This table shows how rapidly the population in Wisconsin increased
over a 14 year period beginning in 1836.
Choosing the highlighted dates will show a map of the which counties were in Wisconsin and their population.
This compares the population by county in 1850 and 1840
including the amount of Native (born in Wisconsin) residents.
COUNTY | 1840 POPULATION |
1850 POPULATION |
1850 NATIVE-BORN POPULATION |
PERCENT NATIVE-BORN POPULATION |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adams | - | 187 |
122 | 65% |
Brown | 2,107 | 6,215 |
3,871 | 62% |
Calumet | 275 | 1,743 |
1,423 | 82% |
Chippewa | - | 615 |
455 | 74% |
Columbia | - | 9,564 |
6,236 | 65% |
Crawford | 1,502 | 2,498 |
1,923 | 77% |
Dane | 314 | 16,639 |
10,804 | 65% |
Dodge | 67 | 19,138 |
12,461 | 65% |
Fond du Lac | 139 | 14,510 |
9,144 | 63% |
Grant | 3,926 | 16,169 |
12,115 | 75% |
Green | 933 | 8,566 |
7,438 | 87% |
Iowa | 3,978 | 9,525 |
5,025 | 53% |
Jefferson | 914 | 15,317 |
10,458 | 68% |
Kenosha | - | 10,734 |
7,372 | 69% |
Lafayette | - | 11,531 |
6,977 | 61% |
La Pointe | - | 489 |
453 | 93% |
Manitowoc | 235 | 3,702 |
1,306 | 35% |
Marathon | - | 508 |
326 | 64% |
Marquette | 18 | 8,641 |
6,934 | 80% |
Milwaukee | 5,605 | 31,077 |
12,455 | 40% |
Portage | 1,623 | 1,250 |
972 | 78% |
Racine | 3,475 | 14,973 |
8,894 | 59% |
Richland | - | 903 |
850 | 94% |
Rock | 1,701 | 20,750 |
16,553 | 80% |
St. Croix | 809 | 624 |
507 | 81% |
Sauk | 102 | 4,371 |
3,289 | 75% |
Sheboygan | 133 | 8,379 |
4,833 | 58% |
Walworth | 2,611 | 17,862 |
15,063 | 84% |
Washington | 343 | 19,485 |
7,366 | 38% |
Waukesha | - | 19,258 |
11,782 | 61% |
Winnebago | 135 | 10,167 |
7,504 | 74% |
STATE TOTAL | 30,945 | 305,390 |
194,911 | 64% |