Wisco County Migration Trends

Migration is one of the fastest pathways through which a county's population can change. At any given time, people are moving into a county and, at the same time, others are leaving the county. The net migration estimate shows the net, or overall, result of those moves.

Net migration varies dramatically across Wisconsin counties. In this series of reports, we describe net migration for all Wisconsin Counties during the 2010s. You can use these reports to draw comparisons between age groups and decades within your county, and to relate your county to other county, state, and national trends.

About the Authors

• Katherine J. Curtis is Professor of Community & Environmental Sociology and Demographic Specialist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
• Raeven Faye Chandler is the Outreach Program Manager with the Applied Population Lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
• Clayton Adamson is a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison studying community inequalities and economic development.
• Sara A. Peters is a PhD student in Community & Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison studying rural community economies and resource networks.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Eunice Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development through research grant R03 HD100772-01, center grant P2C HD047873, and training grant T32 HD007014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service Agreement 58-6000-9-0043, and the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors.