Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee population, 2020 to 2024

Milwaukee lost 13,626 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +479. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 147th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Milwaukee is 45.0 times that size.

Milwaukee covers 96.17 square miles of land and 0.64 of water, for 5,860 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Milwaukee is denser than the typical town.

What county Milwaukee is in

All of Milwaukee's residents live in Milwaukee County, which had 924,740 residents in 2024. Milwaukee holds 60.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Milwaukee

26 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Milwaukee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53202, 53203, 53204, 53205, 53206, 53207, 53208, 53209, 53210, 53211, 53212, 53213, 53214, 53215, 53216, 53218, 53219, 53220, 53221, 53222, 53223, 53224, 53225, 53228, 53233, 53295. 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 Milwaukee is

The Census internal point of Milwaukee is at 43.063300, -87.966700. Madison, the capital, is 71.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chicago, IL (2,721,308 people), 85.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 73.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 222 m (728 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Milwaukee

At 43.06° N, Milwaukee gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Milwaukee daylight page.

Places near Milwaukee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Wauwatosa, 3.5 miles away, with 48,794 people.