Wisconsin Total Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts By Business County (2020)

Updated on April 22, 2025.

According to data from the Small Businesss Administration (SBA), the SBA, as part of the paycheck protection program (PPP), has provided a total of 187,824 (187.82K) loans totaling $14,219,745,912 ($14.22B) to small businesses in Wisconsin. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 1,681,370 (1.68M).

As at April 2025, 176.81K number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (94.13% of the total number of loans), and a total of $13.97B has been forgiven (98.23% of the total loan amount). The PPP program was intended to provide incentives for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll.

See information below per county on the the total loan amount given to businesses, the total loan amount forgiven, and the total number of jobs saved by the PPP loan.

Total Loan Amount: In terms of total loan amounts given to businesses per county, Milwaukee received the highest ($2,379,404,188), followed by Dane ($1,716,688,608), and Waukesha ($1,609,615,317).

Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Milwaukee received the highest (32,003), followed by Dane (18,514), and Waukesha (13,443).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount, and the number of loans given to businesses in Wisconsin counties.

Wisconsin Total PPP Loan Amount By Business County
Wisconsin Total Number of PPP Loans and Total Loan Amount By Business County
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County Number of Loans Total Loan Amount ($)
Milwaukee 32003 2379404188
Dane 18514 1716688608
Waukesha 13443 1609615317
Brown 7393 747962282
Outagamie 5726 558205733
Racine 5390 402236909
Washington 3878 371847213
Winnebago 3811 345628495
Marathon 3963 325007338
La Crosse 3697 298291228
Kenosha 3821 290155785
Rock 4280 281665951
Ozaukee 3202 263150142
Sheboygan 2752 258251713
Eau Claire 2991 254314320
Walworth 3043 245729269
Fond Du Lac 2775 219408058
Saint Croix 2939 209088180
Sauk 2646 196932145
Manitowoc 2045 192291012
Wood 2068 159600905
Jefferson 2179 157688177
Columbia 2188 155013463
Dodge 2435 152406914
Portage 1880 133813750
Chippewa 2289 132946230
Barron 2393 111527589
Door 1786 97937045
Monroe 1566 97355971
Douglas 920 94750852
Grant 2926 90679768
Waupaca 1699 88020036
Dunn 1579 86477273
Polk 1745 76874615
Oneida 1333 68834843
Calumet 1095 68032479
Shawano 1326 67702190
Pierce 1468 65326384
Green 1712 64457419
Marinette 1100 64360215
Clark 1358 63707881
Ashland 584 50465678
Iowa 1424 49904188
Lincoln 760 46479030
Taylor 1036 46116209
Vernon 1620 45747405
Trempealeau 1408 44749054
Oconto 1016 44598464
Green Lake 662 44322672
Kewaunee 865 44013083
Vilas 844 43540849
Juneau 932 37752271
Langlade 620 34006545
Sawyer 682 33247461
Lafayette 1317 32753072
Crawford 944 32654300
Jackson 708 31906382
Richland 841 31077920
Burnett 499 30515275
Waushara 621 28227451
Bayfield 547 27503731
Washburn 717 26400998
Adams 386 23246520
Price 463 20893279
Buffalo 978 19266515
Rusk 504 18702029
Pepin 452 18064168
Marquette 372 16062770
Forest 322 15054813
Iron 204 9875240
Menominee 24 4924994
Florence 107 3825751
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Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Milwaukee had the highest ($2,276,943,478), followed by Dane ($1,675,947,083), and Waukesha ($1,582,992,623).

Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Milwaukee had the highest (27,309), followed by Dane (17,236), and Waukesha (12,955).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount forgiven, and the number of loans which were completely forgiven for Wisconsin counties.

Wisconsin Total PPP Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
Wisconsin Total Number of PPP Loans Completely Forgiven and Total Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
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County Number of Loans Completely Forgiven Total Loan Amount Forgiven ($)
Milwaukee 27309 2276943478
Dane 17236 1675947083
Waukesha 12955 1582992623
Brown 6992 739424500
Outagamie 5507 550774620
Racine 4802 392823391
Washington 3735 370046643
Winnebago 3610 343672253
Marathon 3847 325048506
La Crosse 3584 298829684
Kenosha 3441 281314370
Rock 3980 274793155
Ozaukee 3097 258492351
Sheboygan 2635 256414840
Eau Claire 2891 246262784
Walworth 2937 245146720
Fond Du Lac 2654 218079453
Saint Croix 2865 207299444
Sauk 2563 195709143
Manitowoc 1976 192490631
Wood 1996 157831801
Jefferson 2120 157705321
Columbia 2125 153705264
Dodge 2383 152707113
Portage 1828 133577588
Chippewa 2243 131360483
Barron 2351 111890568
Door 1747 97976208
Monroe 1528 97677561
Douglas 884 93990165
Grant 2900 90741942
Waupaca 1649 88183263
Dunn 1544 86734489
Polk 1705 76773058
Oneida 1299 68352808
Calumet 1077 67988250
Shawano 1276 66722065
Pierce 1438 65286084
Green 1674 64038049
Marinette 1080 62539089
Clark 1345 63024958
Ashland 563 50516125
Iowa 1396 49626610
Lincoln 743 46531788
Taylor 1023 46282209
Vernon 1594 45642423
Trempealeau 1395 44580544
Oconto 991 44181396
Green Lake 652 44552181
Kewaunee 841 43090764
Vilas 819 43116297
Juneau 913 37703071
Langlade 598 33956211
Sawyer 672 32302301
Lafayette 1289 32471155
Crawford 933 27343227
Jackson 693 31921928
Richland 832 31216531
Burnett 475 29428496
Waushara 601 28210931
Bayfield 534 27562180
Washburn 704 26413357
Adams 364 23060041
Price 455 20917633
Buffalo 973 19275776
Rusk 500 18790915
Pepin 444 18069012
Marquette 358 16038576
Forest 312 14720144
Iron 199 9902727
Menominee 20 4893264
Florence 106 3851097
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Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Milwaukee had the highest (276,801), followed by Dane (186,477), and Waukesha (168,616).

The chart and table below shows the number of jobs saved by the PPP loan for Wisconsin counties.

Wisconsin Total Number of Jobs Saved by the PPP Loan By Business County
Wisconsin Total Number of Jobs Saved By Business County
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County Number of Jobs Saved
Milwaukee 276801
Dane 186477
Waukesha 168616
Brown 85063
Outagamie 61744
Racine 45090
Washington 43937
Winnebago 42901
Marathon 37151
La Crosse 36840
Kenosha 37317
Rock 34813
Ozaukee 32855
Sheboygan 30952
Eau Claire 31377
Walworth 33379
Fond Du Lac 26898
Saint Croix 24785
Sauk 23486
Manitowoc 22382
Wood 18459
Jefferson 19558
Columbia 21486
Dodge 18470
Portage 17327
Chippewa 17084
Barron 15150
Door 14607
Monroe 11148
Douglas 10727
Grant 12026
Waupaca 11863
Dunn 10789
Polk 9801
Oneida 10343
Calumet 8101
Shawano 8830
Pierce 8444
Green 8150
Marinette 8835
Clark 7201
Ashland 5932
Iowa 5887
Lincoln 6171
Taylor 5471
Vernon 7236
Trempealeau 6113
Oconto 5988
Green Lake 4989
Kewaunee 5792
Vilas 6778
Juneau 5353
Langlade 5524
Sawyer 5091
Lafayette 3726
Crawford 4705
Jackson 3420
Richland 4066
Burnett 4200
Waushara 4366
Bayfield 3810
Washburn 4243
Adams 3002
Price 2906
Buffalo 2705
Rusk 2271
Pepin 2336
Marquette 2428
Forest 2643
Iron 1558
Menominee 670
Florence 654
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Data Source: SBA.