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Waupaca County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 29 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55135

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

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Population
51,461
-338 (-0.7%) since 2020
Land area
747.7
square miles. A further 2.3% of the total area is water
Population density
68.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Waupaca
Seat of county government.
Established
1853
172 years ago
Largest city
Waupaca city
Population 6,352.

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 Waupaca 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 Waupaca 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 794 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 Waupaca 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
Population51,46129th of 72994th of 3,144
Land area747.7 sq mi37th of 721,182nd of 3,144
Population density68.8 per sq mi28th of 721,193rd of 3,144
Median household income$72,83037th of 72984th of 3,143

Full data for Waupaca County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population51,461Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202051,799Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?51,824Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area747.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area17.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area765.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?68.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,830American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$211,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households22,571American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,791American 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
-182
493 births, 675 deaths
Net migration
+217
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 Waupaca 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
Shawano CountyWisconsin37 mi41,560
Outagamie CountyWisconsin30 mi195,894
Portage CountyWisconsin30 mi71,943
Waushara CountyWisconsin17 mi25,223
Winnebago CountyWisconsin7.3 mi174,218
Marathon CountyWisconsina single point139,432

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.