Milwaukee metropolitan area

The Milwaukee metropolitan area (also known as Metro Milwaukee or Greater Milwaukee) is a major metropolitan area located in Southeastern Wisconsin, consisting of the city of Milwaukee and the surrounding area. There are several definitions of the area including the Milwaukee–Waukesha–West Allis metropolitan area, and the Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha combined statistical area. It is the Largest Metropolitan area in Wisconsin, and the 39th Largest Metropolitan Area in the United States.

Definitions

Metropolitan area

Location of the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis MSA in Wisconsin

Location of the Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha CSA in Wisconsin

The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Milwaukee Metropolitan area as containing four counties in southeastern Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington and Ozaukee. The Metropolitan population of Milwaukee was 1,572,245 in a 2014 estimate.^[1]

The city of Milwaukee is the hub of the metropolitan area. The eastern parts of Racine County, eastern parts of Waukesha County, southern part of Ozaukee County, southeastern part of Washington County, and remainder of Milwaukee County are the most urbanized parts of the outlying counties.

The character of the area varies widely. Mequon, Brookfield, and the North Shore (Fox Point, Whitefish Bay, River Hills, Shorewood, Glendale, and Bayside) are more white-collar, while West Milwaukee, West Allis, and St. Francis are more blue-collar.

Metro Milwaukee draws commuters from outlying areas such as Madison, Chicago and the Fox Cities. It is part of the Great Lakes Megalopolis containing an estimated 54 million people.

Combined statistical area

The Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha Combined Statistical Area is made up of the Milwaukee–Waukesha–West Allis Metropolitan Statistical Area (Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington and Ozaukee counties), the Racine Metropolitan Statistical Area (Racine County), the Beaver Dam Micropolitan Statistica Area (Dodge County), the Watertown-Fort Atkinson Micropolitan Area (Jefferson County), and the Whitewater-Elkorn Micropolitan Area (Walworth County) according to the U.S. Census.^[2] Updated definitions released in February 2013 added Dodge, Jefferson and Walworth Counties to the Milwaukee CSA. Kenosha is halfway between Chicago and Milwaukee, in fact closer to Milwaukee geographically, but it is included as part of the Chicago CSA metropolitan area as Kenosha has more residents who commute to Chicago. In a 2014 estimate the Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha Combined Statistical Area population was 2,043,904, the largest in Wisconsin and the 34th largest in the United States.^[3]

Counties

There are eight counties in the U.S. Census Bureau's Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha Combined statistical area.

Cities

Milwaukee, Wisconsin's largest city

Primary

Milwaukee

Other principal cities

Metro area cities and villages with more than 10,000 inhabitants

Metro area cities and villages with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

Unincorporated communities

Debate over metropolitan government

Although each county and its various municipalities are self-governing, there is some cooperation in the metropolitan area. The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) is a state-chartered government agency which serves 28 municipalities in the five counties.

At the same time, some in the area see the need for more consolidation in government services. The Kettl Commission and former Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum have supported initiatives to do this. However, full consolidation has been criticized as a means of diluting minority voting power.

References

Metro Milwaukee Portal

External links

City of Milwaukee

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Regions	Apostle Islands Central Plain Central Wisconsin Chippewa Valley Door Peninsula Driftless Area Eastern Ridges and Lowlands Fox River Valley Great River Road Lake Superior Lowland Northern Highland Western Upland

Major metropolitan areas (pop. over 500,000)	Chicago metropolitan area Madison metropolitan area Milwaukee metropolitan area Twin Cities metropolitan area

Largest cities (pop. over 50,000)	Appleton Eau Claire Green Bay Janesville Kenosha La Crosse Madison Milwaukee Oshkosh Racine Waukesha West Allis

Smaller cities (pop. 15,000 to 50,000)	Beaver Dam Beloit Brookfield Cudahy De Pere Fitchburg Fond du Lac Franklin Greenfield Hudson Kaukauna Manitowoc Marshfield Menasha Menomonie Mequon Middleton Muskego Neenah New Berlin Oak Creek Oconomowoc Onalaska River Falls Sheboygan South Milwaukee Stevens Point Sun Prairie Superior Watertown Wausau Wauwatosa West Bend Wisconsin Rapids

Largest villages (pop. over 15,000)	Allouez Ashwaubenon Caledonia Germantown Howard Menomonee Falls Mount Pleasant Pleasant Prairie

Counties	Adams Ashland Barron Bayfield Brown Buffalo Burnett Calumet Chippewa Clark Columbia Crawford Dane Dodge Door Douglas Dunn Eau Claire Florence Fond du Lac Forest Grant Green Green Lake Iowa Iron Jackson Jefferson Juneau Kenosha Kewaunee La Crosse Lafayette Langlade Lincoln Manitowoc Marathon Marinette Marquette Menominee Milwaukee Monroe Oconto Oneida Outagamie Ozaukee Pepin Pierce Polk Portage Price Racine Richland Rock Rusk Sauk Sawyer Shawano Sheboygan St. Croix Taylor Trempealeau Vernon Vilas Walworth Washburn Washington Waukesha Waupaca Waushara Winnebago Wood

Milwaukee metropolitan area

Central city	Milwaukee

Largest municipalities (over 25,000 in 2010)	Brookfield^C Franklin^C Greenfield^C Menomonee Falls^V Mount Pleasant^V New Berlin^C Oak Creek^C Racine^C Waukesha^C Wauwatosa^C West Allis^C West Bend^C

Municipalities (over 10,000 in 2010)	Burlington^C Brown Deer^V Caledonia^V Cedarburg^C Cudahy^C Germantown^V Glendale^C Grafton^V Greendale^V Mequon^C Muskego^C Oconomowoc^C Pewaukee^C Port Washington^C Richfield^T Shorewood^V South Milwaukee^C Sussex^V Whitefish Bay^V

Smaller municipalities (under 10,000 in 2010)	Bayside^V Big Bend^V Brookfield^T Butler^V Delafield^C Elm Grove^V Elmwood Park^V Fox Point^V Hartland^V Hales Corners^V Mukwonago^V North Bay^V Pewaukee^V River Hills^V Rochester^V Saukville^V Saint Francis^C Sturtevant^V Thiensville^V Union Grove^V Waterford^V West Milwaukee^V

Counties	Milwaukee Ozaukee Racine Washington Waukesha

Notes: ^Vvillage ^Ttown ^Ccity

The 100 most populous metropolitan statistical areas of the United States and Puerto Rico

United States Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2012

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