Bisa la'akari da kididdigar shekara ta 2010 da Rundunar Jama'a ta Amurka a shekarar 2008, yawan mutanen Milwaukee yana da 604,447, wanda ya zama ta 23 mafi girma a cikin kasar, wanda ya fi kama da girmansa a garuruwa kamar Boston, Seattle da Washington DC. Har ila yau, wannan birni mafi girma a Wisconsin.
Duk da haka, yawancin yankin Milwaukee metro ya fi girma, a 1,751,316. Ƙungiyar Metro ta Milwaukee ta ƙunshi kasashe biyar: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, Washington da Ozaukee.
Jihar Wisconsin ta yawan yawan mutane 5,686,986, wanda ke nufin fiye da kashi 10 cikin dari na mazauna jihar suna zaune a garin Milwaukee. Sashi na talatin na mazauna jihar suna zaune a cikin yankunan mota biyar.
Yayin da ake la'akari da yawancin gari kamar yadda yawancin yankunan karkara suke ciki, Milwaukee na iya kasancewa tare da Louisville, Kentucky (597,337); Denver, Colorado (600,158); Nashville, Tennessee (601,222); da Washington, DC (601,723). Wannan ba la'akari ba ne, hakika, abubuwan da ke samuwa ga baƙi da abubuwan da ke samuwa ga mazauna. Kowane birni yana da hali na musamman, wanda aka tsara ta hanyar al'adu da kabilu.
Birnin Milwaukee ya bambanta, kuma yawancin kabilanci ya kusan raba tsakanin mazaunan fari da jama'ar Amirka.
A cewar Ƙididdigar Ƙasar Amirka, yawancin kabilar Milwaukee ya kasance kamar haka a shekarar 2010.
- White: 266,339
- Amurkan Afirka: 237,769
- Asian: 20,851
- Indian Indian ko Alaskan Native: 4,695
- 'Yan asalin ƙasar ko Pacific Islander: 241
- Sauran tseren: 44,650
- Biyu ko fiye da races: 20,288
Duk da yake ana iya ganin birnin Milwaukee bambancin, wannan canji ya canza yayin da yake duban Milwaukee County a matsayinsa na gari, ciki harda yankunan da ke arewa maso yamma, kudu da yamma.
Milwaukee County yawan jama'a ya kai 947,735, tare da farin mutane 574,656, ko fiye da 55%. Yawancin jama'ar Afrika na asali ne, duk da haka, 253,764 ne, ko kuma kusan kashi 27%. Yawancin yankunan Afirka na yankin sun kasance suna zaune a cikin birni, abin da ba shi da yawa a cikin shekaru biyu ko uku. Wadannan lambobin sun nuna cewa kasa da 'yan Afirka 20,000 dake zaune a Milwaukee County suna zaune a waje da iyakoki, ko kimanin kashi 8%. Ana kididdiga wadannan kididdigar a cikin lambobin dukan jinsuna marasa farin ciki a cikin birni da lardin, tare da mafiya yawan mutanen da basu da fari a cikin iyakokin birni.
A cewar kididdigar {asar Amirka, yawancin kabilancin Milwaukee County ne, a 2011:
- White: 575,656
- Amurkan Afirka: 253,764
- Asian: 32,433
- Indian Indian ko Alaskan Native: 6.80
- 'Yan asalin ƙasar ko Pacific Islander: 363
- Sauran tseren: 51,429
- Biyu ko fiye da races: 28,293
Ana kiransa Milwaukee a matsayin gari na musamman - a gaskiya, wasu asusun sunyi la'akari da Milwaukee don zama birni mafi girma a kasar. Wannan shi ne halayen ko kuna tattaunawa da wata gida ko nazarin yawan yawan jama'a da kididdiga. Bambancin rikice-rikice tsakanin mutanen da ba a fararen gari a cikin birni ba tare da jiha zai iya kaiwa wannan tunanin ba.
Ganin yawan yankunan gari ya fi rikitarwa fiye da yadda aka kwatanta da yawan mutane, amma ana iya gano ma'auni na rarraba ta hanyar amfani da "alamar rashin daidaituwa."
Don ƙarin koyo game da dimokuradiyya da kuma bayanai na Milwaukee da yankunan da ke kewaye, ziyarci wannan mahada , wanda Milwaukee ya wallafa. Wannan ya hada da bincike cewa a shekara ta 2025, yawan mutanen Milwaukee suna buƙatar haɓaka 4,3% zuwa 623,000.