2020 Census Results: Here's How Waukesha Grew

WAUKESHA, WI — The 2020 Census has released its final results, showing how communities across Waukesha are divvying up the state's massive population boost.

"We are excited to reach this milestone of delivering the first detailed statistics from the 2020 Census," said acting Census Bureau Director Ron Jarmin. "We appreciate the public's patience as Census Bureau staff worked diligently to process these data and ensure it meets our quality standards."

According to the data, from 2010 to 2020, The City of Waukesha's population in 2010 was 71,223 people and in 2020 it decreased to 71,158 residents. The Town of Waukesha's population decreased about 2.5 percent. In 2010 it was 8,668 residents — to 8,457 residents.

The U.S. on the whole saw a 7.4 percent population growth.

The owner-occupied housing rate from 2015-2019 for the city was 58 percent. Median gross rent from the same time period was $944 a month. In the town, the owner-occupied housing rate from 2015-2019 was 94 percent and a median gross rent of $1,002.

"Many counties within metro areas saw growth, especially those in the south and west. However, as we've been seeing in our annual population estimates, our nation is growing slower than it used to," said Marc Perry, a senior demographer at the Census Bureau. "This decline is evident at the local level where around 52% of the counties in the United States saw their 2020 Census populations decrease from their 2010 Census populations."