While the populations of big cities like Chicago, Los Angeles and New York all fell in 2018, the Milwaukee area just got a little bigger.
According to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, metro Milwaukee's population increased in 2018 compared with 2017. The metro population grew to 1,576,113 in 2018, up 962 people, or 0.06%, from estimated population of 1,575,151 in 2017. Since the last U.S. Census in 2010, the metro population is 1.3% higher.
