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Richland County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 60 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55103

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

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Population
17,036
-245 (-1.4%) since 2020
Land area
586.2
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
29.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Richland Center
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
Richland Center city
Population 5,020.

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 Richland 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 Richland 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 724 by 800 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 Richland 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
Population17,03660th of 721,977th of 3,144
Land area586.2 sq mi49th of 721,676th of 3,144
Population density29.1 per sq mi53rd of 721,951st of 3,144
Median household income$66,42055th of 721,477th of 3,143

Full data for Richland County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,036Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,281Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,307Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area586.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area589.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?29.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,420American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$197,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,250American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,532American 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
-75
152 births, 227 deaths
Net migration
-16
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 5 areas bordering Richland 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
Sauk CountyWisconsin33 mi66,652
Vernon CountyWisconsin27 mi31,443
Crawford CountyWisconsin17 mi15,910
Iowa CountyWisconsin13 mi23,951
Grant CountyWisconsin13 mi52,446

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.