Wisconsin · 370 places

Cities and towns in Wisconsin

Short answer

Wisconsin has 370 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people, home to 4,263,721 residents in 2024. Milwaukee is the largest with 563,531.
Places 1,000+
370
5,000+
157
Share of state
72%

Where the places are

Each dot is a place of 1,000+, sized by population. The median place of 5,000+ is Brown Deer with 12,527 people, and the smallest in that group is East Troy with 5,011. 100 of the 157 places of 5,000+ grew between July 2020 and July 2024. 33 places cross a county line.

Largest places in Wisconsin

  1. 01Milwaukee563,531
  2. 02Madison285,300
  3. 03Green Bay106,311
  4. 04Kenosha99,578
  5. 05Racine78,057
  6. 06Appleton75,344
  7. 07Eau Claire72,331
  8. 08Waukesha71,461
  9. 09Oshkosh67,242
  10. 10Janesville66,428
  11. 11West Allis59,784
  12. 12La Crosse51,049
  13. 13Sheboygan49,624
  14. 14Wauwatosa48,794
  15. 15Fond du Lac44,469
  16. 16Brookfield41,268
  17. 17Menomonee Falls40,700
  18. 18New Berlin40,302
  19. 19Wausau40,262
  20. 20Sun Prairie39,253
July 1, 2024 estimates, Census Vintage 2024.

Fastest growth among places of 5,000+: Cottage Grove (+21.5%), Verona (+20.3%), Windsor (+13.8%). Largest decline: Portage (-5.8%).

All 370 places, A to Z

Places under 5,000 people have short profile pages that search engines do not index. Figures are July 1, 2024 estimates.

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Questions people ask

How many cities and towns are in Wisconsin?

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 370 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people in Wisconsin, and 157 of 5,000 or more. Smaller towns and census-designated places are not counted here.

What is the largest city in Wisconsin?

Milwaukee, with 563,531 residents on July 1, 2024.

Which Wisconsin town grew fastest since 2020?

Among places of 5,000+, Cottage Grove grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, +21.5%, to 8,974.

What share of Wisconsin lives in incorporated places?

72%: 4,263,721 of the state's 5,960,975 residents live in the 370 places listed. The rest live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.