Caitlin McKown/UW Applied Population Laboratory

Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

WisContext collaborates with researchers at the University of Wisconsin Applied Population Lab to explain demographic patterns and change around the state. These reports explore how Wisconsin's population shifts over time, and how the places people live, work and go to school can influence the health, economy, education and politics of Wisconsin. Data about a variety of population measures are presented in maps, charts and interactive visualizations to illustrate these trends. Demographic change guides the outlook of both individual communities and the state as a whole, influencing the news as it unfolds day-by-day and history as it takes shape over decades.
 
Series: Challenges To Wisconsin's Rural Schools
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

Why More Wisconsin Schools Are Enrolling Fewer Students

Sarah Kemp
UW Applied Population Lab
Students entering their senior year of high school in the fall of 2019 appear to be among the largest classes in Wisconsin for the foreseeable future.
Series: Wisconsin's Rural-Urban Continuum
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

How Wisconsin's Past And Present Population Will Shape Its Future

Malia Jones
UW Applied Population Lab
Wisconsin's population structure is dominated by the magnitude of the baby-boom generation, and their presence is strongest in rural areas.
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

What Population Pyramids Reveal About The Past, Present And Future

Malia Jones
UW Applied Population Lab
Comparing population pyramids over time can explain a lot about what life is like in a place, as well as its economic and social challenges.
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

A Season Of Hunger For Many Wisconsin Kids

Sarah Kemp
UW Applied Population Lab
For many school children, the summer months mean a lack of adequate food, including a well-balanced school lunch on a daily basis.
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

Where Are Binge And Heavy Drinking Most Common Around Wisconsin?

Malia Jones
UW Applied Population Lab
Wisconsin's alcohol use is among the highest in the nation, particularly for binge drinking, but levels of drinking are not uniform across the state.
Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin
Series: Health In Rural Wisconsin
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

35 Health Measures Illustrate Disparities Across Wisconsin In 2019

Malia Jones
UW Applied Population Lab
Air pollution levels vary quite broadly across Wisconsin, but they follow a clear geographic trend.
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

What Is Vaccine Refusal And What's Its Effect On Public Health?

Malia Jones
UW Applied Population Lab
Across the United States, increasing numbers of parents are refusing some or all vaccines on behalf of their children. This practice of vaccine refusal is commonplace enough that it is causing upward trends in preventable childhood infectious diseases.
Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

How Redlining Continues To Shape Racial Segregation In Milwaukee

Leah Foltman
UW Applied Population Lab
Malia Jones
UW Applied Population Lab
Milwaukee is one of the most racially segregated cities in the United States, and one of segregation's most meaningful engines was the historical practice of redlining.
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

Cartogram: Wisconsin's 2018 Election For Governor

Malia Jones
UW Applied Population Lab
Gov. Tony Evers carried Wisconsin's 2018 election for governor by a narrow margin of 1.1 percent, which accounted for just under 30,000 votes statewide.
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

Mapping Wisconsin In A New Way

Malia Jones
UW Applied Population Lab
Cartograms can highlight the difference between places with large populations and places with large amounts of land and/or water, but which have small populations.