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Barron County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 31 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55005

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

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Population
46,484
-235 (-0.5%) since 2020
Land area
863.1
square miles. A further 3.0% of the total area is water
Population density
53.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Barron
Seat of county government.
Established
1874
151 years ago
Largest city
Rice Lake city
Population 8,882.

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 Barron 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 Barron 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 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 Barron 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
Population46,48431st of 721,065th of 3,144
Land area863.1 sq mi24th of 72956th of 3,144
Population density53.9 per sq mi35th of 721,400th of 3,144
Median household income$65,93356th of 721,552nd of 3,143

Full data for Barron County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population46,484Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202046,719Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?46,707Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area863.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area26.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area889.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?53.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,933American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$216,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households19,955American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units24,067American 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
-151
441 births, 592 deaths
Net migration
-76
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 8 areas bordering Barron 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
Polk CountyWisconsin30 mi45,803
Dunn CountyWisconsin24 mi46,223
Rusk CountyWisconsin24 mi14,146
Washburn CountyWisconsin24 mi17,087
Chippewa CountyWisconsin12 mi67,614
Burnett CountyWisconsin6.0 mi17,223
St. Croix CountyWisconsina single point98,276
Sawyer CountyWisconsina single point18,846

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.