Your friends will be jealous of your social life. The Community – Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States. The city is located on Lake Michigan's southwestern shore and was incorporated in 1846. Milwaukee had a population of 590,157, making it the 31st largest city in the United States and the fourth-largest city situated along one of the Great Lakes. Milwaukee is considered a Gamma − a global city as categorized by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network with a regional GDP of over $107 billion. Today, Milwaukee is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse cities in the United States. Its history was heavily influenced by German immigrants in the 19th century, and it became well known for its brewing industry. In recent years, Milwaukee has been undergoing its largest construction boom since the 1960s. Major new additions to the city in the past...