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Cities in Wisconsin by unemployed people

Milwaukee, WI had the highest unemployed people of 35 cities in 2024, at 11,420. Mequon, WI had the lowest, at 341. The median was 580. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest11,420Milwaukee, WI
Lowest341Mequon, WI
Median58035 cities

All cities, 2024

Milwaukee, WI: 11,420 personsMilwaukee, WI11,420Madison, WI: 4,013 personsMadison, WI4,013Kenosha, WI: 1,884 personsKenosha, WI1,884Racine, WI: 1,621 personsRacine, WI1,621Green Bay, WI: 1,567 personsGreen Bay, WI1,567West Allis, WI: 1,129 personsWest Allis, WI1,129Eau Claire, WI: 1,116 personsEau Claire, WI1,116Appleton, WI: 1,114 personsAppleton, WI1,114Waukesha, WI: 1,094 personsWaukesha, WI1,094Janesville, WI: 1,057 personsJanesville, WI1,057Oshkosh, WI: 1,001 personsOshkosh, WI1,001Fond du Lac, WI: 818 personsFond du Lac, WI818La Crosse, WI: 786 personsLa Crosse, WI786Wauwatosa, WI: 721 personsWauwatosa, WI721Beloit, WI: 710 personsBeloit, WI710Sheboygan, WI: 703 personsSheboygan, WI703Greenfield, WI: 622 personsGreenfield, WI622New Berlin, WI: 580 personsNew Berlin, WI580Oak Creek, WI: 559 personsOak Creek, WI559Menomonee Falls, WI: 557 personsMenomonee Falls, WI557Brookfield, WI: 552 personsBrookfield, WI552Wausau, WI: 539 personsWausau, WI539Sun Prairie, WI: 522 personsSun Prairie, WI522Manitowoc, WI: 519 personsManitowoc, WI519Franklin, WI: 517 personsFranklin, WI517Superior, WI: 513 personsSuperior, WI513Mount Pleasant, WI: 482 personsMount Pleasant, WI482Fitchburg, WI: 465 personsFitchburg, WI465West Bend, WI: 461 personsWest Bend, WI461Stevens Point, WI: 420 personsStevens Point, WI420Caledonia, WI: 412 personsCaledonia, WI412Neenah, WI: 388 personsNeenah, WI388Muskego, WI: 367 personsMuskego, WI367De Pere, WI: 359 personsDe Pere, WI359Mequon, WI: 341 personsMequon, WI341Milwaukee, WI: 11,420 personsMilwaukee, WI11,420Madison, WI: 4,013 personsMadison, WI4,013Kenosha, WI: 1,884 personsKenosha, WI1,884Racine, WI: 1,621 personsRacine, WI1,621Green Bay, WI: 1,567 personsGreen Bay, WI1,567West Allis, WI: 1,129 personsWest Allis, WI1,129Eau Claire, WI: 1,116 personsEau Claire, WI1,116Appleton, WI: 1,114 personsAppleton, WI1,114Waukesha, WI: 1,094 personsWaukesha, WI1,094Janesville, WI: 1,057 personsJanesville, WI1,057Oshkosh, WI: 1,001 personsOshkosh, WI1,001Fond du Lac, WI: 818 personsFond du Lac, WI818La Crosse, WI: 786 personsLa Crosse, WI786Wauwatosa, WI: 721 personsWauwatosa, WI721Beloit, WI: 710 personsBeloit, WI710Sheboygan, WI: 703 personsSheboygan, WI703Greenfield, WI: 622 personsGreenfield, WI622New Berlin, WI: 580 personsNew Berlin, WI580Oak Creek, WI: 559 personsOak Creek, WI559Menomonee Falls, WI: 557 personsMenomonee Falls, WI557Brookfield, WI: 552 personsBrookfield, WI552Wausau, WI: 539 personsWausau, WI539Sun Prairie, WI: 522 personsSun Prairie, WI522Manitowoc, WI: 519 personsManitowoc, WI519Franklin, WI: 517 personsFranklin, WI517Superior, WI: 513 personsSuperior, WI513Mount Pleasant, WI: 482 personsMount Pleasant, WI482Fitchburg, WI: 465 personsFitchburg, WI465West Bend, WI: 461 personsWest Bend, WI461Stevens Point, WI: 420 personsStevens Point, WI420Caledonia, WI: 412 personsCaledonia, WI412Neenah, WI: 388 personsNeenah, WI388Muskego, WI: 367 personsMuskego, WI367De Pere, WI: 359 personsDe Pere, WI359Mequon, WI: 341 personsMequon, WI341
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Milwaukee, WI11,420+8.6%
2Madison, WI4,013+11%
3Kenosha, WI1,884+4.5%
4Racine, WI1,621+11.6%
5Green Bay, WI1,567+7%
6West Allis, WI1,129+8.9%
7Eau Claire, WI1,116+8.2%
8Appleton, WI1,114+6.7%
9Waukesha, WI1,094+6.9%
10Janesville, WI1,057-0.9%
11Oshkosh, WI1,001+12.3%
12Fond du Lac, WI818+25.7%
13La Crosse, WI786+5.5%
14Wauwatosa, WI721+9.7%
15Beloit, WI710+2.5%
16Sheboygan, WI703+10.2%
17Greenfield, WI622+8.4%
18New Berlin, WI580+5.3%
19Oak Creek, WI559+7.7%
20Menomonee Falls, WI557+8.6%
21Brookfield, WI552+7.2%
22Wausau, WI539+2.3%
23Sun Prairie, WI522+6.5%
24Manitowoc, WI519+7%
25Franklin, WI517+8.6%
26Superior, WI513-7.6%
27Mount Pleasant, WI482+13.1%
28Fitchburg, WI465+12%
29West Bend, WI461+8.7%
30Stevens Point, WI420+13.8%
31Caledonia, WI412+12%
32Neenah, WI388+13.1%
33Muskego, WI367+10.2%
34De Pere, WI359+1.7%
35Mequon, WI341+5.2%

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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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Milwaukee, WI, with 11,420 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Mequon, WI, with 341 in 2024.

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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