Milwaukee, Wisconsin demographics

Milwaukee, WI demographics: median age 32.4; 27.4% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Milwaukee city, Wisconsin · Incorporated city · GEOID 5553000. The survey estimates a population of 566,973 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Milwaukee is 32.4 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.2 years. There are 232,520 households (±1,788). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	32.4 ±0.2	40.2 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 566,973
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Under 18	143,741 ±2,266	25.4% ±0.4 pp	21.4%	22.0%
18–34	162,847 ±2,238	28.7% ±0.4 pp	21.9%	22.8%
35–64	192,495 ±2,690	34.0% ±0.5 pp	38.2%	38.0%
65 and older	67,890 ±1,874	12.0% ±0.3 pp	18.5%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 566,973
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Male	274,137 ±1,294	48.4% ±0.2 pp	50.1%	49.5%
Female	292,836 ±1,289	51.6% ±0.2 pp	49.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 566,973
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
White alone	194,188 ±2,906	34.2% ±0.5 pp	80.1%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	218,392 ±2,459	38.5% ±0.4 pp	6.1%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	4,310 ±756	0.8% ±0.1 pp	0.8%	0.9%
Asian alone	28,807 ±1,429	5.1% ±0.3 pp	3.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	55 ±50 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	38,117 ±2,532	6.7% ±0.4 pp	2.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	83,104 ±3,345	14.7% ±0.6 pp	7.6%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 566,973
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	448,382 ±1,588	79.1% ±0.3 pp	92.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	118,591 ±1,583	20.9% ±0.3 pp	8.0%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 232,520
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Married-couple family	57,955 ±1,560	24.9% ±0.6 pp	46.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	14,341 ±909	6.2% ±0.4 pp	4.5%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	45,994 ±1,340	19.8% ±0.6 pp	9.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	91,349 ±1,879	39.3% ±0.7 pp	31.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	22,881 ±1,110	9.8% ±0.5 pp	8.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 232,520
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Households with people under 18	65,280 ±1,714	28.1% ±0.7 pp	26.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	167,240 ±2,307	71.9% ±0.8 pp	73.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 232,520
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	91,349 ±1,879	39.3% ±0.7 pp	31.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	66,613 ±2,022	28.6% ±0.8 pp	37.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	31,467 ±1,338	13.5% ±0.6 pp	13.1%	15.3%
Four-person households	21,577 ±1,116	9.3% ±0.5 pp	10.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	12,872 ±949	5.5% ±0.4 pp	4.8%	5.9%
Six-person households	5,007 ±553	2.2% ±0.2 pp	1.7%	2.2%
Seven or more people	3,635 ±509	1.6% ±0.2 pp	1.0%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 566,973
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Native	504,003 ±2,461	88.9% ±0.4 pp	94.8%	85.9%
Foreign born	62,970 ±2,472	11.1% ±0.4 pp	5.2%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 528,322
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
English only	411,958 ±2,469	78.0% ±0.5 pp	91.0%	77.7%
Spanish	84,603 ±2,051	16.0% ±0.4 pp	4.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	1,778 ±359	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	1,811 ±353	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.7%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,588 ±336	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	4,158 ±687	0.8% ±0.1 pp	0.7%	2.0%
Korean	274 ±105	0.1% ±0.0 pp	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	901 ±261	0.2% ±0.0 pp	0.3%	1.1%
Vietnamese	543 ±252	0.1% ±0.0 pp	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	610 ±231	0.1% ±0.0 pp	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	13,444 ±1,116	2.5% ±0.2 pp	1.2%	1.1%
Arabic	2,262 ±755	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	4,392 ±1,252	0.8% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 356,773
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	51,763 ±2,074	14.5% ±0.6 pp	6.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	108,358 ±2,423	30.4% ±0.7 pp	29.4%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	72,483 ±2,110	20.3% ±0.6 pp	19.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	26,253 ±1,482	7.4% ±0.4 pp	11.3%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	63,079 ±1,942	17.7% ±0.5 pp	22.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34,837 ±1,260	9.8% ±0.4 pp	11.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 560,396
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Wisconsin	U.S.
Same house	480,236 ±3,617	85.7% ±0.6 pp	88.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	56,270 ±3,406	10.0% ±0.6 pp	6.2%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	10,646 ±830	1.9% ±0.1 pp	3.3%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	11,007 ±1,131	2.0% ±0.2 pp	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	2,237 ±558	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

9.1% of Milwaukee residents (±0.4 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 5.2% in Wisconsin and 8.4% nationally. 88.2% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	U.S.	Compared with Wisconsin
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	9.1% ±0.4 pp	5.2%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	88.2% ±0.5 pp	90.3%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.6% ±0.2 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Milwaukee . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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