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Waushara County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 47 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55137

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

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Population
25,223
+691 (+2.8%) since 2020
Land area
626.2
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
40.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wautoma
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Wautoma city
Population 2,411.

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 Waushara 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 Waushara 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 454 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 Waushara 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
Population25,22347th of 721,620th of 3,144
Land area626.2 sq mi47th of 721,539th of 3,144
Population density40.3 per sq mi41st of 721,668th of 3,144
Median household income$67,10752nd of 721,425th of 3,143

Full data for Waushara County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population25,223Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,532Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,506Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area626.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area637.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?40.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,107American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$203,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,586American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,875American 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
-147
178 births, 325 deaths
Net migration
+300
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 Waushara 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
Marquette CountyWisconsin21 mi15,927
Portage CountyWisconsin19 mi71,943
Adams CountyWisconsin18 mi21,752
Winnebago CountyWisconsin18 mi174,218
Waupaca CountyWisconsin17 mi51,461
Green Lake CountyWisconsin14 mi19,305

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.