Editing Wisconsin (section)

==Demographics{{anchor|Ethnicity}}==

===Population===
{{US Census population
|1820= 1444
|1830= 3635
|1840= 30945
|1850= 305391
|1860= 775881
|1870= 1054670
|1880= 1315457
|1890= 1693330
|1900= 2069042
|1910= 2333860
|1920= 2632067
|1930= 2939006
|1940= 3137587
|1950= 3434575
|1960= 3951777
|1970= 4417731
|1980= 4705767
|1990= 4891769
|2000= 5363675
|2010= 5686986
|2020= 5893718
|estyear=2024
|estimate= 5960975
|estref=<ref>{{cite web |title=Wisconsin |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/WI/PST045223 |website=census.gov |access-date=June 28, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=Source: 1910–2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429012609/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}

[[File:Wisconsin 2020 Population Density.png|thumb|upright=1.25|Wisconsin 2020 Population Density Map]]
[[File:Ethnic Origins in Wisconsin.png|thumb|upright=1.25|Ethnic origins in Wisconsin]]The [[United States Census Bureau]] estimates that the population of Wisconsin was 5,822,434 on July 1, 2019, a 2.4% increase since the [[2010 United States census]].<ref name="PopEstUS">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/wi,US/PST045218|title=QuickFacts Wisconsin; UNITED STATES|website=2018 Population Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date=February 8, 2019|access-date=February 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815114553/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/WI,US/PST045218|archive-date=August 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> This includes a natural increase since the last census of 150,659 people (i.e., 614,771 births minus 464,112 deaths) and a decrease due to net migration of 12,755 people. Immigration resulted in a net increase of 59,251 people, and migration from within the U.S. resulted in a net decrease of 72,006 people.<ref name="Components">{{cite web|url = https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-total.html|title = Estimates of the Components of Resident Population Change for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: July 1, 2018 to July 1, 2019|access-date = June 10, 2020|archive-date = January 26, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200126071436/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-total.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 4,775 [[homeless]] people in Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007–2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |access-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314020239/https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |access-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311234217/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Ethnic composition as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]
|-
! Race and Ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 12, 2021 |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815165418/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Alone
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White (non-Hispanic)]]
|align=right| {{bartable|78.6|%|2||background:gray}}
|align=right| {{bartable|81.9|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]{{efn|Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin are not distinguished between total and partial ancestry.}}
|align=right| {{bartable}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7.6|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[African Americans|African American (non-Hispanic)]]
|align=right| {{bartable|6.2|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7.3|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3.0|%|2||background:purple}}
|align=right| {{bartable|3.6|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| Native American
|align=right| {{bartable|0.8|%|2||background:gold}}
|align=right| {{bartable|2.0|%|2||background:gold}}
|-
| [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
|align=right| {{bartable|0.03|%|2||background:pink}}
|align=right| {{bartable|0.1|%|2||background:pink}}
|-
| Other
|align=right| {{bartable|0.3|%|2||background:brown}}
|align=right| {{bartable|1.1|%|2||background:brown}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible nowrap" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ '''Wisconsin historical population by race'''
|-
! Racial composition !! 1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |author=Population Division, Laura K. Yax |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012 }}</ref> !! 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusviewer.com/state/WI|title=Population of Wisconsin—Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts—CensusViewer|access-date=July 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323174812/http://censusviewer.com/state/WI|archive-date=March 23, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> !! 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=2010 Census Data|author=Center for New Media and Promotions(C2PO)|access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-date=May 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522200920/https://census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|url-status=live}}</ref>!! 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Decennial Census, Wisconsin, Table P1: Race |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US55&y=2020&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |website=data.census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708180347/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US55&y=2020&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[White American|White]] || 92.2% || 88.9% || 86.2% || 80.4%
|-
| [[African American|Black]] || 5.0% || 5.7% || 6.3% || 6.4%
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]] || 1.1% || 1.7% || 2.3% || 3.0%
|-
| Native || 0.8% || 0.9% || 1.0% || 1.0%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and<br />[[Pacific Islander|other Pacific Islander]] || – || – || – || –
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || 0.9% || 1.6% || 2.4% || 3.1%
|-
| [[Two or more races]] || – || 1.3% || 1.8% || 6.1%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
(of any race)
|1.9%
|3.6%
|5.9%
|7.6%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic whites|Non-Hispanic white]]
|91.3%
|87.3%
|83.3%
|78.6%
|}

In 2022, the five largest European ancestry groups were: [[German American|German]] (36%), [[Irish American|Irish]] (10.2%), [[Polish American|Polish]] (7.9%), [[English American|English]] (6.7%), and [[Norwegian American|Norwegian]] (6.3%).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B04006 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B04006&geo_ids=04000US55&primary_geo_id=04000US55 |access-date=June 29, 2024 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> German is the most common ancestry in every county in the state, except Menominee, Trempealeau, and Vernon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.wi.us/LRB/bb/03bb/128-133.pdf|title=Wisconsin Blue Book 2003–2004|access-date=July 25, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325105850/http://www.legis.state.wi.us/LRB/bb/03bb/128-133.pdf|archive-date=March 25, 2009}}</ref> Wisconsin has the highest percentage of residents of Polish ancestry of any state.<ref name="census.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040920132346/http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2004 |title="Ancestry: 2000", U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=July 25, 2010 }}</ref> According to the 2022 [[American Community Survey]], 7.6% of Wisconsin's population were of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] origin (of any race). The largest Hispanic ancestry groups were [[Mexican American|Mexican]] (5.1%), [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] (1.1%), [[Central America]]n (0.4%), and [[Cuban American|Cuban]] (0.1%), with 0.9% reporting other Hispanic or Latino origins.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B03001 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B03001&geo_ids=04000US55&primary_geo_id=04000US55 |access-date=June 29, 2024 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>

Since its founding, Wisconsin has been ethnically heterogeneous. Following the period of French fur traders, the next wave of settlers were miners, many of whom were [[Cornish American|Cornish]], who settled the southwestern area of the state. The next wave was dominated by "Yankees", migrants of [[English American|English descent]] from [[New England]] and [[upstate New York]]; in the early years of statehood, they dominated the state's heavy industry, finance, politics, and education. Between 1850 and 1900, the immigrants were mostly [[German Americans|Germans]], [[Scandinavian Americans|Scandinavians]] (the largest group being [[Norwegian American|Norwegian]]), [[Irish Americans|Irish]], and [[Polish Americans|Poles]]. In the 20th century, a number of African Americans and [[Mexican Americans|Mexicans]] settled in [[Milwaukee]]; and after the end of the [[Vietnam War]] came an influx of [[Hmong Americans|Hmongs]].

The various ethnic groups settled in different areas of the state. Although German immigrants settled throughout the state, the largest concentration was in Milwaukee. Norwegian immigrants settled in lumbering and farming areas in the north and west. Irish, Italian, and Polish immigrants settled primarily in urban areas.<ref>Miller, Frank H., [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/tp&CISOPTR=14489 "The Polanders in Wisconsin"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829135614/http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Ftp&CISOPTR=14489 |date=August 29, 2009 }}, Parkman Club Publications No. 10. Milwaukee, Wis.: Parkman Club, 1896; retrieved January 29, 2008.</ref> [[Menominee County, Wisconsin|Menominee County]] is the only county in the eastern United States with a Native American majority.

African Americans came to Milwaukee, especially from 1940 on. 86% of Wisconsin's African-American population live in four cities: [[Milwaukee]], [[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]], [[Beloit, Wisconsin|Beloit]], [[Kenosha]], with Milwaukee home to nearly three-fourths of the state's black Americans. In the [[Great Lakes]] region, only Detroit and [[Cleveland]] have a higher percentage of African-American residents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Slesinger |first=Doris P. |title=African Americans in Wisconsin |url=https://cdn.apl.wisc.edu/publications/African_American_Chartbook.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629174407/https://cdn.apl.wisc.edu/publications/African_American_Chartbook.pdf |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref>

About 33% of Wisconsin's Asian population is [[Hmong people|Hmong]], with significant communities in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wausau, Wisconsin|Wausau]], [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]], [[Sheboygan, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]], [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]], [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[La Crosse]], [[Eau Claire, Wisconsin|Eau Claire]], [[Oshkosh, Wisconsin|Oshkosh]], and [[Manitowoc, Wisconsin|Manitowoc]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apl.wisc.edu/publications/HmongChartbook.pdf|title=Wisconsin's Hmong Population|access-date=April 26, 2010|publisher=University of Wisconsin–Madison Applied Population Laboratory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331124635/https://cdn.apl.wisc.edu/publications/HmongChartbook.pdf|archive-date=March 31, 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref> 61,629 people in Wisconsin, or around 1% of the population, identify as Hmong.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02018 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02018&geo_ids=04000US55&primary_geo_id=04000US55#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=June 29, 2024 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref>

Of the residents of Wisconsin, 71.7% were born in Wisconsin, 23.0% were born in a different US state, 0.7% were born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s), and 4.6% were foreign born.<ref>[https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/http://www.census.gov/ |date=December 27, 1996 }} . Factfinder2.census.gov; retrieved August 2, 2013.</ref>

In 2018, the countries of origin for Wisconsin's immigrants came from Mexico, India, China, [[Laos]] and the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_wisconsin.pdf|title=Immigrants in Wisconsin|access-date=January 4, 2024|archive-date=March 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309031633/https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_wisconsin.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

;Birth data

[[File:Wisconsin counties by race.svg|thumb|214x214px|Map of counties in Wisconsin by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census{{Collapsible list
| title = Legend|{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}

'''Non-Hispanic White'''

{{legend|#dd7e6b|40–50%}}

{{legend|#a61c00|60–70%}}

{{legend|#85200c|70–80%}}

{{legend|#5b0f00|80–90%}}

{{legend|#410b00|90%+}}

{{col-2}}

'''Native American'''

{{legend|#274e13|80–90%}}

{{col-end}}
}}]]
''Note: Births in table add to over 100%, because Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number.''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ Live births by single race or ethnicity of mother
|-
! [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Race]]
! 2013<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_01.pdf |title=Births: Final Data for 2013 |journal=[[National Vital Statistics System|National Vital Statistics Reports]] |volume=64 |issue=1 |date=January 15, 2015 |id=CS253166 |author1=Joyce A. Martin |author2=Brady E. Hamilton |author3=Michelle J. K. Osterman |author4=Sally C. Curtin |author5=T. J. Mathews |display-authors=1 |publisher=[[National Center for Health Statistics|NCHS]] |access-date=June 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911162514/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_01.pdf |archive-date=September 11, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2014<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf |title=Births: Final Data for 2014 |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports |volume=64 |issue=12 |date=December 23, 2015 |id=CS260962 |author1=Joyce A. Martin |author2=Brady E. Hamilton |author3=Michelle J. K. Osterman |author4=Sally C. Curtin |author5=T. J. Mathews |display-authors=1 |publisher=NCHS |access-date=June 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214040341/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2015<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf |title=Births: Final Data for 2015 |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports |volume=66 |issue=1 |date=January 5, 2017 |id=CS272653 |author1=Joyce A. Martin |author2=Brady E. Hamilton |author3=Michelle J. K. Osterman |author4=Anne K. Driscoll |author5=T. J. Mathews |display-authors=1 |publisher=NCHS |access-date=June 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831155911/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf |archive-date=August 31, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2016<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |title=Births: Final Data for 2016 |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports |volume=67 |issue=1 |date=January 31, 2018 |id=CS287854 |author1=Joyce A. Martin |author2=Brady E. Hamilton |author3=Michelle J. K. Osterman |author4=Anne K. Driscoll |author5=Patrick Drake |display-authors=1 |publisher=NCHS |access-date=May 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603002249/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |archive-date=June 3, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2017<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |title=Births: Final Data for 2017 |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports |volume=67 |issue=8 |date=November 7, 2018 |id=CS296610 |author1=Joyce A. Martin |author2=Brady E. Hamilton |author3=Michelle J. K. Osterman |author4=Anne K. Driscoll |author5=Patrick Drake |display-authors=1 |publisher=NCHS |access-date=February 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201210916/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2018<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |title=Births: Final Data for 2018 |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports |volume=68 |issue=13 |date=November 27, 2019 |id=CS310999 |author1=Joyce A. Martin |author2=Brady E. Hamilton |author3=Michelle J. K. Osterman |author4=Anne K. Driscoll |display-authors=1 |publisher=NCHS |access-date=December 21, 2019 |archive-date=November 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128161211/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2019<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |title=Births: Final Data for 2019 |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports |volume=70 |issue=2 |date=March 23, 2021 |id=CS322077 |author1=Joyce A. Martin |author2=Brady E. Hamilton |author3=Michelle J. K. Osterman |author4=Anne K. Driscoll |display-authors=1 |publisher=NCHS |access-date=April 9, 2021 |archive-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324160631/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-17.pdf |title=Data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=February 21, 2022 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210175206/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/NVSR70-17.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-01.pdf |title=Data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201003942/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-01.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-date=April 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404230758/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2023<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr74/nvsr74-1.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2025-04-12}}</ref>
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
| 49,357 (74.0%)
| 49,440 (73.6%)
| 49,024 (73.1%)
| 47,994 (72.0%)
| 46,309 (71.3%)
| 45,654 (71.2%)
| 44,784 (70.8%)
| 42,715 (70.5%)
| 43,991 (71.2%)
| 42,455 (70.7%)
| 41,471 (69.4%)
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
| 6,956 (10.4%)
| 7,328 (10.9%)
| 7,386 (11.0%)
| 6,569 (9.9%)
| 6,864 (10.6%)
| 6,622 (10.3%)
| 6,859 (10.8%)
| 6,429 (10.6%)
| 5,964 (9.6%)
| 5,688 (9.5%)
| 5,592 (9.3%)
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
| 3,197 (4.8%)
| 3,333 (5.0%)
| 3,276 (4.9%)
| 3,220 (4.8%)
| 3,017 (4.6%)
| 3,155 (4.9%)
| 2,942 (4.6%)
| 2,870 (4.7%)
| 2,692 (4.3%)
| 2,661 (4.4%)
| 2,651 (4.4%)
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]]
| 1,011 (1.5%)
| 980 (1.5%)
| 1,029 (1.5%)
| 689 (1.0%)
| 745 (1.1%)
| 707 (1.1%)
| 664 (1.0%)
| 573 (0.9%)
| 546 (0.9%)
| 499 (0.8%)
| 486 (0.8%)
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (any race)
| ''6,398'' (9.6%)
| ''6,375'' (9.5%)
| ''6,604'' (9.9%)
| ''6,504'' (9.8%)
| ''6,368'' (9.8%)
| ''6,365'' (9.9%)
| ''6,463'' (10.2%)
| ''6,438'' (10.6%)
| ''6,923'' (11.2%)
| ''6,971'' (11.6%)
| ''7,591'' (12.7%)
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''66,649''' (100%)
| '''67,161''' (100%)
| '''67,041''' (100%)
| '''66,615''' (100%)
| '''64,975''' (100%)
| '''64,098''' (100%)
| '''63,270''' (100%)
| '''60,594''' (100%)
| '''61,781''' (100%)
| '''60,049''' (100%)
| '''59,754''' (100%)
|}
* Since 2016, data for births of [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanic]] origin are not collected, but included in one ''Hispanic'' group; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

===Religion===
{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Religious self-identification, per [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s 2022 ''American Values Survey''<ref name="avs">{{cite web |last=Staff |date=February 24, 2023 |title=2022 American Values Atlas: Religious Tradition |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2022/States/religion/m/US-WI |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=[[Public Religion Research Institute]]}}</ref>
| label1 = [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestantism]]
| value1 = 41
| color1 = blue
| label2 = [[Catholicism in the United States|Catholicism]]
| value2 = 27
| color2 = purple
| label3 = [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]]
| value3 = 1
| color3 = teal
| label4 = [[Judaism in the United States|Judaism]]
| value4 = 1
| color4 = pink
| label5 = [[Buddhism in the United States|Buddhism]]
| value5 = 1
| color5 = yellow
| label6 = [[Hinduism in the United States|Hinduism]]
| value6 = 1
| color6 = orange
| label7 = [[Unitarian Universalism]]
| value7 = 1
| color7 = green
| label8 = [[New Age]]
| value8 = 1
| color8 = red
| label9 = [[Irreligion in the United States|Unaffiliated]]
| value9 = 25
| color9 = white
| label10 = Other
| value10= 1
| color10 = black
}}
According to [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s 2022 ''American Values Survey'', those identifying with a religion or spiritual tradition were approximately 75% of the state's population.<ref name="carroll2000">{{cite book|last=Carroll|first=Brett E.|title=The Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America|series=Routledge Atlases of American History|date=December 28, 2000|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-0-415-92137-4}}</ref> 69% of Wisconsinites self-identified as [[Christian]]. Specifically, 25% of respondents identified as [[Mainline (Protestant)|Mainline Protestant]], 12% as [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical Protestant]], 4% as other Protestants, and 27% as [[Catholic]]. Roughly 25% of the population were unaffiliated with any religious body. Small minorities of [[Judaism|Jews]] (1%), [[Hinduism|Hindus]] (1%), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (1%), [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] (1%), [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian Universalists]] (1%), [[Islam|Muslims]] (<1%),  [[Mormonism|Mormons]] (<1%), and other faiths exist according to this study.<ref name="avs" />

Christianity is the predominant religion in Wisconsin. Per the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]]' 2020 study, Catholicism was the single-largest denomination with 1,237,342 adherents, followed by the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] with 316,245 members and the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] with 209,788 adherents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maps and data files for 2020 {{!}} U.S. Religion Census {{!}} Religious Statistics & Demographics |url=https://www.usreligioncensus.org/index.php/node/1639 |access-date=August 30, 2024 |website=www.usreligioncensus.org |archive-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115001940/https://www.usreligioncensus.org/index.php/node/1639 |url-status=live }}</ref> 276,904 adhered to [[nondenominational Christianity]].

===Crime===
{{main|Crime in Wisconsin}}

Statewide FBI Crime statistics for 2009 include 144 murders/non-negligent manslaughter; 1,108 rapes; 4,850 robberies; 8,431 aggravated assaults; and 147,486 property crimes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/data/table_05.html |title=Table 5—Crime in the United States 2009 |publisher=.fbi.gov |access-date=September 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014044856/http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/data/table_05.html |archive-date=October 14, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Wisconsin also publishes its own statistics through the Bureau of Justice Information and Analysis.<ref>[https://www.doj.state.wi.us/dles/bjia/bureau-justice-information-and-analysis Bureau of Justice Information and Analysis], formerly this was done by the Office of Justice Assistance, see {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723032703/http://oja.state.wi.us/index.asp?locid=97 |date=July 23, 2012 }}</ref> The state reported 14,603 violent crimes in 2009, with a clearance rate (% solved) of 50%.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120426081731/http://oja.wi.gov/docview.asp?docid=19873&locid=97 Oja.wi.gov] (Archived April 26, 2012)</ref> The state reported 4,633 sexual assaults in 2009, with an overall clearance rate for sexual assaults of 57%.