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Florence County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 71 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55037

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

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Population
4,748
+183 (+4.0%) since 2020
Land area
488
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
9.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Florence
Seat of county government.
Established
1882
143 years ago
Largest city
Not available
No incorporated place lies within this county.

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 Florence 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 Florence 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 591 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 Florence 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
Population4,74871st of 722,834th of 3,144
Land area488 sq mi58th of 722,129th of 3,144
Population density9.7 per sq mi70th of 722,576th of 3,144
Median household income$61,08665th of 721,982nd of 3,143

Full data for Florence County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,748Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20204,565Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?4,559Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area488 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area497.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,086American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$173,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age55.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,197American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,638American 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
-29
26 births, 55 deaths
Net migration
+97
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 4 areas bordering Florence 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
Iron CountyMichigan43 mi11,757
Forest CountyWisconsin33 mi9,574
Marinette CountyWisconsin22 mi42,574
Dickinson CountyMichigan16 mi25,827

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.