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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 (by county)

[pp. 119-120]

Table 3.
Counties. 1840. 1850. 1860. 1870. 1880. 1890. 1900.
Adams ----- 187 6,492 6,601 6,741 6,889 9,141
Ashland [1] ----- ----- 515 221 1,559 20,063 20,176
Barron [2] ----- ----- 13 538 7,024 15,416 23,667
Bayfield [3] ----- 489 353 344 564 7,390 14,392
Brown 2,107 6,215 11,795 23,186 34,078 39,164 46,359
Buffalo ----- ----- 3,864 11,123 15,528 15,997 16,765
Burnett [4] ----- ----- 12 706 3,140 4,393 7,478
Calumet 275 1,743 7,895 12,335 16,632 16,639 17,078
Chippewa [5] ----- 615 1,895 8,311 15,491 25,143 33,037
Clark ----- ----- 789 3,450 10,715 17,708 25,848
Columbia ----- 9,565 24,441 28,802 28,065 28,350 31,121
Crawford 1,502 2,498 8,068 13,075 15,644 15,987 17,286
Dane 314 16,639 43,922 53,096 53,233 59,578 69,435
Dodge 67 19,138 42,818 47,035 45,931 44,984 46,631
Door ----- ----- 2,984 4,919 11,645 15,682 17,583
Douglas ----- ----- 812 1,122 655 13,468 36,335
Dunn ----- ----- 2,704 9,488 16,817 22,664 25,043
Eau Claire ----- ----- 3,162 10,769 19,993 30,673 31,692
Florence [6] ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 2,604 3,197
Fond du Lac 139 14,510 34,154 46,273 46,895 44,088 47,589
Forest [7] ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 1,012 1,396
Grant 3,926 16,169 31,189 37,979 37,852 36,651 38,881
Green 933 8,566 19,808 23,611 21,729 22,732 22,719
Green Lake ----- ----- 12,663 13,195 14,_83 15,163 15,797
Iowa 3,978 9,525 18,967 24,544 23,628 22,117 23,114
Iron [8] ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 6,616
Jackson ----- ----- 4,170 7,687 13,285 15,797 17,463
Jefferson 914 15,317 30,438 34,040 32,156 33,530 34,789
Juneau ----- ----- 8,770 12,372 15,582 17,121 20,629
Kenosha ----- 10,734 13,900 13,147 13,550 15,581 21,707
Kewaunee ----- ----- 5,530 10,128 15,807 16,153 17,212
La Crosse ----- ----- 12,186 20,297 27,073 38,801 42,997
Lafayette ----- 11,531 18,134 22,659 21,279 20,365 20,959
Langlade [9] ----- ----- ----- ----- 685 9,465 12,553
Lincoln [10] ----- ----- ----- ----- 2,011 12,008 16,269
Manitowoc 235 3,702 22,416 33,364 37,505 37,831 42,261
Marathon ----- 508 2,892 5,885 17,121 30,369 43,236
Marinette [11] ----- ----- ----- ----- 8,929 20,304 30,822
Marquette 18 8,641 8,233 8,056 8,908 9,676 10,599
Milwaukee 5,605 31,011 62,518 89,930 138,537 236,101 330,017
Monroe ----- ----- 8,410 16,550 21,607 23,211 28,103
Oconto [12] ----- ----- 3,592 8,321 9,848 15,009 20,874
Oneida [13] ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 5,010 8,875
Outagamie ----- ----- 9,587 18,430 28,716 38,690 46,247
Ozaukee ----- ----- 15,682 15,564 15,461 14,943 16,363
Pepin ----- ----- 2,392 4,659 6,226 6,932 7,905
Pierce ----- ----- 4,672 9,958 17,744 20,385 23,943
Polk ----- ----- 1,400 3,422 10,018 12,968 17,801
Portage 1,623 1,250 7,507 10,634 17,731 24,798 29,483
Price ----- ----- ----- ----- 785 5,258 9,106
Racine 3,475 14,973 21,360 26,740 30,922 36,268 45,644
Richland ----- 903 9,732 15,731 18,174 19,121 19,483
Rock 1,701 20,750 36,690 39,030 38,823 43,229 51,203
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St. Croix 809 624 5,392 11,035 18,956 23,139 26,830
Sauk 102 4,371 18,963 23,860 28,729 30,57_ 33,006
Sawyer [14] ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 1,977 3,593
Shawano [15] ----- ----- 829 3,166 10,371 19,236 27,475
Sheboygan 133 8,379 26,875 31,749 34,206 42,489 50,345
Taylor ----- ----- ----- ----- 2,311 6,731 11,262
Trempealeau ----- ----- 2,560 10,732 17,189 18,920 23,114
Vernon [16] ----- ----- 11,007 18,645 23,235 25,111 28,351
Vilas [17] ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 4,929
Walworth 2,611 17,862 26,496 25,972 26,249 27,860 29,259
Washburn [14] ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 2,926 5,521
Washington 343 19,485 23,622 23,919 23,442 22,751 23,589
Waukesha ----- 19,558 26,831 28,274 28,957 33,270 35,229
Waupaca ----- ----- 8,851 15,539 20,955 26,794 31,615
Waushara ----- ----- 8,770 11,279 12,687 13,507 15,972
Winnebago 135 10,167 23,770 37,279 42,740 50,097 58,225
Wood ----- ----- 2,425 3,912 8,891 18,127 25,865
Total
 30,945 305,391 775,881 1,054,670 1,315,497 1,686,880 2,069,042
 
1 - Parts taken to form part of Sawyer in 1883 and part of Iron in 1893.
2 - Name changed from Dallas in 1869.
3 - Name changed from La Pointe in 1866.
4 - Part of Burnett taken to form Washburn in 1883.
5 - Part taken to form part of Sawyer in 1883.
6 - Organized from parts of Marquette and Oconto in 1882.
7 - Organized from parts of Langlade and Oconto in 1885; part annexed to Oneida since 1890.
8 - Organzied from parts of Ashland and Oneida in 1893.
9 - Name changed from new in 1880; part taken to form part of Forest in 1885, and part of Lincoln annexed between 1880
and 1890.
10 - Part taken to form Oneida in 1885, and part annexed to Langlade between 1880 and 1890.
11 - Part taken to form part of Florence in 1882.
12 - Parts taken to form part of Florence in1882 and parts of Forest in 1885.
13 - Organized from part of Lincoln in 1886; parts taken to form Vilas and part of Iron in 1893; part of Forest annexed since
1890.
14 - Organized from parts of Ashland and Chippewa in 1883.
15 - Name changed from Shawanaw in 1864.
16 - Name changed from Bad Ax in 1862.
17 - Organized from part of Oneida in 1893.
18 - Rusk was omitted from the table [Lori]
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