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Forest County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 68 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55041

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

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Population
9,574
+401 (+4.4%) since 2020
Land area
1,014
square miles. A further 3.1% of the total area is water
Population density
9.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Crandon
Seat of county government.
Established
1885
140 years ago
Largest city
Crandon city
Population 1,726.

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 Forest 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 Forest 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 531 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 Forest 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
Population9,57468th of 722,440th of 3,144
Land area1,014 sq mi12th of 72661st of 3,144
Population density9.4 per sq mi71st of 722,585th of 3,144
Median household income$61,07166th of 721,984th of 3,143

Full data for Forest County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,574Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,173Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,184Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,014 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area32.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,047 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,071American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$185,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,006American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,715American 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
-28
96 births, 124 deaths
Net migration
+88
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 7 areas bordering Forest 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
Florence CountyWisconsin33 mi4,748
Oneida CountyWisconsin30 mi38,131
Langlade CountyWisconsin24 mi19,534
Marinette CountyWisconsin24 mi42,574
Iron CountyMichigan19 mi11,757
Vilas CountyWisconsin18 mi23,761
Oconto CountyWisconsin12 mi40,195

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.