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Racine County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 5 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55101

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

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Population
198,919
+858 (+0.4%) since 2020
Land area
332.6
square miles. A further 58.0% of the total area is water
Population density
598
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Racine
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Racine city
Population 77,908.

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 Racine 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 Racine 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 497 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 Racine 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
Population198,9195th of 72361st of 3,144
Land area332.6 sq mi67th of 722,733rd of 3,144
Population density598 per sq mi4th of 72241st of 3,144
Median household income$78,09618th of 72667th of 3,143

Full data for Racine County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population198,919Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020198,061Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?198,221Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area332.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area459.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area792.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?598 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$78,096American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$251,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households80,406American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units85,658American 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
-58
2,013 births, 2,071 deaths
Net migration
+526
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 Racine 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
Kenosha CountyWisconsin68 mi168,448
Milwaukee CountyWisconsin51 mi924,216
Walworth CountyWisconsin16 mi106,127
Waukesha CountyWisconsin12 mi417,210
Allegan CountyMichigan7.0 mi123,188
Ottawa CountyMichigan5.3 mi308,459

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.