Milwaukee, USA

Country Information

Capital: Washington D.C.
Area: 9.8 million sq km
Population: 295 million
Population growth rate: 0.92%
Median age: 36 years (total), 34 years (men), 36 years (women)
Life expectancy: 77 years (total), 74 years (men), 80 years (women)
GDP – purchasing power parity: US$11.75 trillion
GDP – per capita: US$40,100
Industries: leading industrial power in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining.

City Information

Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and 23rd largest (by population) in the United States of America. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. It is the regional center of the seven county Greater Milwaukee Area and the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha Metropolitan Area.

Once known almost exclusively as a brewing and manufacturing powerhouse, Milwaukee has taken steps in recent years to reshape its image. In the past decade, major new additions to the city have included the Milwaukee Riverwalk, the Midwest Airlines Center and Pier Wisconsin.

Milwaukee Population 1,739,497 as of 2007
Greater Milwaukee Area Population 2,014,032 as of 2007
Total area of 251.69 km²
Average density of 1,001.7/km² (2,594.4 per square mile).

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