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Juneau County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 46 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55057

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

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Population
26,649
-130 (-0.5%) since 2020
Land area
767.1
square miles. A further 4.7% of the total area is water
Population density
34.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mauston
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Mauston city
Population 4,133.

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 Juneau 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 Juneau 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 532 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 Juneau 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
Population26,64946th of 721,553rd of 3,144
Land area767.1 sq mi33rd of 721,132nd of 3,144
Population density34.7 per sq mi45th of 721,800th of 3,144
Median household income$67,27051st of 721,407th of 3,143

Full data for Juneau County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,649Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202026,779Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?26,720Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area767.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area38.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area805.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?34.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,270American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$177,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,955American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,767American 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
-136
204 births, 340 deaths
Net migration
+142
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 Juneau 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
Adams CountyWisconsin62 mi21,752
Monroe CountyWisconsin29 mi46,572
Sauk CountyWisconsin26 mi66,652
Wood CountyWisconsin20 mi74,060
Jackson CountyWisconsin6.5 mi20,999
Vernon CountyWisconsin6.3 mi31,443
Columbia CountyWisconsin240 ft58,132

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.