Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 445,132 48.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 157,150 17.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 235,244 25.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 44,897 4.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 37,838 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,910 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 125 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3,035 0.3%

• Under 18 219,441 23.7%
• 18–24 87,285 9.4%
• 25–44 273,670 29.5%
• 45–64 209,354 22.6%
• 65 and over 136,581 14.7%

Median household income

$66,339

90% interval $64,208–$68,470

−$11,218 vs WI · 58th of 72

Below poverty line

16.8%

90% interval 15.7%–17.9%

+6.5 pp vs WI · 2nd of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

+0.86 pp vs. state

County GDP

$78.8B

17.38% of state

Avg. annual pay

$72,113

Establishments

29,369

• Education & health services 138,954 29.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 75,485 16.2%
• Professional & business services 69,841 14.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 50,817 10.9%
• Manufacturing 45,857 9.8%
• Financial activities 27,643 5.9%
• Public administration 19,976 4.3%
• Information 308 0.1%
• Other services 9 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 91.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

49.9%

−17.9 pp vs WI · 72nd of 72

Median gross rent

$1,101

+$14 vs WI · 8th of 72

Owner-occupied

195,766

Renter-occupied

196,633

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $129,997/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $35,702/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 316,292 68.3%
• Republican 138,022 29.8%
• Other / third-party 8,452 1.8%

• Spanish 104,270 12.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4,996 0.6%
• Arabic 4,871 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 3,299 0.4%
• Chinese 2,981 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2,469 0.3%
• Tagalog 1,551 0.2%
• Vietnamese 1,080 0.1%
• Korean 843 0.1%

Households

392,399

Family households

207,992

53.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

48,429

23.3% of families

Single-mother families

37,281

17.9% of families

Veterans

30,639

4.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 193,305 20.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 139,199 14.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 62,060 6.6%
• Black Protestant 51,862 5.5%
• Mainline Protestant 39,550 4.2%
• Orthodox 7,120 0.8%

Health insured

92.8%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

7.2%

±0.3 pp

13th of 72

With a disability

12.9%

±0.3 pp

42nd of 72

Bachelor's or higher

34.7%

±0.5 pp

+1.3 pp vs WI · 10th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.4%

90% interval 7.9%–8.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Milwaukee County Circuit Court (1st Judicial District)

Judges

47 (Circuit Court judges aggregated across all counties in each administrative Judicial District (Wis. Stat. § 753.06); vintage 2026 wicourts.gov. Note: WI's Circuit Court is per-county (72 trial venues); the 9 active numbered Judicial Districts are administrative chief-judge regions, not jurisdictions. Municipal Court judges (limited jurisdiction: city ordinances) are separate and not counted here.)

Court seats

Milwaukee

Traffic fatalities

93

13.16 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

84