Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety70#16/51
Economy66#18/51
Housing72#15/51
Health58#22/51
Healthcare86#8/51
Environment73#14/49
Education64#19/51
Infrastructure64#19/51
Community96#3/51
Leisure & amenities60#21/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Voter turnout · high76.3%
98/100United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionAggregated from countiesCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Restaurants and bars · high12.7 /10k
96/100United States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hospital quality rating · high3.8
94/100United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Natural hazard risk · low10.5
94/1002025Federal Emergency Management AgencyAggregated from counties
Hot days · low4 days
94/100United States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.444
93/100United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

New business applications · low12.0 /1k
16/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · high1.32%
18/100United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
High ozone days · high4 days
22/100United States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Adult obesity · high39.2%
24/100United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Physical inactivity · high27.3%
26/100United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · low24.0%
27/100United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

High ozone daysWorsening
2 days (2017) → 4 days (2022)
+139%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
24.4% (Dec 2021) → 34.5% (Aug 2026)
+10 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
28.4 /100k (2021) → 14.6 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.5% (2015-2019) → 90.3% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drought exposureWorsening
21% (2021) → 29% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+7.2 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Property crime rateImproving
1,538 /100k (2021) → 1,017 /100k (2025)
−34%4 yearsUS 1,782 /100k → 1,535 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Wisconsin improved on 14 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 10 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

Gyms+17%1.1 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Airport−17 mi54 mi → 37 mi
Overdose deaths−40%24.5 /100k → 14.6 /100k
New businesses+34%8.9 /1k → 12.0 /1k
Child poverty−1.3 points13.5% → 12.2%

Declined4

Suicides+14%14.7 /100k → 16.7 /100k
Firearm deaths+9.8%12.2 /100k → 13.4 /100k
Transit use−0.6 points1.7% → 1.1%
Price / income+0.5×2.9× → 3.4×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.5 /10k2020	4.8 /10k2025	+7.5%	Improved	15%
Average commute time	22.2 min2015-2019	22.2 min2020-2024	+0.0 min	Within the margin of error	52%
Average weekly wage	$1,0352020	$1,2722025	+23%	Improved	44%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%2015-2019	33.4%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Improved	44%
Broadband subscriptions	82.5%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Improved	38%
Child poverty rate	13.5%2019	12.2%2024	−1.3 points	Improved	51%
Distance to an airport	54 mi2020	37 mi2025	−17 mi	Improved	99%
Drug overdose deaths	24.5 /100k2020	14.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−40%	Improved	74%
Effective property tax rate	1.69%2015-2019	1.32%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	95%
Firearm deaths	12.2 /100k2020	13.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.8%	Declined	11%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+3.2%	Within the margin of error	72%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+17%	Improved	72%
High school diploma or higher	92.2%2015-2019	93.6%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Improved	46%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	50%
Homicide rate	5.7 /100k2020	4.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−25%	Improved	23%
Income adjusted for local prices	$55,4322019	$72,0072024	+30%	Improved	25%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4452015-2019	0.4442020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	72%
Median household income	$64,1772019	$77,5572024	+21%	Improved	19%
New business applications	8.9 /1k2020	12.0 /1k2025	+34%	Improved	64%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−1%	Within the margin of error	81%
Poverty rate	10.4%2019	10.3%2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−2.2%	Within the margin of error	64%
Public transit commuters	1.7%2015-2019	1.1%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Declined	42%
Rent as share of income	27.4%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Rent-burdened households	44.0%2015-2019	43.7%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Restaurants and bars	12.5 /10k2020	12.7 /10k2025	+1.8%	Within the margin of error	48%
Students per teacher	14.4×2019	13.7×2024	−0.7×	Little change	50%
Suicide rate	14.7 /100k2020	16.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+14%	Declined	9%
Traffic deaths	10.2 /100k2015-2019	10.2 /100k2020-2024	+0.4%	Within the margin of error	74%
Unemployment rate	6.4%2020	3.2%2025	−3.2 points	Improved	48%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.8%2019	6.4%2024	−0.4 points	Little change	40%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wisconsin in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Wisconsin itself moved +1.9 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,914,872 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,479,480 households (±5,787)

Wisconsin
United States share

Under $25k13%324,680
$25k–50k18%444,369
$50k–75k17%433,875

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,479,480 households (±5,787)

Wisconsin
United States share

Own68%1,682,214
Rent32%797,266

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.8 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,984,569 workers (±7,620)

Wisconsin
United States share

Drive alone74%2,219,659
Carpool7.3%217,057
Public transit1.1%32,528

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Wisconsin employ 624,970 people. 3 pay a median above the US median and 7 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Wisconsin by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides82,430 jobs	82,430	$36,340US $35,800	+2%	1.01×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand70,520 jobs	70,520	$44,610US $40,240	+11%	1.26×
Registered Nurses68,060 jobs	68,060	$95,530US $97,550	−2%	1.06×
Fast Food and Counter Workers67,750 jobs	67,750	$28,600US $31,200	−8%	0.93×
Retail Salespersons67,640 jobs	67,640	$34,480US $35,410	−3%	0.92×
Cashiers65,380 jobs	65,380	$30,880US $32,880	−6%	1.12×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers53,330 jobs	53,330	$58,610US $58,640	0%	1.37×
Office Clerks, General51,440 jobs	51,440	$44,980US $45,010	0%	1.1×
Customer Service Representatives50,840 jobs	50,840	$46,970US $44,770	+5%	1.04×
Stockers and Order Fillers47,580 jobs	47,580	$35,000US $37,330	−6%	0.89×

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Wisconsin has 144,774 employer establishments, 244 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248), with 2,642,958 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,090. The Census Bureau also counts 407,662 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 144,774; 407,662 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 244; US 248
Paid employees: 2,642,958
Average annual pay: $61,090; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Wisconsin by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	10,242	17.3	0.83×About typical	153,519	$83,531	15,222
Restaurants and other eating places	10,230	17.3	0.94×About typical	178,473	$20,290	1,652
Specialty trade contractors	10,100	17	1.10×About typical	86,893	$77,080	28,029
Full-service restaurants	4,988	8.4	1.10×About typical	87,044	$22,116	702
Lessors of real estate	4,937	8.3	0.68×Fewer than typical	23,506	$53,737	43,815
Services to buildings and dwellings	4,281	7.2	1.07×About typical	36,774	$37,240	20,317
Limited-service restaurants	3,925	6.6	0.83×About typical	76,596	$18,633	615
Construction of buildings	3,923	6.6	0.87×About typical	30,047	$80,573	12,922
Truck transportation	3,913	6.6	1.30×More than typical	52,779	$64,953	9,155
Religious organizations	3,884	6.5	1.18×About typical	33,737	$25,639	—
Building equipment contractors	3,591	6.1	1.01×About typical	43,704	$78,431	4,050
Offices of other health practitioners	3,286	5.5	0.91×About typical	21,283	$46,356	7,729

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,930,350 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.6B on contracts performed in Wisconsin: $598 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.6B; −43% vs FY2025
Per resident: $598; US $1,994
Sole-source: 15%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$2.1B59%
Department of the Army$992.7M28%
Defense Logistics Agency$370.6M10%
Agricultural Marketing Service$184.9M5.2%
Defense Health Agency$62.9M1.8%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$60.5M1.7%
Federal Acquisition Service$41.5M1.2%
U.S. Coast Guard$35.5M1.0%

Top recipients

OPTUMSERVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.$1.9B53%
OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC$750.3M21%
AMTEC CORPORATION$283M7.9%
WISCONSIN PHYSICIANS SERVICE INSURANCE CORP.$156.8M4.4%
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC$142.8M4.0%

Spending by fiscal year

3.4BFY2017
4BFY2018
5.3BFY2019
5.8BFY2020
5.8BFY2021
5.2BFY2022
5.3BFY2023
8.9B

Top industries (NAICS)

Offices of physicians · 6211$1.9B52%
Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing · 3362$544.7M15%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$342.2M9.6%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$163.2M4.6%
Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$151.3M4.2%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339

Largest awards

DETAIL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FFG(X) GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE$3B
MARINETTE MARINE CORPORATION· Marinette County, WI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 30, 2020 – Apr 16, 2026· N0002420C2300
THE CONTRACT INCLUDES FIRM FIXED PRICE (FFP) CONTACT LINE ITEM NUMBERS (CLIN) FOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS, KITS (PACKAGED AND INSTALLED), TEST HARDWARE AND SUPPORT, VEHICLE REFURBISHMENT, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING/ PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (SEPM), STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES, VEHICLE REFURBISHMENT, INTEGRATED PRODUCT SUPPORT (IPS), AND A TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE (TDP). THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES COST PLUS FIXED FEE (CPFF) CLINS FOR SYSTEM TECHNICAL SUPPORT (STS), TOTAL PACKAGE FIELDING (TPF), AND INTERIM CONTRACTOR SUPPORT (ICS). THE CONTRACT CONTAINS PROVISIONS FOR AN ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT (EPA) FOR MATERIAL FLUCTUATIONS FOR THE VEHICLES PROCURED IN OPTION PERIODS SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT.$2.6B
OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC· Winnebago County, WI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 12, 2016 – Apr 20, 2026· W56HZV15C0095
CONTRACT W56HZV-20-C-0050 IS ISSUED TO PROVIDE CONTINUATION OF CONTRACT W56HZV-15-C-0095.$1.8B

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $104.5B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Wisconsin: $17,501 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $104.5B; −2.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $17,501; US $12,955
Loan face value: $5.2B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$26.3B25%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$25.2B24%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$23.7B23%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$9.9B9.5%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$2.7B2.6%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$2.6B2.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$1.8B1.7%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1.2B1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES$12.1B12%
MADISON, WI
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.3B1.3%
MADISON, WI
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION$952.8M0.9%
MADISON, WI
STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES$791.4M0.8%
MADISON, WI
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$60.1B57%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$31.7B30%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$2.9B2.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$1.8B1.8%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

100.2BFY2021
90.1BFY2022
98.5BFY2023
102.6BFY2024
106.8BFY2025
104.5BFY2026

County aggregates

81%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Wisconsin, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Wisconsin
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wisconsin	United States
FY2017	$590	$1,436
FY2018	$694	$1,552
FY2019	$903	$1,654
FY2020	$985	$1,880
FY2021	$982	$1,810
FY2022	$883	$1,917
FY2023	$896	$2,079
FY2024	$1,487	$2,047
FY2025	$1,049	$2,165
FY2026	$598 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wisconsin	United States
FY2017	$26.95	$93.28
FY2018	$41.94	$105
FY2019	$34.45	$128
FY2020	$38.30	$145
FY2021	$44.62	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$4,090	$5,748
FY2022	$3,767	$5,221
FY2023	$3,649	$5,364
FY2024	$4,357	$5,501
FY2025	$3,779	$5,732
FY2026	$3,434

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$214	$298
FY2022	$238	$357
FY2023	$241	$301
FY2024	$277	$319
FY2025	$281	$360
FY2026	$268 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$147	$239
FY2022	$114	$185
FY2023	$122	$229
FY2024	$133	$229
FY2025	$134	$249
FY2026	$112 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$1,949	$2,304
FY2022	$1,868	$2,197
FY2023	$1,882	$2,274
FY2024	$1,694	$2,267
FY2025	$1,920	$2,397
FY2026	$2,148

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$1,049	$1,186
FY2022	$352	$465
FY2023	$75.13	$76.52
FY2024	$113	$120
FY2025	$119	$148
FY2026	$101 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Wisconsin
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Wisconsin and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Wisconsin	United States
2014	1.3%	2.0%
2015	1.3%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Wisconsin whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

La Crosse County, WIContracts and grants · FY2024$36,204 (5.7×)
La Crosse County, WIFederal contracts · FY2024$32,046 (7.2×)
Columbia County, WIContracts and grants · FY2024$3,801 (3.9×)
Rock County, WIFederal contracts · FY2024$3,215 (2.9×)
Kewaunee County, WIConstruction contracts · FY2024$719 (78×)
Kewaunee County, WI

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/55

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Wisconsin is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Wisconsin

All 72 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Wisconsin

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Wisconsin, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Wisconsin

By population.

All 808 cities and towns in Wisconsin

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Wisconsin	United States
2014	−4.7%	−4.2%
2015	−1.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+3.3%
2018	+6.2%	+6.8%
2019	+9.5%	+10.5%
2020	+16.9%	+19.4%
2021	+22.5%	+26.1%
2022	+28.7%	+30.6%
2023	+32.7%	+35.0%
2024	+37.9%	+41.0%
2025	+43.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Wisconsin	United States
2014	−5.2%	−5.5%
2015	−1.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.7%	+4.1%
2018	+8.4%	+8.9%
2019	+12.4%	+13.5%
2020	+19.1%	+20.8%
2021	+30.3%	+32.1%
2022	+32.7%	+35.4%
2023	+39.2%	+42.9%
2024	+45.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Wisconsin	United States
2014	2.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Wisconsin	United States
2014	−7.4%	−6.9%
2015	−2.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.4%	+4.7%
2018	+7.0%	+7.5%
2019	+13.0%	+14.0%
2020	+14.2%	+16.9%
2021	+18.2%	+21.0%
2022	+25.1%	+29.7%
2023	+31.4%	+34.9%
2024	+36.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Wisconsin	United States
2014	13.2%	15.5%
2015	12.1%	14.7%
2016	11.8%	14.0%
2017	11.3%	13.4%
2018	11.1%	13.1%
2019	10.4%	12.3%
2020	10.0%	11.9%
2021	10.8%	12.8%
2022	10.8%	12.6%
2023	10.6%	12.5%
2024	10.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Wisconsin	United States
2014	5.3%	6.2%
2015	4.4%	5.3%
2016	3.9%	4.9%
2017	3.3%	4.4%
2018	3.0%	3.9%
2019	3.2%	3.7%
2020	6.4%	8.1%
2021	3.8%	5.4%
2022	2.8%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	3.0%	4.0%
2025	3.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Wisconsin	United States
2014	−9.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+19.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+31.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+45.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+57.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+67.4% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+76.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+85.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Wisconsin	United States
2014	8.6%	13.5%
2015	6.6%	10.9%
2016	6.3%	10.0%
2017	6.4%	10.2%
2018	6.5%	10.4%
2019	6.8%	10.8%
2020	6.8%	10.4%
2021	6.5%	10.2%
2022	6.3%	9.5%
2023	5.9%	9.5%
2024	6.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Wisconsin	United States
2014	6.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.0/1k	16.6/1k

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