Wisconsin · Census place 5527300

Franklin, Wisconsin

Franklin is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin with an estimated 36,591 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 24th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
36,591
#24 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+439 people
Land area
34.6 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
1,058 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Franklin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Franklin population, 2020 to 2024

Franklin added 439 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +840. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 70th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Franklin is 2.9 times that size.

36.2k202035.6k202135.3k202235.8k202336.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 36,142. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Franklin covers 34.58 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,058 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Franklin is less dense than the typical town.

What county Franklin is in

All of Franklin's residents live in Milwaukee County, which had 924,740 residents in 2024. Franklin holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Franklin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Franklin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53132. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Franklin is

The Census internal point of Franklin is at 42.883900, -88.011500. Madison, the capital, is 70.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenfield, WI (37,232 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 12.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.883900, -88.011500
DMS
42°53'2.04"N 88°00'41.40"W
UTM
16N 417398.9E 4748418.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JHVXMQ+H9

Daylight in Franklin

At 42.88° N, Franklin gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Franklin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Greendale, 3.9 miles away, with 14,455 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Franklin, WI?

36,591 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 439 (1.2%) from 36,152 in July 2020.

What county is Franklin in?

Milwaukee County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Franklin?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53132.

How far is Franklin from Madison?

70.6 miles (113.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Franklin.

What is the nearest larger city to Franklin?

Greenfield, WI, with 37,232 residents, 5.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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