Milwaukee looks good in the Fortune 500

OnMilwaukee.com looked through the recent Fortune 500 issue and found the Milwaukee and Wisconsin fared pretty well.

• Wisconsin has 25 Fortune 1000 companies
• The big names are Northwestern Mutual, Johnson Controls, Manpower, Kohl's, Harley-Davison, Rockwell, and Wisconsin Energy Corporation.
• Johnson Controls is the top ranked Wisconsin company at #71
• In looking at metro Milwaukee, the area ranked #5 when you consider population and number of ranked companies.