[4] Washington County is part of the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.

This solution was not satisfactory, as at that time four cities were vying to become the county seat: Port Washington, Grafton, Cedarburg, and West Bend.

At least four inconclusive elections were held between 1848 and 1852, but the results were unusable due to accusations of foul play and serious irregularities.

Voters refused this decision, so in 1853 the Legislature again split the county, this time into a western and eastern portion.

Limited county sponsored shared ride taxi service remains available.

As of the census[12] of 2000, there were 117,493 people, 43,842 households, and 32,749 families residing in the county.

20.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The Slinger High School's Owls and the Hartford Union High School's Orioles have a rivalry, playing every year at the Coaches vs Cancer Game.

Additionally, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter are the only Democratic presidential candidates since the 1936 election to have crossed the 40 percent mark.