Wisconsin Population 2024

Wisconsin (U.S. state abbreviation is 'WI') is a north-central state of United States, borders Michigan to the east, Illinois to the south, Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the south-west. Madison is the state capital city of Wisconsin, and other top cities are Milwaukee, Green Bay, Kenosha and Racine. Wisconsin was formed in 1848 was named after the Wisconsin River from old Miami Indian word 'Meskonsing', meaning this stream meanders through something red. Wisconsin population in 2024 is estimated to be 5.93 million, ranks 20th populous state in United States. Its area is 65,498 sq miles (169,640 sq km) ranks 23rd largest in US. Platteville, Milwaukee, Rice Lake and Beloit are the most dangerous cities in Wisconsin State.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Wisconsin
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Wisconsin

The population of Wisconsin is projected to be 5.83 million in 2019 with the change percent of 0.42% compared to 0.37% with 5.81 million in 2018. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, WI population in 2020 is 5,893,718. Wisconsin population in 2022 is estimated to be 5.91 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 5.89 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	5,690,479
2011	5,704,755	0.25
2012	5,719,855	0.26
2013	5,736,952	0.30
2014	5,751,974	0.26
2015	5,761,406	0.16
2016	5,772,958	0.20
2017	5,792,051	0.33
2018	5,813,568	0.37
2019	5,837,985	0.42
2020	5,893,718	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	5,895,908	0.04
2022*	5,903,573	0.13
2023*	5,934,862	0.53

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Wisconsin Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Wisconsin by race are:

White Population

White population in Wisconsin are 4,950,577, percentage wise 85.90 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Wisconsin are 365,884, percentage wise 6.35 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Wisconsin, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Wisconsin are 152,325, percentage wise 2.64 percent are asians, out of these 30,062 are Asian Indians, 23,371 are Chinese, 8,770 are Filipinos, 2,685 are Japanese, 8,439 are Korean, 5,334 are Vietnamese and 73,664 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Wisconsin are 380,590. Percentage wise 6.60 percent are hispanics, out of these 276,508 are Mexican people, 56,344 are Puerto Ricans, 4,345 are Cubans, and 43,393 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

Regarding Native Population, 50,094 are American Indian, 875 are Cherokee tribals, 720 are Sioux tribals, 204 are Navajo tribal, 15,716 are Chippewa tribal groups. Native Hawaiian are 577, Guamanian/Chamorro are 429, 181 are Soman and 625 belongs to other Pacific Islanders.

Total Population	5,763,217	Percent
White	4,950,577	85.90%
Black or African American	365,884	6.35%
American Indian and Alaska Native	50,094	0.869%
Cherokee tribal grouping	875	0.015%
Chippewa tribal grouping	15,716	0.273%
Navajo tribal grouping	204	0.004%
Sioux tribal grouping	720	0.012%
Asian Population	152,325	2.64%
Asian Indian	30,062	0.52%
Chinese	23,371	0.41%
Filipino	8,770	0.15%
Japanese	2,685	0.05%
Korean	8,439	0.15%
Vietnamese	5,334	0.09%
Other Asian Population	73,664
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,811	0.03%
Native Hawaiian	577	0.010%
Guamanian or Chamorro	429	0.007%
Samoan	181	0.003%
Other Pacific Islander	624
Some other race	111,435
Hispanic or Latino	380,590	6.60%
Mexican	276,508	4.80%
Puerto Rican	56,344	0.98%
Cuban	4,345	0.08%
Other Hispanic or Latino	43,393

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Wisconsin

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Milwaukee	592,025
2	Madison	258,054
3	Green Bay	104,879
4	Kenosha	100,164
5	Racine	77,432
6	Appleton	74,526
7	Waukesha	72,549
8	Eau Claire	68,866
9	Oshkosh	66,729
10	Janesville	64,565
11	West Allis	59,492
12	La Crosse	51,567

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Wisconsin Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Wisconsin by age is 5,763,217, out of these 2,864,115 are male, 2,899,102 are female, The sex ratio of Wisconsin is 988. The Wisconsin population by age are, under 15 years is 1,069,328, 15 years and over is 4,693,889, 30 years and over is 3,549,787, 65 years and over is 896,724 and 85 years and over is 126,151. 49.70 percent are male, 50.30 percent are female, 18.55 percent are under 15 years old, 81.45 percent are 15 years and over, 61.59 percent are 30 years and over, 15.56 percent are 65 years and over, 2.19 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in WI

The Official language of WI state are English, Speak only Enlish at home is 91.3%, 4.6% Spanish, 1.9% European languages, 1.8% Asian languages.
Over the Asian Indian language speakers, 6,028 Hindi, 1,811 Gujarati, 1,053 Bengali, 2,400 Punjabi, 3,150 Urdu, 3,087 Nepali/Marathi, 3,876 Telugu, 2,545 Tamil, 1,746 Malayalayam/Kannada.
Speakers from East and Mid Asia, 2,086 Japanese, 16,757 Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 4,510 Korean, 45,546 Hmong, 647 Khmer, 4,041 Vietnamese, 3700 Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai, 4,921 speak Tagalog.
Ilocano/Samoan/Hawaiian 1,325, Arabic 7,899, Hebrew 766.
People from African speakers, Amharic/Somali 2,353, Yoruba/Twi/Igbo 2844, Swahili 1,321.
People from european speakers include, 9,282 French, 3388 Italian, 1,680 Greek, 5,335 Russian, 6,274 Polish, 4,648 Serbo-Croatian, 3,039 Ukranian/Slavic, 365 Armenian, 2,115 Portuguese, 31,618 German, 10,775 Yiddish/Pennsylvania Dutch.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	4,955,244	91.33
Spanish Language	249,076	4.59
European Language	104,924	1.93
Asian Languages	95,754	1.76
Other Languages	20,747	0.38

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Wisconsin Education

Wisconsin state high school and college education stats as per table below:

Population 18 to 24 years		561,451	285,875	275,576
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	63,332	36,445	26,887
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	178,370	100,115	78,255
	Some college or associates degree	258,752	123,378	135,374
	Bachelors degree or higher	60,997	25,937	35,060
Population 25 years and over		3,907,816	1,916,786	1,991,030
	Less than 9th grade	110,095	57,750	52,345
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	213,704	118,687	95,017
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,222,791	623,297	599,494
	Some college, no degree	814,870	396,945	417,925
	Associates degree	411,875	188,011	223,864
	Bachelors degree	748,413	348,534	399,879
	Graduate or professional degree	386,068	183,562	202,506

White		3,363,526	1,649,177	1,714,349
	High school graduate or higher	3,157,910	1,535,446	1,622,464
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,024,488	483,230	541,258
Black or African		206,121	97,276	108,845
	High school graduate or higher	169,144	77,996	91,148
	Bachelors degree or higher	28,739	11,290	17,449
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		30,755	15,185	15,570
	High school graduate or higher	26,534	12,820	13,714
	Bachelors degree or higher	4,474	1,997	2,477
Asian		86,653	41,274	45,379
	High school graduate or higher	72,772	35,611	37,161
	Bachelors degree or higher	41,159	20,217	20,942
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		1,179	558	621
	High school graduate or higher	935	460	475
	Bachelors degree or higher	213	42	171
Hispanic or Latino Origin		186,433	97,480	88,953
	High school graduate or higher	125,774	63,346	62,428
	Bachelors degree or higher	24,487	10,517	13,970

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Disable population of Wisconsin state stats as per table below:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	675,224
Male	335,139
Female	340,085
	-
White	581,496
Black or African American	52,263
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	7,677
Asian	9,792
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	276
Some other race	9,186
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	201,176
With a vision difficulty	102,717
With a cognitive difficulty	251,120
With an ambulatory difficulty	324,358
With a self-care difficulty	128,141
With an independent living difficulty	224,246

Counties of Wisconsin

Wisconsin state has 72 Counties, As on 2017, Milwaukee is the largest County with 948,201, followed by Dane Country with 542,364, Waukesha County with 403,072 and Brown County with 263,378 people.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Adams County	19,891	20,348	2.3	53	53
Ashland County	15,513	15,600	0.6	61	61
Barron County	45,164	45,164	0	31	31
Bayfield County	15,033	15,042	0.1	64	64
Brown County	261,863	263,378	0.6	4	4
Buffalo County	13,107	13,125	0.1	67	67
Burnett County	15,313	15,392	0.5	62	63
Calumet County	49,994	50,159	0.3	29	29
Chippewa County	63,762	64,135	0.6	25	25
Clark County	34,569	34,709	0.4	41	41
Columbia County	57,236	57,358	0.2	26	26
Crawford County	16,223	16,291	0.4	59	59
Dane County	536,780	542,364	1	2	2
Dodge County	87,750	87,847	0.1	19	19
Door County	27,480	27,610	0.5	45	45
Douglas County	43,327	43,208	-0.3	34	34
Dunn County	44,699	45,131	1	32	32
Eau Claire County	103,674	104,534	0.8	14	14
Florence County	4,356	4,321	-0.8	72	72
Fond du Lac County	102,371	103,066	0.7	16	16
Forest County	8,970	8,991	0.2	68	68
Grant County	51,806	51,554	-0.5	27	27
Green County	36,847	36,929	0.2	39	39
Green Lake County	18,785	18,918	0.7	55	55
Iowa County	23,714	23,771	0.2	48	48
Iron County	5,672	5,676	0.1	70	70
Jackson County	20,474	20,478	0	50	50
Jefferson County	84,775	85,129	0.4	20	20
Juneau County	26,479	26,617	0.5	46	46
Kenosha County	168,582	169,290	0.4	8	8
Kewaunee County	20,397	20,383	-0.1	51	52
La Crosse County	118,116	118,230	0.1	12	12
Lafayette County	16,689	16,665	-0.1	57	57
Langlade County	19,171	19,268	0.5	54	54
Lincoln County	27,766	27,689	-0.3	44	44
Manitowoc County	79,140	79,074	-0.1	21	21
Marathon County	135,415	135,428	0	10	11
Marinette County	40,290	40,434	0.4	37	37
Marquette County	15,283	15,434	1	63	62
Menominee County	4,643	4,658	0.3	71	71
Milwaukee County	950,588	948,201	-0.3	1	1
Monroe County	45,617	46,051	1	30	30
Oconto County	37,526	37,830	0.8	38	38
Oneida County	35,287	35,470	0.5	40	40
Outagamie County	186,064	187,365	0.7	6	6
Ozaukee County	88,430	89,147	0.8	18	18
Pepin County	7,246	7,289	0.6	69	69
Pierce County	41,983	42,555	1.4	35	35
Polk County	43,387	43,598	0.5	33	33
Portage County	70,608	70,942	0.5	23	23
Price County	13,406	13,397	-0.1	66	66
Racine County	195,949	196,584	0.3	5	5
Richland County	17,488	17,377	-0.6	56	56
Rock County	162,320	163,129	0.5	9	9
Rusk County	14,179	14,147	-0.2	65	65
St. Croix County	88,607	89,694	1.2	17	17
Sauk County	63,918	64,249	0.5	24	24
Sawyer County	16,391	16,489	0.6	58	58
Shawano County	40,881	40,796	-0.2	36	36
Sheboygan County	115,235	115,456	0.2	13	13
Taylor County	20,333	20,412	0.4	52	51
Trempealeau County	29,361	29,442	0.3	43	43
Vernon County	30,737	30,785	0.2	42	42
Vilas County	21,706	21,938	1.1	49	49
Walworth County	102,956	103,718	0.7	15	15
Washburn County	15,770	15,878	0.7	60	60
Washington County	135,063	135,693	0.5	11	10
Waukesha County	401,070	403,072	0.5	3	3
Waupaca County	51,153	51,128	0	28	28
Waushara County	24,186	24,263	0.3	47	47
Winnebago County	170,375	171,020	0.4	7	7
Wood County	73,112	73,055	-0.1	22	22