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Portage County, Wisconsin

A county in Wisconsin, ranked 23 of 72 by population.

CountyFIPS 55097

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

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Population
71,943
+1,520 (+2.2%) since 2020
Land area
800.9
square miles. A further 2.7% of the total area is water
Population density
89.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Stevens Point
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Stevens Point city
Population 26,377.

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 Portage 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 Portage 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 798 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 Portage 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
Population71,94323rd of 72775th of 3,144
Land area800.9 sq mi29th of 721,063rd of 3,144
Population density89.8 per sq mi24th of 72999th of 3,144
Median household income$76,07023rd of 72778th of 3,143

Full data for Portage County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population71,943Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202070,423Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?70,380Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area800.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area21.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area822.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?89.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$76,070American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$243,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households29,679American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units31,746American 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
-121
537 births, 658 deaths
Net migration
+302
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 6 areas bordering Portage 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
Wood CountyWisconsin36 mi74,060
Marathon CountyWisconsin31 mi139,432
Waupaca CountyWisconsin30 mi51,461
Waushara CountyWisconsin19 mi25,223
Adams CountyWisconsin6.3 mi21,752
Shawano CountyWisconsina single point41,560

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.