Politics & Government
U.S. Census: Wisconsin is Growing. Find out by how much.
In 5 years, Wisconsin has added population equal to the City of Racine. Here are the numbers for all 72 counties. See how they fared.
WISCONSIN -- In case you hadn't noticed, Wisconsin is growing. According to estimates released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau, Wisconsin added 84,048 new residents since April 1, 2010 (+1.5%) according to the population estimate from Census. The new population is 5,771,337.
That increase means that, in effect, the state has added a population equal to the City of Racine in about five years' time.
Dane County gained the most residents, which added an estimated 35,568 new residents from April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 followed by Brown (+10,711), Milwaukee (+9,999), Ozaukee and Waukesha (both added +6,550), La Crosse (+3,574), Eau Claire (+3,220), and St. Croix.
Find out what's happening in Waukeshafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Several counties lost population, including Manitowoc (-1,636; -2.0%), Wood (-1,314; -1.8%), Marinette (-865; -2.1%), Polk (-764; -1.7%), and Lincoln (-763; -2.7%).
Here is an alphabetical list of census figures by county. The figures show the 2015 numbers followed by 2010 figures.
Find out what's happening in Waukeshafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
COUNTY 2015 / 2010
- Adams 20,148 / 20,875
- Ashland 15,843 / 16,157
- Barron 45,563 / 45,870
- Bayfield 14,977 / 15,014
- Brown 258,718 / 248,007
- Buffalo 13,192 / 13,587
- Burnett 15,159 / 15,457
- Calumet 49,762 / 48,971
- Chippewa 63,531 / 62,415
- Clark 34,445 / 34,690
- Columbia 56,743 / 56,833
- Crawford 16,391 / 16,644
- Dane 523,643 / 488,073
- Dodge 88,502 / 88,759
- Door 27,554 / 27,785
- Douglas 43,601 / 44,159
- Dunn 44,497 / 43,857
- Eau Claire 102,105 / 98,736
- Florence 4,464 / 4,423
- Fond du Lac 101,973 / 101,633
- Forest 9,057 / 9,304
- Grant 52,250 / 51,208
- Green 37,186 / 36,842
- Green Lake 18,856 / 19,051
- Iowa 23,813 / 23,687
- Iron 5,794 / 5,916
- Jackson 20,554 / 20,449
- Jefferson 84,559 / 83,686
- Juneau 26,224 / 26,664
- Kenosha 168,437 / 166,426
- Kewaunee 20,366 / 20,574
- La Crosse 118,212 / 114,638
- Lafayette 16,829 / 16,836
- Langlade 19,223 / 19,977
- Lincoln 27,980 / 28,743
- Manitowoc 79,806 / 81,442
- Marathon 135,868 / 134,063
- Marinette 40,884 / 41,749
- Marquette 15,075 / 15,404
- Menominee 4,573 / 4,232
- Milwaukee 957,735 / 947,735
- Monroe 45,549 / 44,673
- Oconto 37,435 / 37,660
- Oneida 35,567 / 35,998
- Outagamie 183,245 / 176,695
- Ozaukee 87,850 / 86,395
- Pepin 7,290 / 7,469
- Pierce 40,889 / 41,019
- Polk 43,441 / 44,205
- Portage 70,408 / 70,019
- Price 13,645 / 14,159
- Racine 195,080 / 195,408
- Richland 17,495 / 18,021
- Rock 161,448 / 160,331
- Rusk 14,124 / 14,755
- St. Croix 87,513 / 84,345
- Sauk 63,642 / 61,976
- Sawyer 16,376 / 16,557
- Shawano 41,304 / 41,949
- Sheboygan 115,569 / 115,507
- Taylor 20,455 / 20,689
- Trempealeau 29,550 / 28,816
- Vernon 30,506 / 29,773
- Vilas 21,387 / 21,430
- Walworth 102,804 / 102,228
- Washburn 15,552 / 15,911
- Washington 133,674 / 131,887
- Waukesha 396,488 / 389,891
- Waupaca 51,945 / 52,410
- Waushara 24,033 / 24,496
- Winnebago 169,546 / 166,994
- Wood 73,435 / 74,749
The July 1, 2015 population estimate for the U.S. is 321,418,820 for an increase of +12,673,282 new residents or +4.1% since April 1, 2010.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
