Who's moving to and from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 26,088 people in, 31,952 out. Most were moving between Wisconsin counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−5,864 people
−1,848 households
Arrivals' income
$59.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$74.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Milwaukee County went in Wisconsin

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Wisconsin counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Cook County, IL, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Waukesha County4,625
  2. Racine County1,401
  3. Cook County, IL1,387
  4. Dane County918
  5. Ozaukee County866
  6. Washington County823
  7. Kenosha County517
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,923

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in Wisconsin. People, 2022–23.

  1. Waukesha County7,631
  2. Racine County1,966
  3. Ozaukee County1,489
  4. Washington County1,300
  5. Cook County, IL1,073
  6. Dane County935
  7. Maricopa County, AZ783
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,803

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
279 people
Left for abroad
324 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Milwaukee usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,84822–23††‡†
Net migration of Milwaukee County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−3,218
2014–15 †−799
2015–16−4,442
2016–17 †−8,458
2017–18−3,599
2018–19 ‡−2,613
2019–20−4,865
2020–21−6,405
2021–22−4,125
2022–23 †−1,848

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin?” movedwhere.com/county/milwaukee-county-wi. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.