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Crawford County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 64 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55023

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

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Population
15,910
-172 (-1.1%) since 2020
Land area
570.8
square miles. A further 4.7% of the total area is water
Population density
27.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Prairie du Chien
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Prairie du Chien city
Population 5,408.

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 Crawford 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 Crawford 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 741 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 Crawford 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
Population15,91064th of 722,042nd of 3,144
Land area570.8 sq mi52nd of 721,766th of 3,144
Population density27.9 per sq mi55th of 721,987th of 3,144
Median household income$64,09459th of 721,699th of 3,143

Full data for Crawford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,910Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,082Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,110Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area570.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area28.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area599.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?27.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,094American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$183,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,706American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,765American 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
-85
164 births, 249 deaths
Net migration
+77
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 5 areas bordering Crawford 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
Grant CountyWisconsin31 mi52,446
Allamakee CountyIowa31 mi14,238
Vernon CountyWisconsin27 mi31,443
Richland CountyWisconsin17 mi17,036
Clayton CountyIowa6.5 mi16,845

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.