Pepin County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 69 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55091

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

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Population
7,513
+164 (+2.2%) since 2020
Land area
232
square miles. A further 6.7% of the total area is water
Population density
32.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Durand
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Durand city
Population 1,854.

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 Pepin 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 Pepin 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 503 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 Pepin 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
Population7,51369th of 722,614th of 3,144
Land area232 sq mi72nd of 722,949th of 3,144
Population density32.4 per sq mi49th of 721,856th of 3,144
Median household income$75,25626th of 72827th of 3,143

Full data for Pepin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,513Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,349Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,326Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area232 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area248.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?32.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,256American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$214,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,046American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,606American 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
+5
76 births, 71 deaths
Net migration
-31
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 6 areas bordering Pepin 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
Buffalo CountyWisconsin32 mi13,318
Dunn CountyWisconsin24 mi46,223
Pierce CountyWisconsin19 mi43,519
Wabasha CountyMinnesota8.7 mi21,537
Goodhue CountyMinnesota7.4 mi48,195
Eau Claire CountyWisconsin6.0 mi109,033

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.