Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (WI)

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• • 476,18850.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 245,47626.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 147,61215.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 40,0674.2%Asian alone
  • 27,9643.0%Two or more races
  • 4,7000.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 3,5030.4%Some other race alone
  • 2160.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $207,235

Here:	$207,235
State:	$243,674

Townhouses or other attached units: $175,254

Here:	$175,254
State:	$212,164

In 2-unit structures: $168,082

Here:	$168,082
State:	$191,549

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $151,878

Here:	$151,878
State:	$185,896

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $196,117

Here:	$196,117
State:	$204,140

Mobile homes: $26,340

Here:	$26,340
State:	$56,469

Health of residents in Milwaukee County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

Health of residents in Milwaukee County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $3,839 (2.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $3,771 (2.3%)

Area name: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Milwaukee County is $591 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $706 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $890 a month.

Cities in this county include: Milwaukee, West Allis, Wauwatosa, Greenfield, Franklin, Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, Cudahy, Greendale, Whitefish Bay.

2018 air pollution in Milwaukee County:

Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.01 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.031 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 15.3 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 8.2 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.000 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Berkshire County, Massachusetts , Cumberland County, Maine , Rockingham County, New Hampshire , Klamath County, Oregon , Franklin County, Iowa , Rock County, Nebraska .

Current college students: 65,887
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 31.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 89,815 (38.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 27,8532010 or later
• 21,8222000 to 2009
• 20,8201990 to 1999
• 13,4051980 to 1989
• 7,2431970 to 1979
• 12,060Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 80.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 191,418
• One, attached: 15,463
• Two: 76,810
• 3 or 4: 27,627
• 5 to 9: 23,320
• 10 to 19: 18,495
• 20 to 49: 27,979
• 50 or more: 36,712
• Mobile homes: 2,164
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 171

Housing units in Milwaukee County with a mortgage: 123,366 (2,542 second mortgage, 11,423 home equity loan, 562 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 66,161

Religion statistics for Milwaukee County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Milwaukee County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Wisconsin Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4520-WI: April 4, 2020, FEMA Id: 4520, Natural disaster type: Other
• Wisconsin Severe Winter Storm And Flooding, Incident Period: January 10, 2020 - January 12, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4477-WI: March 11, 2020, FEMA Id: 4477, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Wisconsin Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 03, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1966: April 05, 2011, FEMA Id: 1966, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: July 20, 2010 to July 24, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1933: August 11, 2010, FEMA Id: 1933, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 05, 2008 to July 25, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1768: June 14, 2008, FEMA Id: 1768, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Wisconsin Snow, Incident Period: February 05, 2008 to February 06, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3285: March 19, 2008, FEMA Id: 3285, Natural disaster type: Snow
• Wisconsin Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3249: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3249, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Wisconsin Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 07, 2004 to July 03, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1526: June 18, 2004, FEMA Id: 1526, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Wisconsin Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2000 to December 31, 2000, Emergency Declared EM-3163: January 24, 2001, FEMA Id: 3163, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding, Incident Period: May 26, 2000 to July 19, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1332: June 24, 2000, FEMA Id: 1332, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.42% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($54,793 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($316 average AGI)

Milwaukee County:	0.03%
Wisconsin average:	0.02%

2.42% relocated from other counties in Wisconsin ($26,673 average AGI)
1.97% relocated from other states ($27,803 average AGI)

Milwaukee County:	1.97%
Wisconsin average:	1.91%

from Waukesha County, WI	0.95% ($50,450 average AGI)
from Racine County, WI	0.25% ($48,370)
from Cook County, IL	0.23% ($85,251)
from Dane County, WI	0.18% ($44,282)
from Washington County, WI	0.16% ($44,929)
from Ozaukee County, WI	0.15% ($93,875)
from Kenosha County, WI	0.09% ($41,702)

5.56% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($63,509 average adjusted gross income)

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($418 average AGI)

Milwaukee County:	0.04%
Wisconsin average:	0.03%

2.95% relocated to other counties in Wisconsin ($33,448 average AGI)
2.58% relocated to other states ($29,642 average AGI)

Milwaukee County:	2.58%
Wisconsin average:	2.13%

to Waukesha County, WI	1.29% ($69,452 average AGI)
to Racine County, WI	0.28% ($51,548)
to Washington County, WI	0.23% ($60,162)
to Ozaukee County, WI	0.23% ($94,725)
to Cook County, IL	0.22% ($57,402)
to Dane County, WI	0.18% ($47,775)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.11% ($50,795)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.8
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 14.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 8.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 10.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2018: 8.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Milwaukee County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 179,554 (63,901 living alone), Female householders: 204,111 (74,222 living alone)

• 132,322 spouses (130,485 opposite-sex spouses), 30,522 unmarried partners, (28,833 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 272,648 children (260,298 natural, 4,407 adopted, 7,943 stepchildren), 22,813 grandchildren, 14,902 brothers or sisters, 12,374 parents, 1,490 foster children, 13,745 other relatives, 40,117 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 21,128

Size of family households: 95,199 2-persons, 48,423 3-persons, 39,389 4-persons, 18,132 5-persons, 7,332 6-persons, 3,865 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 138,123 1-person, 27,244 2-persons, 4,236 3-persons, 1,240 4-persons, 117 5-persons, 172 6-persons, 193 7-or-more-persons.

105,763 married couples with children.
90,169 single-parent households (16,951 men, 73,218 women).

81.8% of residents of Milwaukee speak English at home.
11.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $5,904,383,000 ($6,362 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $251,111,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $2,054,850,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $1,323,323,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $14,866,000
Federal grants: $1,579,429,000
Federal procurement contracts: $306,303,000 ($132,500,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $625,612,000 ($85,940,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $120,718,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $305,090,000
Federal Government insurance: $203,746,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-71 per 1000 residents
State:	+3 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 174.40 millions of gallons per day (0% from ground, 100% from surface)

• Year house built in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
• 6,5962014 or later
• 4,2752010 to 2013
• 18,0962000 to 2009
• 24,6431990 to 1999
• 21,9951980 to 1989
• 45,1981970 to 1979
• 56,6561960 to 1969
• 79,4871950 to 1959
• 38,8531940 to 1949
• 124,3601939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
• 4261 room
• 6042 rooms
• 2,7603 rooms
• 18,5244 rooms
• 46,9465 rooms
• 48,4066 rooms
• 31,2327 rooms
• 19,0788 rooms
• 21,5519+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
• 8,2941 room
• 7,2112 rooms
• 37,1503 rooms
• 55,8174 rooms
• 49,6035 rooms
• 23,6826 rooms
• 7,4697 rooms
• 2,8968 rooms
• 2,0169+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
• 597no bedroom
• 4,7081 bedroom
• 42,3302 bedrooms
• 99,1573 bedrooms
• 35,4424 bedrooms
• 7,2935+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
• 9,237no bedroom
• 51,2501 bedroom
• 80,8492 bedrooms
• 44,1753 bedrooms
• 6,9864 bedrooms
• 1,6415+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Milwaukee County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 7,064no vehicle
• 61,1471 vehicle
• 83,9642 vehicles
• 27,2503 vehicles
• 6,8754 vehicles
• 3,2275+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Milwaukee County in renter-occupied apartments
• 42,530no vehicle
• 97,5561 vehicle
• 45,2142 vehicles
• 6,5743 vehicles
• 1,6904 vehicles
• 5745+ vehicles

83.8% of Milwaukee County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Wisconsin.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 640,576
• Other state: 196,065
• Northeast: 14,667
• Midwest: 106,434
• South: 54,540
• West: 20,424

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 33,906
• Number of aged recipients: 2,588
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 31,318
• Number of recipients under 18: 7,243
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 21,225
• Number of recipients older than 64: 5,438
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 9,390
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 16,750

Milwaukee County on our top lists:

• #6 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest average weight of females"
• #17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations"
• #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents"
• #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #28 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #43 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #54 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations"
• #54 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents"
• #61 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"