This report was prepared for employers, public policymakers, and educators to identify demographic trends that will affect the availability of labor for Milwaukee area companies in the next decade. Labor force changes are examined for the Milwaukee metropolitan area, utilizing detailed 2000 U.S. data and changes in hiring patterns (including occupational status by gender and race/ethnicity) based on reports filed by public and private employers with the U.S. Equal Opportunities Employment Commission. Covered in the study: Demographic Trends, Workforce Density, Increases in Minority Employment in Private Industry, Expansion of Minority Employment in Local Governments and Educational Institutions, Benchmarks for Assessing Minority Employment.