsBrookfield, WI515Menomonee Falls, WI: 513 personsMenomonee Falls, WI513Sun Prairie, WI: 490 personsSun Prairie, WI490Manitowoc, WI: 485 personsManitowoc, WI485Franklin, WI: 476 personsFranklin, WI476Mount Pleasant, WI: 426 personsMount Pleasant, WI426West Bend, WI: 424 personsWest Bend, WI424Fitchburg, WI: 415 personsFitchburg, WI415Stevens Point, WI: 369 personsStevens Point, WI369Caledonia, WI: 368 personsCaledonia, WI368De Pere, WI: 353 personsDe Pere, WI353Neenah, WI: 343 personsNeenah, WI343Muskego, WI: 333 personsMuskego, WI333Mequon, WI: 324 personsMequon, WI324
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Milwaukee, WI10,520-2.2%
2Madison, WI3,614+6.8%
3Kenosha, WI1,803+2.2%
4Green Bay, WI1,464-1.4%
5Racine, WI1,452-1%
6Janesville, WI1,067-3.2%
7Appleton, WI1,044+7.4%
8West Allis, WI1,037-2.1%
9Eau Claire, WI1,031+10.4%
10Waukesha, WI1,023+0.4%
11Oshkosh, WI891+3%
12La Crosse, WI745+5.1%
13Beloit, WI693-3.1%
14Wauwatosa, WI657+2.3%
15Fond du Lac, WI651+11.5%
16Sheboygan, WI638-1.8%
17Greenfield, WI574-4.3%
18Superior, WI555+12.8%
19New Berlin, WI551-1.3%
20Wausau, WI527+4.6%
21Oak Creek, WI519-1.9%
22Brookfield, WI515+10%
23Menomonee Falls, WI513+7.1%
24Sun Prairie, WI490+5.2%
25Manitowoc, WI485+1%
26Franklin, WI476+3.7%
27Mount Pleasant, WI426-3.4%
28West Bend, WI424-1.2%
29Fitchburg, WI415+14.3%
30Stevens Point, WI369-3.1%
31Caledonia, WI368-3.9%
32De Pere, WI353+8.3%
33Neenah, WI343+0.9%
34Muskego, WI333-4.9%
35Mequon, WI324+5.5%

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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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Milwaukee, WI, with 10,520 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Mequon, WI, with 324 in 2023.

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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