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: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

How Births, Deaths And Moving Shaped Wisconsin's Post-Recession Population

David Egan-Robertson
UW Applied Population Lab
The Great Recession disrupted not only economic and employment patterns, but demographic trends as well.
Series: Challenges To Wisconsin's Rural Schools
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

Wisconsin's Rural Schools Are Getting Squeezed By Student Loss

Sarah Kemp
UW Applied Population Lab
In Wisconsin, a desire for quality education and the costs of making such an investment has led to a funding system that can vary significantly by where a school is located.
Series: Challenges To Wisconsin's Rural Schools
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

Shifts In Student Numbers Help Drive School Referendums Across Wisconsin

Sarah Kemp
UW Applied Population Lab
School referendums around Wisconsin have been steadily increasing in the 2010s, particularly years when a general election is held.
Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin
Series: Health In Rural Wisconsin
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

Comparing Wisconsinites' Health In 2018, County By County

Malia Jones
UW Applied Population Lab
Health is strongly influenced by where people live.
Series: Health Insurance And The ACA
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

Health Insurance Coverage In Wisconsin Plateaued In 2017

Malia Jones
UW Applied Population Lab
Despite a lot of noise, there was little movement on health insurance policy across the United States in 2017. As a result, there was likewise little movement in terms of insurance coverage rates, including in Wisconsin.
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.
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: 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

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: 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.