Milwaukee metropolitan area
The Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha metropolitan area (also known as Metro Milwaukee or Greater Milwaukee) is an urban area identified by the U.S. Census Bureau containing eight counties in southeastern Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, Washington, Ozaukee, Dodge, Jefferson, and Walworth . The region's population was 2,025,898 at the 2010 census.
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Definitions
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.[1] 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.
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.[citation needed]
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.
Counties
There are eight counties in the U.S. Census Bureau's Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha metropolitan area.[1]
Cities
Primary
Other principal cities
Metro area cities and villages with more than 10,000 inhabitants
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- Beaver Dam
- Brookfield
- Brown Deer
- Burlington
- Caledonia
- Cedarburg
- Cudahy
- Elkhorn
- Fort Atkinson
- Franklin
- Germantown
- Glendale
- Grafton
- Greendale
- Greenfield
- Hartford
- Menomonee Falls
- Mequon
- Mount Pleasant
- Muskego
- New Berlin
- Oak Creek
- Oconomowoc
- Pewaukee
- Port Washington
- Richfield
- Shorewood
- South Milwaukee
- Sussex
- Watertown
- Wauwatosa
- West Allis
- West Bend
- Whitefish Bay
Metro area cities and villages with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants
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- Addison
- Barton
- Bayside
- Belgium
- Big Bend
- Bohners Lake
- Browns Lake
- Brownsville
- Butler
- Chenequa
- Clyman
- Darien
- Delafield (city)
- Delafield (town)
- Delevan
- Dousman
- Dover
- Eagle
- Eagle Lake
- East Troy
- Elkhorn
- Elm Grove
- Elmwood Park
- Erin
- Farmington
- Fox Lake
- Fox Point
- Franksville
- Fredonia
- Genesee
- Hales Corners
- Hartland
- Horicon
- Hustisford
- Ixonia
- Iron Ridge
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Johnson Creek
- Juneau
- Kekoskee
- Kewaskum
- Lac La Belle
- Lake Geneva
- Lake Mills
- Lannon
- Leroy
- Lisbon
- Lomira
- Lowell
- Mayville
- Merton
- Mukwonago
- Nashotah
- Neosho
- Newburg
- North Bay
- North Prairie
- Norway
- Oconomowoc Lake
- Okauchee Lake
- Ottawa
- Palmyra
- Village of Pewaukee
- Polk
- Randolph
- Raymond
- Reeseville
- River Hills
- Rochester
- Saukville
- Slinger
- St. Francis
- Sturtevant
- Sullivan
- Summit
- Theresa
- Thiensville
- Town of Germantown
- Trenton
- Union Grove
- Vernon
- Wales
- Walworth
- Waterford
- Waterloo
- Waupun
- Wayne
- West Milwaukee
- Williams Bay
- Wind Lake
- Wind Point
- Yorkville
Unincorporated communities
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Debate over metropolitan government
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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.