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Kenosha County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 8 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55059

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

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Population
168,448
-738 (-0.4%) since 2020
Land area
271.8
square miles. A further 63.9% of the total area is water
Population density
620
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kenosha
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
Kenosha city
Population 99,239.

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 Kenosha 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 Kenosha 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 427 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 Kenosha 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
Population168,4488th of 72420th of 3,144
Land area271.8 sq mi69th of 722,864th of 3,144
Population density620 per sq mi3rd of 72232nd of 3,144
Median household income$81,23914th of 72531st of 3,143

Full data for Kenosha County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population168,448Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020169,186Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?169,150Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area271.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area482.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area754 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?620 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$81,239American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$265,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households68,904American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units73,678American 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
1,706 births, 1,621 deaths
Net migration
-101
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 5 areas bordering Kenosha 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
Racine CountyWisconsin68 mi198,919
Lake CountyIllinois60 mi719,339
Allegan CountyMichigan12 mi123,188
Walworth CountyWisconsin8.0 mi106,127
McHenry CountyIllinois5.4 mi317,751

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.