Net international migration plummeted across Wisconsin in 2025.
Some counties lost more residents to international migration than they gained. The few outliers received few international migrants in 2024 or 2025. Shawano County, for instance, received a net total of 29 new arrivals from outside the U.S. in fiscal year 2025, up from 24 in the previous year. MAP BY PAUL KIEFER / WISCONSIN WATCH
% change in net international migration
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