In Milwaukee County, the number of families in all types of W-2 activities declined slightly over the month, down 90 to 13,344. That was a drop of just under one per cent. Statewide, the number of those receiving food stamps fell over the month by 1.6 per cent, or 1,193 cases, to 71,691. The medical assistance caseload was about unchanged from June, down just 39 to July's level of 148,633. This report is considered preliminary.
Testing is ongoing.