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Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area

The Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area is made up of 4 counties in Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, and Ozaukee, largest first. About 1,575,010 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), about the same as in April 2020.

Milwaukee County, centralOzaukee County, outlyingWashington County, outlyingWaukesha County, centralMilwaukeeWaukesha
Central Outlying 4 counties in Wisconsin
Population, July 2025
1,575,010 about the same as in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
4: 2 central, 2 outlying
Land area
1,455 sq mi (3,768 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
State
Wisconsin
Combined statistical area
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI
CBSA code
33340
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Counties in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Milwaukee CountyCentral924,21658.7%
Waukesha CountyCentral417,21026.5%
Washington CountyOutlying139,2388.8%
Ozaukee CountyOutlying94,3466.0%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central counties, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Milwaukee566,973 people
  2. Waukesha71,233 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI Metro Area198,919 people
  2. Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area106,127 people
  3. Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area89,097 people
  4. Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area86,505 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI Metro Area25 mi south
  2. Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area39 mi west
  3. Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area42 mi west
  4. Sheboygan, WI Metro Area48 mi north
  5. Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area52 mi northwest
  6. Fond du Lac, WI Metro Area54 mi northwest
  7. Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area87 mi east
  8. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area117 mi east

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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