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Public money
How Wisconsin funds state services
The enacted 2025–27 biennial budget, FY2025 audited State tax revenue, current tax rates, and appropriations by functional area. The full budget package includes bond authorizations, while the service-area chart is limited to appropriations and compensation reserves so the accounting scopes remain explicit.
Enacted budget plan
$114.4B2025–27 biennium
Signed July 3, 2025
2025–27 enacted budget package
July 1, 2025–June 30, 2027
Exact reported total: $114,356,068,100
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau's enacted total for 2025 Wisconsin Act 15: $111.199 billion of all-funds appropriations and compensation reserves plus $3.157 billion of general-obligation and revenue-bond authorizations. The total excludes $1.6 billion of economic refunding bonds identified separately by the Bureau.
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau's enacted total for 2025 Wisconsin Act 15: $111.199 billion of all-funds appropriations and compensation reserves plus $3.157 billion of general-obligation and revenue-bond authorizations. The total excludes $1.6 billion of economic refunding bonds identified separately by the Bureau.
General Purpose Revenue$46.1B · 40.3%
General-fund appropriations and compensation reserves financed by statewide taxes and other general revenue.
Federal Revenue$33.7B · 29.5%
Federal funds appropriated for State-administered programs and compensation reserves.
Program Revenue$16.6B · 14.5%
Agency fees, charges, product sales, and other program revenue appropriations.
Segregated Revenue$14.8B · 13.0%
Revenue legally segregated for dedicated purposes, including transportation and conservation programs.
Bond authorizations$3.2B · 2.8%
General-obligation and revenue-bond authority in Act 15, excluding the separately identified economic refunding bonds.
FY2025 ACFR actual
Where State tax revenue comes from
$23.4B$23,376,263,000
Shares of the $23.376 billion in taxes reported as general revenue for Wisconsin's primary government. The denominator includes taxes dedicated to general and transportation purposes; locally levied property and sales taxes are outside it.
Income taxes$12.7B · 54.4%
Individual and corporate income and franchise taxes reported together in the government-wide ACFR.
Sales and excise taxes$8.6B · 36.9%
State sales, use, and excise taxes dedicated for general purposes.
Motor-fuel and transportation taxes$1.1B · 4.7%
Motor-fuel and other State taxes dedicated to transportation.
Other taxes$436.4M · 1.9%
Other State taxes dedicated for general purposes.
Public utility taxes$369.3M · 1.6%
State taxes on public utilities reported as general revenue.
Other dedicated taxes$124.9M · 0.5%
Other tax revenue dedicated to specific State purposes.
2025–27 biennium
2025–27 enacted appropriations
$111.2B$111,199,173,000
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau's enacted all-funds appropriations and compensation reserves by functional area. Bond authorizations are intentionally excluded from this service-area denominator, and the Bureau's six smaller functional areas are combined into an exact residual.
Human relations and resources$50.9B · 45.8%
The Bureau's functional area covering health, income support, children and families, corrections, workforce programs, and related services.
Education$36.4B · 32.7%
K-12 public instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, technical colleges, and other education programs.
Environmental resources$9.7B · 8.7%
Transportation, natural resources, agriculture, and other programs in the Bureau's environmental-resources functional area.
Shared revenue and tax relief$7.7B · 6.9%
State aid to local governments and appropriations for property-tax relief and related programs.
Other government functions$6.5B · 5.9%
General executive, commerce, general appropriations, compensation reserves, judicial, and legislative functional areas combined.
Tax structure
Common statewide rates
Property and district rates can be local. Each card states the applicable scope.
Individual income tax
3.5%–7.65%Wisconsin's published individual-income-tax rates are 3.5%, 4.4%, 5.3%, and 7.65%, with bracket thresholds varying by filing status and tax year.Wisconsin Department of Revenue: Tax Rates ↗
Local rates varyProperty-tax rates vary by municipality and overlapping taxing jurisdictions such as counties, school districts, and technical-college districts. The Department of Revenue publishes annual values, taxes, and rates for every municipality.Wisconsin Department of Revenue: 2025 Town, Village and City Taxes Bulletin ↗
Latest audited results
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025
Government-wide activity for Wisconsin's primary government on the accrual basis. Revenue combines program revenue with general revenue, contributions, and net transfers; transfers between governmental and business-type activities cancel at the primary-government level.
FactVote used the Legislative Fiscal Bureau's final comparative summary of 2025 Wisconsin Act 15 for enacted fund totals and functional-area appropriations, and the Act's enactment chronology for the signing date. FY2025 tax-source shares and audited results come from the State Controller's ACFR. Current rates come from Wisconsin Department of Revenue guidance.
The $114.356 billion headline is a two-year package combining appropriations, compensation reserves, and bond authorizations; it is not one fiscal year's forecast of cash spending.
The service-area chart totals $111.199 billion because bond authorizations do not appear in the Legislative Fiscal Bureau's functional-area appropriations chart.
The budget excludes $1.6 billion of economic refunding bonds, as specified by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
The audited tax mix is limited to State primary-government taxes and excludes locally levied property and sales taxes.
Last verified August 28, 2026 · Review by August 31, 2027 · Wisconsin figures refresh annually.
Taxes and the economy
Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.
Taxes and economy
$77,485
Median household income
2020–2024 estimate
Median money income received by Wisconsin households, expressed in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.
View breakdowns and source
How it was measured
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.
Keep in mind
Income is not take-home pay and does not directly measure taxes, wealth, prices, or purchasing power.
A statewide median obscures regional and household differences.
Related state trends
Taxes and economy over time
Employment and unemployment place the latest economic facts in a longer statewide context.
Work
Employment and unemployment
3.0%unemployed
The unemployment rate is paired with employed Wisconsin residents indexed to 2015, so job recovery and labor-market slack remain readable on separate scales.
Unemployment rate
Employed people
Unemployment rate
3.0%
Employed people
3M
Employment since 2015
+3.1%
U.S. comparison & state rank2024
Unemployment rate
Wisconsin
3.0%
U.S. benchmark
4.0%
State rank #1 has the highest unemployment rate — worse
FactVote uses BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics annual averages for the statewide unemployment rate and civilian employment. The chart converts employment to an index with 2015 equal to 100; the data table retains the published employment level.
LAUS estimates are revised each year through the program's annual processing cycle.
Employment is residence-based civilian employment, not a count of jobs located in the state.
Annual averages smooth within-year changes.
Housing and property costs
Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.
Housing
$1,087/month
Median gross rent
2020–2024 estimate
Median monthly gross rent for renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, including contract rent plus estimated average utility and fuel costs paid by the renter.
View breakdowns and source
How it was measured
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate and expressed in 2024 dollars.
Keep in mind
This is a multi-year statewide estimate, not a current asking-rent measure.
The median obscures differences by location, unit size, housing quality, and renter circumstances.
Related state trends
Housing over time
Home values and household income show how Wisconsin housing costs and purchasing power have changed together.
Housing pressure
Home prices versus income growth
+95.6%home prices
FHFA house prices and BEA personal income per person are indexed to the same starting year. A widening gap signals that home prices are rising faster than this broad income measure.
FHFA home prices
Income per person
Home-price growth
+95.6%
Income growth
+51.5%
Income per person
$70,570
U.S. comparison & state rank2025
Home-price growth
Wisconsin
+95.6%
U.S. benchmark
+86.6%
State rank #1 has the fastest home-price growth — depends on perspective
#16 of 50
Income growth
Wisconsin
+51.5%
U.S. benchmark
+55.9%
State rank #1 has the fastest income growth — better
FactVote averages the four quarterly, not-seasonally-adjusted FHFA all-transactions HPI observations for each year. It compares that series with BEA annual per-capita personal income distributed by FRED, then rebases both to 100 in 2016.
This is a pressure indicator, not a home-price-to-income ratio and not a measure of monthly mortgage affordability.
Both series are nominal; neither is adjusted for inflation.
Per-capita personal income includes earnings, property income, and transfers and is not median household income.
Public safety and criminal justice
Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.
Public safety and justice
287.6 per 100,000
Reported violent-crime rate
2024
Violent offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.
View breakdowns and source
How it was measured
FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.
Keep in mind
These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Wisconsin's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 95.9% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 97.7%; this is not complete statewide reporting.
Public safety and justice
1,191.9 per 100,000
Reported property-crime rate
2024
Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.
View breakdowns and source
How it was measured
FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.
Keep in mind
These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Wisconsin's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 95.9% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 97.7%; this is not complete statewide reporting.
Public safety and justice
266
Homicide deaths
2024 final data
Deaths for which homicide was the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.
View breakdowns and source
Population-adjusted measure
Age-adjusted homicide death rate
4.8 per 100,000
How it was measured
CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data.
Keep in mind
Homicide mortality is not the same as offenses reported to police and does not include nonfatal violence.
Counts and rates do not establish causes or the effect of a particular policy.
Related state trends
Public safety and justice over time
Reported violent- and property-crime rates are shown with the coverage cautions needed to compare years responsibly.
Public safety
Reported violent and property crime rates
97.7% coverage
Reported offenses per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions. Amber points flag years when average monthly population coverage was below 90%.
Violent crime
Property crime
Partial reporting
Violent crime
287.6 per 100k
Property crime
1191.9 per 100k
Population coverage
97.7%
U.S. comparison & state rank2024
Violent-crime rate
Wisconsin
287.6 per 100k
U.S. benchmark
359.1 per 100k
State rank #1 has the highest violent-crime rate — worse
#30 of 50
Property-crime rate
Wisconsin
1191.9 per 100k
U.S. benchmark
1760.1 per 100k
State rank #1 has the highest property-crime rate — worse
#44 of 50
Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.An asterisk marks a state-year with less than 90% average population coverage. The U.S. figures are FBI national estimates; state figures are reported rates.Federal Bureau of Investigation: UCR Summary of Reported Crimes in the Nation, 2024 ↗
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Year
Violent rate
Property rate
Population coverage
2015
300.3 per 100k
1941.8 per 100k
98.6%
2016
304.3 per 100k
1949.9 per 100k
99.3%
2017
322.8 per 100k
1825.6 per 100k
99.4%
2018
299.8 per 100k
1579.6 per 100k
99.7%
2019
298.2 per 100k
1476.7 per 100k
98.8%
2020
328.9 per 100k
1500.1 per 100k
99.1%
2021
334.3 per 100k
1568.6 per 100k
95.9%
2022
308.8 per 100k
1391.6 per 100k
98.6%
2023
304.1 per 100k
1260.0 per 100k
98.5%
2024
287.6 per 100k
1191.9 per 100k
97.7%
Method and limitations
FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.
These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Wisconsin's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 95.9% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Healthcare
Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.
Healthcare
6.4%
People under 65 without health insurance
2024 ACS annual estimate
Share of Wisconsin’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.
View breakdowns and source
How it was measured
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimate.
Keep in mind
This is a survey estimate for people under 65 and does not describe coverage type or continuity of coverage.
Insurance status alone does not measure affordability, access, quality, or health outcomes.
Related state trends
Healthcare over time
Health-insurance coverage and life expectancy provide separate views of access and population health over time.
Health coverage
Residents without health insurance
5.3%uninsured
The share of the civilian noninstitutionalized population without health insurance at the time of the American Community Survey interview.
Uninsured rate
90% confidence margin
Uninsured rate
5.3%
Margin of error
±0.2 points
U.S. comparison & state rank2024
Uninsured rate
Wisconsin
5.3%
U.S. benchmark
8.2%
State rank #1 has the highest uninsured rate — worse
FactVote uses the Census Bureau's HIC-4_ACS historical table. Rates and 90% confidence margins of error are the published ACS 1-year estimates for the civilian noninstitutionalized population.
The Census Bureau did not release the standard 2020 ACS 1-year estimates because pandemic-era data collection did not meet its quality standards; the chart preserves that gap.
The rate is a survey estimate and the accompanying margin of error should be considered when comparing nearby values.
Coverage is measured at the interview and does not show how long someone was uninsured during the year.
Health outcomes
Life expectancy at birth
78.1 yearsat birth
Period life expectancy at birth based on Wisconsin's annual complete life tables and final state-specific death data.
Life expectancy at birth
U.S. comparison & state rank2022
Life expectancy
Wisconsin
78.1 years
U.S. benchmark
77.5 years
State rank #1 has the highest life expectancy — better
FactVote uses CDC National Center for Health Statistics annual complete life-table estimates for the total Wisconsin population. Values are rounded to the published tenth of a year.
The latest published comparable state series ends in 2022, even though newer national life-expectancy estimates may be available.
Period life expectancy summarizes current mortality rates; it is not a forecast of how long a particular person will live.
The 2020 and 2021 estimates reflect the mortality shock during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Education
Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.
Education
93.6%
Adults with at least a high school diploma
2020–2024 estimate
Share of Wisconsin residents age 25 and older whose reported attainment is a regular high school diploma or equivalent (including GED or an alternative credential), some college, or an associate’s or higher degree.
View breakdowns and source
How it was measured
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.
Keep in mind
This is an adult educational-attainment measure, not a current high-school graduation rate or a measure of school quality.
A statewide estimate can obscure differences across communities and demographic groups.
Related state trends
Education over time
Comparable NAEP assessment years show changes in statewide reading and mathematics performance.
Education
NAEP reading and math scores
215.3Grade 4 reading
Grade 4 and Grade 8 public-school mean scale scores from the Nation's Report Card. Reading and math are shown within each grade on their own panel.
Reading · circle
Math · square
Grade 4 reading
215.3
Grade 4 math
239.3
Grade 8 reading
260.1
Grade 8 math
282.6
U.S. comparison & state rank2024
Grade 4 reading
Wisconsin
215.3
U.S. benchmark
215.0
State rank #1 has the highest score — better
#22 of 50
Grade 4 math
Wisconsin
239.3
U.S. benchmark
237.5
State rank #1 has the highest score — better
#14 of 50
Grade 8 reading
Wisconsin
260.1
U.S. benchmark
258.0
State rank #1 has the highest score — better
#13 of 50
Grade 8 math
Wisconsin
282.6
U.S. benchmark
273.8
State rank #1 has the highest score — better
#2 of 50
Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.State ranks use public-school results. The U.S. benchmark includes the national public- and nonpublic-school sample.U.S. Department of Education, NCES: NAEP national results ↗
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Assessment year
Grade 4 reading
Grade 4 math
Grade 8 reading
Grade 8 math
2003
220.8
236.8
266.5
283.9
2005
221.2
240.6
266.2
284.5
2007
223.3
244.2
264.2
285.6
2009
220.1
243.6
265.8
288.1
2011
221.2
244.7
267.2
288.7
2013
220.8
244.7
267.5
288.7
2015
223.4
243.3
269.5
289.1
2017
219.6
240.4
269.4
288.1
2019
219.7
241.7
267.4
288.7
2022
217.4
240.3
262.2
281.1
2024
215.3
239.3
260.1
282.6
Method and limitations
FactVote uses NAEP Data Service mean scale scores for all public-school students in Wisconsin. The series uses the total student group and the main reading and mathematics composite scales for Grade 4 and Grade 8.
NAEP is generally administered every two years; the 2021 administration was postponed, so the timeline moves from 2019 to 2022.
NAEP results are estimates from a sample. Statistical significance, not a visual gap alone, determines whether scores differ.
Each grade and subject has its own scale. Follow one line over time rather than comparing the numeric distance between grades or subjects.
Environment and energy
Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.
Environment
40.2%
Natural gas share of in-state electricity generation
2024
Share of Wisconsin's in-state electricity-industry net generation supplied by natural gas.
View breakdowns and source
EIA generation totals
Natural-gas generation
26,245,563 MWh
Total net generation
65,276,344 MWh
How it was measured
FactVote divided 26,245,563 MWh of natural-gas generation by 65,276,344 MWh of total net generation in EIA Table 5 and rounded to one decimal. The numerator combines 25,331,122 MWh from electric utilities with 914,441 MWh from independent power producers, commercial plants, and industrial plants.
Keep in mind
EIA Table 5 covers electric-power-industry net generation and does not include estimated small-scale generation outside that table.
In-state generation is not the same as electricity consumed in Wisconsin because power crosses state lines.
Environment
$3.85/gal
Midwest regular gasoline price
Week of August 31, 2026
Estimated average cash price at the pump for regular-grade gasoline across EIA's Midwest petroleum district, including federal, state, and local taxes. The region contains Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
Wisconsin$3.847/gal
United States$4.071/gal
The Midwest average was 22.4 cents per gallon lower, or about 5.5% below the U.S. average.
View breakdowns and source
Wisconsin and U.S. context
Regular gasoline price
Wisconsin
$3.847/gal
United States
$4.071/gal
The Midwest average was 22.4 cents per gallon lower, or about 5.5% below the U.S. average.
EIA's weekly retail gasoline survey samples outlets and publishes volume-weighted estimates. EIA does not publish a current Wisconsin statewide weekly series, so FactVote uses the smallest current EIA retail region that includes Wisconsin and labels it as a regional proxy.
Keep in mind
EIA does not publish a current Wisconsin statewide weekly gasoline-price series; this Midwest regional estimate should not be read as Wisconsin's statewide average.
The regional estimate combines Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, and does not represent the price at every station or in every Wisconsin community.
This nominal weekly snapshot does not identify why prices changed or establish the effect of any tax, bill, executive action, or market event.
Related state trends
Environment over time
Wisconsin electricity generation, residential power prices, and gasoline prices show how the state's energy costs and supply have changed.
Energy
Electricity mix and residential price
17.18¢/kWhresidential average
In-state utility-scale electricity generation by energy source is paired with the annual average residential electricity price on a separate scale.
Natural gas40.2%
Coal31.8%
Nuclear15.5%
Solar4.4%
Hydroelectric3.2%
Wind3.1%
Other1.8%
Residential price
17.18¢/kWh
Total generation
65.3 TWh
Largest source
Natural gas · 40.2%
U.S. comparison & state rank2024
Residential electricity price
Wisconsin
17.18¢/kWh
U.S. benchmark
16.48¢/kWh
State rank #1 has the highest electricity price — worse
FactVote uses EIA's annual utility-scale net generation series and groups sources into seven categories. The residential price is EIA's annual average revenue per kilowatthour and includes generation, transmission, distribution, taxes, and fees reflected in electric bills.
Generation is electricity produced inside Wisconsin, not electricity consumed there; interstate imports and exports are not represented.
The consistent utility-scale series excludes estimated generation from small-scale solar systems under 1 megawatt. The 'other' category is the residual of remaining reported energy sources.
The residential price is a statewide nominal average and can mask large differences among utilities, plans, and household usage.
Fuel cost
Monthly regular gasoline price
$3.714/galmonthly average
Monthly retail prices for regular-grade gasoline in EIA's 15-state Midwest petroleum district show the market trend surrounding Wisconsin. EIA does not publish a current Wisconsin statewide weekly or monthly series.
Regular gasoline · monthly average
Price
$3.714/gal
From prior month
−14.4¢
From one year earlier
+71.0¢
U.S. comparison & state rank2026-07
Regular gasoline
Wisconsin
$3.714/gal
U.S. benchmark
$3.932/gal
State rank #1 has the highest gasoline price — worse
#32* of 49
* EIA does not publish a current Wisconsin statewide monthly gasoline-price series; this chart uses a 15-state regional average, not a statewide measurement.
Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.Gasoline ranks cover states with a published FactVote monthly series. An asterisk marks an EIA regional or metro proxy rather than a statewide measurement.U.S. Energy Information Administration: U.S. regular gasoline prices ↗
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Month
Regular gasoline price
January 2020
$2.409/gal
February 2020
$2.309/gal
March 2020
$2.036/gal
April 2020
$1.542/gal
May 2020
$1.748/gal
June 2020
$2.014/gal
July 2020
$2.098/gal
August 2020
$2.072/gal
September 2020
$2.047/gal
October 2020
$2.023/gal
November 2020
$1.957/gal
December 2020
$2.076/gal
January 2021
$2.231/gal
February 2021
$2.409/gal
March 2021
$2.724/gal
April 2021
$2.776/gal
May 2021
$2.882/gal
June 2021
$2.973/gal
July 2021
$3.035/gal
August 2021
$3.034/gal
September 2021
$3.044/gal
October 2021
$3.158/gal
November 2021
$3.211/gal
December 2021
$3.069/gal
January 2022
$3.112/gal
February 2022
$3.357/gal
March 2022
$4.024/gal
April 2022
$3.915/gal
May 2022
$4.260/gal
June 2022
$4.879/gal
July 2022
$4.496/gal
August 2022
$3.809/gal
September 2022
$3.590/gal
October 2022
$3.744/gal
November 2022
$3.587/gal
December 2022
$3.014/gal
January 2023
$3.217/gal
February 2023
$3.231/gal
March 2023
$3.270/gal
April 2023
$3.512/gal
May 2023
$3.454/gal
June 2023
$3.471/gal
July 2023
$3.436/gal
August 2023
$3.701/gal
September 2023
$3.666/gal
October 2023
$3.371/gal
November 2023
$3.138/gal
December 2023
$2.887/gal
January 2024
$2.829/gal
February 2024
$3.044/gal
March 2024
$3.318/gal
April 2024
$3.441/gal
May 2024
$3.430/gal
June 2024
$3.312/gal
July 2024
$3.411/gal
August 2024
$3.338/gal
September 2024
$3.091/gal
October 2024
$3.016/gal
November 2024
$2.888/gal
December 2024
$2.881/gal
January 2025
$2.942/gal
February 2025
$2.956/gal
March 2025
$2.954/gal
April 2025
$3.029/gal
May 2025
$3.013/gal
June 2025
$3.019/gal
July 2025
$3.004/gal
August 2025
$3.028/gal
September 2025
$3.012/gal
October 2025
$2.856/gal
November 2025
$2.876/gal
December 2025
$2.672/gal
January 2026
$2.633/gal
February 2026
$2.674/gal
March 2026
$3.371/gal
April 2026
$3.833/gal
May 2026
$4.389/gal
June 2026
$3.858/gal
July 2026
$3.714/gal
August 2026
$3.893/gal
Method and limitations
FactVote uses EIA's monthly Midwest Regular All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices series. EIA calculates monthly averages as simple averages of the published weekly retail estimates; prices include taxes.
This is EIA's Midwest petroleum district, not a Wisconsin statewide average; it combines Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
The regional average masks differences among states, communities, and individual stations.
Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns, and the weekly fact can differ from the monthly average.
Gun policy and public safety
Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.
Gun policy
735
Firearm deaths
2024 final data
Deaths in which firearm injury was the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.
View breakdowns and source
Population-adjusted measure
Age-adjusted firearm death rate
12.1 per 100,000
How it was measured
CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data.
Keep in mind
The total combines firearm deaths across intents, including suicide, homicide, legal intervention, and unintentional or undetermined injury.
It does not measure nonfatal injuries, firearm ownership, defensive uses, or policy effects.
Social Security, Medicare, and retirement
Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.
Retirement security
1,398,745
Social Security beneficiaries
December 2025
People in Wisconsin receiving Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits in current-payment status.
View breakdowns and source
Beneficiaries by grouped benefit type
Retired workers
1,114,607
Disabled workers
136,029
Widow(er)s and parents
59,032
Spouses
21,677
Children
67,400
How it was measured
Social Security Administration Master Beneficiary Record administrative data.
Keep in mind
The grouped categories reconcile to the total but combine retirement, survivor, and disability spouses and children.
It does not measure benefit adequacy, private pensions, or retirement savings.
Immigration and border policy
Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.
Immigration
5.2%
Residents who are foreign-born
2020–2024 estimate
Share of Wisconsin residents who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens, and people without lawful status.
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How it was measured
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.
Keep in mind
Foreign-born is not a measure of unauthorized immigration or current border crossings.
The Census does not assign legal status in this measure.
Related state trends
Immigration over time
Population change is separated into natural change, domestic migration, and international migration.
People
Population growth and migration
6Mresidents
July 1 population estimates alongside the annual changes attributable to births minus deaths, domestic migration, and international migration.
Population
Births minus deaths
Domestic migration
International migration
Births minus deaths
+1.2K
Domestic migration
+7K
International migration
+7.3K
U.S. comparison & state rank2025
Population
Wisconsin
5,972,787
U.S. total
341,784,857
State rank #1 is most populous — not a performance ranking
FactVote uses the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 consistent state series. Population is the July 1 estimate. Change components describe the preceding annual estimates period, and the Census residual adjustment reconciles the components to the published population change.
Vintage estimates are revised as the Census Bureau incorporates newer records and methods.
Domestic and international migration are modeled demographic estimates, not direct counts of every move.
The small residual adjustment is included in the data table but not drawn as a separate bar.
Voting, democracy, and government accountability
Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.
Democracy and accountability
72.95%
Voting-age turnout
November 5, 2024 general election
Voters in Wisconsin's 2024 general election divided by the state's estimated 2024 voting-age population.
Wisconsin calculates both percentages against the state's estimated voting-age population, not registered voters, because Wisconsin permits Election Day registration.
Voting-age population includes some people who are not eligible to vote and differs from a registered-voter denominator.
The Elections Commission notes that Wisconsin does not calculate registered-voter turnout in part because the state has Election Day registration.
FactVote follows the Wisconsin Elections Commission convention: 3,438,431 general-election voters divided by an estimated voting-age population of 4,713,323, rounded to two decimal places. The primary comparison divides 1,293,730 voters by the same estimate.
Keep in mind
Voting-age turnout is not the same as turnout among registered voters or voting-eligible citizens.
Turnout does not by itself measure election access, administration quality, confidence, or the effect of a specific rule.
Abortion and reproductive rights
Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.
Reproductive rights
864
Reported abortions among Wisconsin residents
2023
Reported induced abortions obtained in Wisconsin by women identified as Wisconsin residents.
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Population-adjusted measure
Estimated resident abortion rate
0.7 per 1,000 women ages 15–44
How it was measured
Wisconsin Department of Health Services compiles reports from Wisconsin medical facilities under state law and estimates a resident rate using women ages 15–44.
Keep in mind
The count excludes abortions obtained by Wisconsin residents outside Wisconsin because those reports are not available to the state.
Abortion services were unavailable in Wisconsin for much of 2023 and resumed in September; DHS warns that 2023 is not comparable with earlier years.
Facts are shown for context only and do not affect candidate matching or rankings. Dates, definitions, limitations, and primary sources are included with each figure.
State trends
How Wisconsin is changing
Eight statewide trend views cover population, work, housing, public safety, education, health coverage, longevity, and energy without mixing unlike reporting periods. Each chart now sits directly beneath its related fact section.
