Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee is the largest city within the state of Wisconsin and 22nd-largest in the United States. The city is the county seat of Milwaukee County, located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, and is about 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Chicago. As of the 2004 U.S. Census estimate, Milwaukee had a population of 583,624. The city is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area with a population of 1.7 million.

Milwaukee is known as "The City of Festivals" for its great number of ethnic and musical festivals, the largest of which is Summerfest. It has also been called "the nation's watering hole," having more bars per capita than any other large city in the country. Milwaukee residents are known as Milwaukeeans. Milwaukeeans often comment that Milwaukee feels like "a big small town."

1 The local economy
2 Recent Milwaukee business news
3 See also
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The local economy

Although most people associate Milwaukee with beer, today companies like Miller Brewing employ less than one percent of the city's workers. Milwaukee's reputation as a blue collar town is more accurate, however, with 22 percent of the workforce involved in manufacturing, second only to San Jose, California and far higher than the national average of 16.5%. Service and managerial jobs are the fastest growing segments of the Milwaukee economy, and healthcare makes up 27% of all service jobs in the city.

Milwaukee is headquarters to six Fortune 1000 manufacturers and six Fortune 1000 service companies. Among these are Briggs & Stratton, Harley-Davidson, Johnson Controls, Manpower Inc., Marshall & Ilsley, Northwestern Mutual, Rockwell Automation, Roundy's Supermarkets, Metavante, Kohl's, and Wisconsin Energy. The Milwaukee area ranked number five in the nation when measuring the number of Fortune 500 companies as a share of the population, just behind the number four Minneapolis-St. Paul region. Milwaukee also has a large number of financial service firms, particularly those specializing in mutual funds and transaction processing systems, and a disproportionate number of publishing and printing companies, including Quad/Graphics. Milwaukee is also the headquarters of the Koss Corporation and Master Lock.

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Recent Milwaukee business news

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Will Thursday's Rain Save Our Lawns?: Thursday, we saw rain in the Milwaukee area for the first time since June! We haven't had rain like Thursday's showers since the storms that brought us the June floods.
Brooklyn's comes to Brew City Friday: Brooklyn's is opening in a space that once housed a Fruit Ranch, and may do so again in the near future.
New York Times calls Milwaukee's Faythe Levine "ambassador of handmade": Faythe Levine at her Milwaukee gallery, Paper Boat. Published Sept. 4, 2008 at 4:20 p.m. Tags: faythe levine , paper boat boutique , art vs.
Premier Exhibitions, Inc. Announces New Openings and Continued Strength in Its Exhibitions: Premier Exhibitions, Inc. today announced that its new exhibitions Dialog in the Dark and Titanic: Aquatic opened successfully to audiences in Atlanta, Georgia this past Labor Day weekend.
Rexnord names unit president: Rexnord Industries LLC, of West Milwaukee, said Thursday that it has named Darryl Mayhorn, a former Danaher Corp.
Ellwanger selected to receive Seventh Annual Shuttlesworth Award: On Friday, November 14, 2008, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute's Board of Directors will honor retired pastor Joseph Ellwanger with the prestigious Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award during the ...
Pirelli Tests Night Dragons Over N.A.: With three Harley-Davidson motorcycles fitted with Pirelli's new Night Dragon tires, Salvo Pennisi, Vincenzo Frisina and Domenico Oliveri of the Pirelli Motorcycle Testing operation based at Giarre, Sicily, ...
Gableman proud of successful high court campaign: Michael Gableman, a self-described conservative, pro-law-enforcement judge, won his bid to become the newest member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court late Tuesday, unseating incumbent Justice Louis Butler, the ...