Milwaukee County
The word "Milwaukee" may come from the Potawatomi language or Ojibwe language meaning, "Gathering place [by the water]". Europeans had arrived in what is known as the Milwaukee area prior to the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. The Treaty of Chicago was put in place for the inhabiting ‘Indians’ to cede their land to the French. The Native Americans were promised various cash payouts and land west of the Mississippi.
The largest city in the state consisting of 956,023 individuals as recorded in 2013. The population is broken up in the following by race: 60.6% White, 26.8% Black or African American, 0.7% Native American, 3.4% Asian, 0.003% Pacific Islander, 5.4% from other races, and 3.0% from two or more races. 13.3% of the population
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Service and managerial jobs are the fastest-growing segments of the Milwaukee economy, and health care alone makes up 27% the jobs in Milwaukee.
As of 2007, it had an enrollment of 89,912 students and as of 2006 employed 11,100 full-time and substitute teachers in 323 schools, ranking 6th among the 30 largest North American cities. Milwaukee residents aged 25 and above, 84.5% have a high school diploma, and 27% have a bachelor 's degree or higher.
Waukesha County
Derived from the Potawatomi word for 'fox ' because the streams in the lower part of the county drain into the Fox River. When the New Englanders, “Yankees” settled the land, they brought along various Yankee beliefs, such as a passion for education, establishing many schools as well as staunch support for abolitionism. Members vastly made of the Congregationalist Church and some were Episcopalian.
The racial makeup of the county was 93.3% White, 1.3% Black or African-American, 0.3% Native American, 2.7% Asian, 0.0003% Pacific Islander, 1.0% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. 4.1% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. The population was 389,891, making it the third-biggest county in Wisconsin, reported by the 2010