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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin

Compiled and Published Under the Direction of

J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics

©1907 Democratic Printing Company, State Printer, Madison [WI]


Part II. Population: 1840-1900

[p. 118]


Table 1.
Census Years. Population. Increase.
Number. Per cent.
1840 30,945 -- --
1850 305,391 274,446 886.9
1860 775,881 470,490 154.1
1870 1,054,670 278,789 35.9
1880 1,315,497 260,827 24.7
1890 1,686,880 371,383 28.2
1900 2,069,042 382,162 22.7

Table 2.
Counties. Square Miles.
Adams 682
Ashland 930
Barron 878
Bayfield 1,497
Brown 518
Buffalo 662
Burnett 881
Calumet 317
Chippewa 1,002
Clark 1,200
Columbia 776
Crawford 557
Dane 1,188
Dodge 884
Door 454
Douglas 1,319
Dunn 844
Eau Claire 620
Florence 498
Fond du Lac 720
Forest 1,424
Grant 1,157
Green 576
Green Lake 364
Iowa 663
Counties. Square Miles.
Iron 786
Jackson 978
Jefferson 548
Juneau 790
Kenosha 274
Kewaunee 327
La Crosse 475
Lafayette 634
Langlade 855
Lincoln 885
Manitowoc 590
Marathon 1,532
Marinette 1,396
Marquette 451
Milwaukee 228
Monroe 915
Oconto 1,080
Oneida 909
Outagamie 284
Ozaukee 2_6
Pepin 238
Pierce 543
Polk 933
Portage 800
Price 1,241
Counties. Square Miles.
Racine 323
Richland 576
Rock 706
Rusk 9_6
St. Croix 711
Sauk 820
Sawyer 1,312
Shawano 1,135
Sheboygan 510
Taylor 965
Trempealeau 734
Vernon 792
Vilas 907
Walworth 562
Washburn 834
Washington 423
Waukesha 562
Waupaca 749
Waushara 639
Winnebago 472
Wood 785
Total for state 54,450
Ave. each county 778

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