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Lincoln County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 45 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55069

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

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Population
28,403
-20 (-0.1%) since 2020
Land area
878.8
square miles. A further 3.1% of the total area is water
Population density
32.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Merrill
Seat of county government.
Established
1874
151 years ago
Largest city
Merrill city
Population 9,389.

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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 799 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 Lincoln 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
Population28,40345th of 721,497th of 3,144
Land area878.8 sq mi21st of 72911th of 3,144
Population density32.3 per sq mi50th of 721,858th of 3,144
Median household income$68,16447th of 721,327th of 3,143

Full data for Lincoln County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population28,403Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,423Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,412Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area878.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area28.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area906.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?32.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,164American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$192,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,772American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,327American 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
-148
259 births, 407 deaths
Net migration
+156
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 5 areas bordering Lincoln 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
Oneida CountyWisconsin36 mi38,131
Marathon CountyWisconsin30 mi139,432
Langlade CountyWisconsin24 mi19,534
Taylor CountyWisconsin18 mi20,118
Price CountyWisconsin12 mi13,988

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.