At the time of the 2010 Census, Waukesha had a population of 70,718 people (which is 18.14% of the total population of Waukesha County). This makes Waukesha the county's most populous community.

The population of Waukesha represents 1.24% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 7th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 70,718 people, the population of Waukesha increased 9.09% from the 2000 Census (that had a count of 64,825 people).

Taken from the 2016 Census Estimates, Waukesha had an population of 72,363 people. This is an increase of 2.33% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 11.63% since the 2000 Census).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Waukesha.

Communities near Waukesha ...

The following is a sample of nearby communities. Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Waukesha and not the distance if you are going to drive it.^<3>.

Community	2016 Population	Direction	Distance
Brookfield [Map]	38,016	NE	6 miles [9.7 km]
Franklin [Map]	36,131	SE	14 miles [22.5 km]
Greenfield [Map]	36,858	E	12 miles [19.3 km]
Menomonee Falls [Map]	36,769	NE	10 miles [16.1 km]
Milwaukee [Map]	595,047	E	14 miles [22.5 km]
Muskego [Map]	24,882	SE	10 miles [16.1 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Waukesha.

Communities Also Named Waukesha ...

Using our Gazetteer, we have found another community named Waukesha - it's located in Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Waukesha.

See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...

We have a couple of sections that should be of interest to those chasing their genealogy.

We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Waukesha. We make it easy to see an overhead view of the cemetery.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Waukesha. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Waukesha. Our list includes 22 papers.

These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Waukesha:

Websites for Waukesha ...

Official Website:	www.ci.waukesha.wi.us/

Chamber of Commerce:	www.waukesha.org/

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waukesha ...

Looking for more information about Waukesha? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you get an overview with links that will help you to find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Waukesha, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Tourism Map for Waukesha.

Search for Local Businesses ...

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Waukesha. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

Business Owners: To appear in the above search results, your business will need to be listed with the Google Places service. Please use the below link to learn about and register for the free service.

If you find an error or if your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to register your business or report an error. We simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results. Only a registered owner/operator can add their business or correct mistakes - we can not do it for you.

Other Roadside Stops ...

Index of Cities, Towns and Villages for Wisconsin

About Waukesha County

About Wisconsin

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Waukesha: www.ci.waukesha.wi.us/

The official website for Waukesha County: www.waukeshacounty.gov/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Waukesha. - Return to Citation
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waukesha - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance that starts in Waukesha. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Waukesha) to Point B. If you need the driving distance, we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Waukesha. Since we usually use Google Maps for our own planning, we've provided the following link for your convenience: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Waukesha Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Waukesha. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0125, Longitude: -88.2384 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Waukesha have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). - Return to Citation
<4>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Waukesha.