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Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 13 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55117

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

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Population
118,047
+7 (0%) since 2020
Land area
511.5
square miles. A further 59.8% of the total area is water
Population density
231
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sheboygan
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Sheboygan city
Population 49,376.

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 Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan 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 773 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 Sheboygan 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
Population118,04713th of 72548th of 3,144
Land area511.5 sq mi57th of 722,036th of 3,144
Population density231 per sq mi13th of 72523rd of 3,144
Median household income$73,09435th of 72963rd of 3,143

Full data for Sheboygan County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population118,047Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020118,040Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?118,034Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area511.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area759.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,271 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?231 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,094American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$232,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households49,725American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units53,067American 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
-109
1,089 births, 1,198 deaths
Net migration
+62
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 Sheboygan 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
Manitowoc CountyWisconsin48 mi81,710
Ozaukee CountyWisconsin45 mi94,346
Fond du Lac CountyWisconsin24 mi104,669
Oceana CountyMichigan19 mi27,177
Washington CountyWisconsin6.0 mi139,238
Calumet CountyWisconsin6.0 mi53,982
Mason CountyMichigan5.2 mi29,040

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.