Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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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."
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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.
Source - Wikipedia: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Recent Milwaukee business news
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- MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series 10th year
- Celebrating 10 years of economic empowerment through its MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series , MillerCoors has awarded $1.4 million to emerging minority businesses since 1999.
- College News & Notes
- "Rabbit Hole" will be performed at 7:30 p.m. today in the Prairie Theater of University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac, 400 University Drive.
- Who's news
- APPLETON - Gardens of the Fox Cities has named Sandy Paulus as executive director.
- Campus News
- Lisa Conrad of Sheboygan has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Winona State University.
- Education Notes
- Selected artwork from Plymouth elementary students is on display at Plymouth Public Library in March to celebrate Youth Art Month.
- 'Simply Celtic' concert gives nod to Irish lore
- The White Heron Chorale's 'Simply Celtic!' concert, which arrives on the heels of St.
- Daylight Savings Can Kill You!! the Story Tonight at 10:00
- This Just In ... Kevin Fischer is an award-winning veteran broadcaster who has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for nearly three decades.
- Week in Review
- Job prospects in the four-county area that encompasses Milwaukee and Waukesha are tied at fifth-best in the nation, according to a quarterly survey of employer expectations compiled by Manpower Inc., the global staffing services company.
See also
External links
- Official website
- Milwaukee business Chamber of Commerce
- Milwaukee information
