(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s population was estimated at 5.96 million as of July 1, an increase from 5.90 million a year before and up from 5.89 million in July 2020, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Wisconsin joined most of the Midwest and beyond showing between 0% and 0.49% population increase over the year.
Overall, the Midwest saw a 0.6% population increase year over year compared to 1.4% in the South, 0.9% in the West and 0.8% in the Northeast.
The overall U.S. population grew by almost 1% over the year, the fastest rate of growth since 2000. The population has risen by almost 58 million since 2000 with an average growth of 0.8% and the largest total growth between 2001 and 2008.
Wisconsin’s population and workforce numbers are projected to decline in the future, however, making the state a smaller portion of the overall U.S. economy, Forward Analytics Director Dale Knapp said in September.
Wisconsin had a consistent total of nearly 1.1 million children under 15 until the past 15 years, when those numbers began to drop. The total went down 41,000 between 2010 and 2020 and then dropped by 49,000 over the past three years.