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Chippewa County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 24 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55017

Within Wisconsin
Chippewa County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Chippewa Falls, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
67,614
+1,280 (+1.9%) since 2020
Land area
1,008
square miles. A further 3.2% of the total area is water
Population density
67.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Chippewa Falls
Seat of county government.
Established
1845
180 years ago
Largest city
Chippewa Falls city
Population 15,293.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Chippewa County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Chippewa County, Wisconsin from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 679 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Chippewa County ranks

Position among the 72 counties of Wisconsin, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn WisconsinNationally
Population67,61424th of 72812th of 3,144
Land area1,008 sq mi13th of 72671st of 3,144
Population density67.0 per sq mi29th of 721,217th of 3,144
Median household income$74,68032nd of 72860th of 3,143

Full data for Chippewa County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population67,614Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202066,334Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?66,295Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,008 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area32.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,041 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?67.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,680American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$257,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households27,139American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units29,366American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-68
637 births, 705 deaths
Net migration
+389
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Chippewa County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Eau Claire CountyWisconsin36 mi109,033
Rusk CountyWisconsin30 mi14,146
Dunn CountyWisconsin25 mi46,223
Taylor CountyWisconsin18 mi20,118
Clark CountyWisconsin12 mi35,052
Barron CountyWisconsin12 mi46,484

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 72 counties of Wisconsin

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.