Milwaukee County’s goal is to enrich your life by providing essential services that meet your needs and those of your family, neighbors, co-workers and friends.
We enhance the quality of life in Milwaukee County through great public service.
Milwaukee County is home to over 950,000 people living in one of 19 communities, which range in size from the City of Milwaukee, with 595,000 residents, to the Village of River Hills, with roughly 1,600 residents.
Still a manufacturing stronghold, the region features 16 Fortune 1000 companies and thousands of others in the financial services, medical device, hospitality and retailing industries.
Find information about things to do and happenings in Milwaukee County.
Leaders prepare to update Milwaukee’s Blueprint for Peace violence prevention plan | March 3, 2025
Criminal justice, health officials use this exercise to find gaps in Milwaukee's mental health system | December 11, 2024
How Home to Stay gives those who have been incarcerated support to restart their lives | April 2, 2024
At 15, he was convicted of homicide. Now, he helps others with transition from prison to society. | August 22, 2023
Wisconsin Policy Forum study shows Milwaukee County justice system still lagging from COVID-19 effects | August 10, 2023
Milwaukee County justice system still reeling from the pandemic, report finds | August 8, 2023
The pandemic upended Milwaukee’s justice system. It still has not recovered. | August 3, 2023
'All hands on deck': First of five new courts to deal with Milwaukee criminal case backlog expected to open in summer | April 28, 2022
MPD underlines importance of community partners in stemming gun violence | October 27, 2021
Covid Was Supposed to Cut Jail Time. Not for Those Awaiting Trial. | April 29, 2021
Inmate populations drop during pandemic, but what comes next? | March 25, 2021
Report: Black Wisconsinites 4.3 Times More Likely To Be Convicted For Possession Of Marijuana | March 22, 2021
State of the County: Crowley Touches on COVID-19, Racial Equity | February 24, 2021
New dashboards aim to help provide data that can be used to curb violent crime in Milwaukee County | October 28, 2020
Racial injustice in the justice system? Two judges make that case during Ripon College webinar | September 23, 2020
Many Reentry Programs for Wisconsin Inmates on Hold from COVID-19 | May 29, 2020
How to Make Courthouse Walls 'More Porous' | February 25, 2020
In Milwaukee, 'Justice' is About More Than Punishment | January 23, 2020 (The Crime Report)
From Funnels to Large-Scale Irrigation: Changing the Criminal Justice System Paradigm to Improve Public Health and Safety | December 2019
Reentry to the community after incarceration can be hard. Home to Stay fairs can help. | July 11, 2019
'Returning from the twilight zone': Home to Stay offers one-stop shop for those leaving prisons | May 2, 2019
Milwaukee Seeks to Support, Not Jail, Those with Mental Illnesses | June 21, 2016
Police, mental health team connecting with kids who witness violence | February 24, 2016
Community Justice Council discusses how to improve response to crime, violence | February 24, 2016
Milwaukee County Wins MacArthur Foundation Support to Reduce the Use of Jails | May 27, 2015
Milwaukee Courthouse Virtually Closed For Racial Disparity Discussion | October 17, 2014
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