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Shawano County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 37 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55115

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

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Population
41,560
+701 (+1.7%) since 2020
Land area
893.2
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
46.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Shawano
Seat of county government.
Established
1853
172 years ago
Largest city
Shawano city
Population 9,693.

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 Shawano 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 Shawano 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 542 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 Shawano 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
Population41,56037th of 721,167th of 3,144
Land area893.2 sq mi20th of 72882nd of 3,144
Population density46.5 per sq mi38th of 721,542nd of 3,144
Median household income$66,47954th of 721,469th of 3,143

Full data for Shawano County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population41,560Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202040,859Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?40,874Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area893.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area909.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?46.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,479American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$194,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,246American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,670American 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
-36
456 births, 492 deaths
Net migration
+191
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 8 areas bordering Shawano 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
Waupaca CountyWisconsin37 mi51,461
Menominee CountyWisconsin36 mi4,199
Marathon CountyWisconsin24 mi139,432
Oconto CountyWisconsin24 mi40,195
Outagamie CountyWisconsin18 mi195,894
Langlade CountyWisconsin12 mi19,534
Brown CountyWisconsin7.6 mi275,803
Portage CountyWisconsina single point71,943

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.