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Jackson County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 51 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55053

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

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Population
20,999
-97 (-0.5%) since 2020
Land area
987.9
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
21.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Black River Falls
Seat of county government.
Established
1853
172 years ago
Largest city
Black River Falls city
Population 3,555.

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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 701 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 Jackson 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
Population20,99951st of 721,772nd of 3,144
Land area987.9 sq mi15th of 72697th of 3,144
Population density21.3 per sq mi60th of 722,199th of 3,144
Median household income$68,11048th of 721,332nd of 3,143

Full data for Jackson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,999Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202021,096Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?21,139Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area987.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,000 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?21.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,110American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$196,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,274American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,750American 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
-39
203 births, 242 deaths
Net migration
+4
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 7 areas bordering Jackson 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
Clark CountyWisconsin42 mi35,052
Monroe CountyWisconsin39 mi46,572
Trempealeau CountyWisconsin36 mi31,171
Wood CountyWisconsin12 mi74,060
Eau Claire CountyWisconsin12 mi109,033
La Crosse CountyWisconsin9.5 mi121,339
Juneau CountyWisconsin6.5 mi26,649

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.