Wisconsinites are among the most likely Americans to stay in the state where they were born, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows.

The value of goods exported from Wisconsin reached a record high in 2023. Wisconsin’s top international trade partners in both imports and exports were Canada, Mexico, China, and Germany.

Although Wisconsin has notched some substantial budget surpluses in the past handful of years, analysis of its budget records shows that the state has a long history of running short, at least when it comes to general purpose revenue and expenditures.

By the numbers Credit card debt in Wisconsin has reached a level not seen since the 2008 financial crisis, data…

Between 2021 and 2022 Wisconsin gained a net total of 2,083 individual new residents from Minnesota.

Spending in the 2022-23 Wisconsin school year averaged $16,345 per pupil, about 9% higher after adjusting for inflation than per-pupil spending in the 2000-01 school year. 

UW-La Crosse saw an explosion of nonprofessional teaching staff over the past two decades. Teaching staff and enrollments rose, too.

Enrollment in Wisconsin’s system of two-year branch colleges has declined steadily since its peak in 2011, data from the UW Office of Policy Analysis & Research show.

Wisconsinites’ real incomes are falling while expenses continue to rise, figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show.

Wisconsin just celebrated a record breaking attendance at the Wisconsin State Fair, its largest statewide event, earlier this month. The festival in West Allis attracted 1,136,805 visitors over its 11-day run, topping the previous record of 1,130,572 set in 2019.

Wisconsin’s one nuclear power plant consistently puts out more than 90% of the maximum amount of power it’s rated for. The capacity factor for combined cycle natural gas plants was 63.2%, and for coal, 47.6%

Gov. Tony Evers granted a new tranche of pardons, bringing the total number of persons pardoned under his tenure to a record 1,264. His immediate predecessor, Gov. Scott Walker did not granting a single pardon during his term in office.

The Badger Institute takes a look at which U.S. state capitals command the largest and smallest share of their state’s population.

The two major political parties in the United States each have hosted 26 conventions since the year 1924. Here’s where they’ve been held:

Wisconsin’s economic output has been sluggish since the recovering from a pandemic-induced contraction, inflation-adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show.

Tourism generated over $25 billion in economic activity and supported 178,000 jobs statewide, according to figures collected by The Wisconsin Department of Tourism.

Wisconsin has one of the lowest beer taxes in the country at just 6 cents in excise taxes per gallon of beer. The only state with a lower rate was Wyoming, at a mere 2 cents per gallon.

The population of Wisconsin has grown by 1.5 million since 1970, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, at an average growth rate of 0.5 percent per year. The county-level data tell a more nuanced story, however.

Wisconsin house prices are among the fastest growing in the country, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency. The Badger State experienced a 9.9% increase in the FHFA House Price Index between April 2023 and April 2024.

A basket of goods and services that would have cost $1,000 in January 2014 would now cost $1,304, according to the BLS’ consumer price index for the Midwest.