List of counties in Wisconsin

The US -American state of Wisconsin 's 72 counties divided. The official abbreviation of Wisconsin is WI and the FIPS code is 55 . The FIPS code of each individual county therefore always starts with 55 , followed by the three-digit number given in the table for each county.

The population figures shown in the table are based on data from the 2010 census .

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county	FIPS code	County Seat	founding	origin	Origin of name	Residents 2010	surface
Adams	001	Friendship	1848	Portage County	John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth President of the United States (1825–1829)	20,875	1,678 km²
Ashland	003	Ashland	1860	Indian country	Ashland, the first estate of Henry Clay in Kentucky	16,157	2,704 km²
Barron	005	Barron	1859	Polk County	Henry D. Barron, judge and later politician in Wisconsin	45,870	2,235 km²
Bayfield	007	Washburn	1845	Ashland County	Henry Wolsey Bayfield , British naval officer, surveyed the Great Lakes area	15,014	3,823 km²
Brown	009	Green Bay	1818	Indian country	Jacob Brown (1775–1828), American officer in the British-American War of 1812 , since 1821 Commander-in-Chief of the Army	248.007	1,370 km²
Buffalo	011	Alma	1853	Trempealeau County	Buffalo River , runs through the county	13,587	1,772 km²
Burnett	013	Town of Meenon	1856	Polk County	Thomas P. Burnett, Wisconsin Territory Politician	15,457	2,129 km²
Calumet	015	Chilton	1836	Indian country	The French word for pipe of peace	48,971	829 km²
Chippewa	017	Chippewa Falls	1845	Crawford County	Indian tribe of the Anishinabe (also called Chippewa)	62,415	2.1616 km²
Clark	019	Neillsville	1853	Crawford County	George Rogers Clark (1752-1818), general in the American Revolutionary War	34,690	3,149 km²
Columbia	021	Portage	1846	Portage County	Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), navigator and explorer	56,833	2,005 km²
Crawford	023	Prairie du Chien	1818	Indian country	William Harris Crawford (1772–1834), Senator from Georgia (1807–1813), Treasury Secretary (1816–1825), and US Secretary of War (1815–1816)	16,644	1,484 km²
Dane	025	Madison	1836	Indian country	Nathan Dane (1752–1835), member of the First Continental Congress 1785–1788	488.073	3,113 km²
Dodge	027	Juneau	1836	Indian country	Henry Dodge (1782–1867), Governor of the Wisconsin Territory (1836–1841 and 1845–1848)	88,759	2,284 km²
Door	029	Sturgeon Bay	1851	Brown County	After the (French: porte des la morts - German: Tor zum Tode ) door of the dead called water passage	27,785	1,251 km²
Douglas	031	Superior	1854	Indian country	Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861), Senator from Illinois (1847–1861) and 1860 presidential candidate against Abraham Lincoln	44,159	3,390 km²
Thin	033	Menomonia	1854	Chippewa County	Charles Dunn, Senator in the Wisconsin Territory	43,857	2,207 km²
Eau Claire	035	Eau Claire	1856	Chippewa County	Eau Claire , (French for clear water )	98,736	1,652 km²
Florence	037	Florence	1882	Marinette County and Oconto County	Florence Julst, the first white settler in the area	4,423	1,264 km²
Fond du Lac	039	Fond du Lac	1836	Indian country	The French word for " bottom of the lake "	101,633	1,873 km²
Forest	041	Crandon	1885	Langlade County and Oconto County	Field trees	9,304	2,626 km²
Grant	043	Lancaster	1836	Indian country	A dealer named Grant	51.208	2,973 km²
Green	045	Monroe	1836	Indian country	Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), general in the American War of Independence	36,842	1,513 km²
Green Lake	047	Green Lake	1858	Marquette District	Green Lake , located in the middle of the county	19.051	917 km²
Iowa	049	Dodgeville	1829	Indian country	Indian tribe of Iowa	23,687	1,976 km²
Iron	051	Hurley	1893	Ashland County and Oneida County	Local iron ore deposits	5,916	1,961 km²
Jackson	053	Black River Falls	1853	La Crosse County	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), President of the United States (1829–1837)	20,449	2,556 km²
Jefferson	055	Jefferson	1836	Milwaukee County	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third President of the United States (1801–1809)	83,686	1,443 km²
Juneau	057	Mouse tone	1856	Adams County	Solomon Laurent Juneau (1793–1856), founder of what is now Milwaukee	26,664	1,989 km²
Kenosha	059	Kenosha	1850	Racine County	Indian expression	166.426	707 km²
Kewaunee	061	Kewaunee	1852	Manitowoc County	Indian expression	20,574	888 km²
La Crosse	063	La Crosse	1851	Indian country	The ball game lacrosse, which goes back to Indian roots	114,638	1,173 km²
Lafayette	065	Darlington	1846	Iowa County	Marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), French general in the American War of Independence	16,836	1,642 km²
Long loading	067	Antigo	1879	Indian country	Charles de Langlade (1729–1800), fur trader with French and Indian roots	19,977	2,261 km²
Lincoln	069	Merrill	1874	Marathon County	Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), President of the United States 1861–1865	28,743	2,287 km²
Manitowoc	071	Manitowoc	1836	Indian country	Munedoo-owk , Ojibwe -word for place of the good spirit	81,442	1,533 km²
marathon	073	Wausau	1850	Portage County	Marathon (Greece)	134.063	4,002 km²
Marinette	075	Marinette	1879	Oconto	Marinette, a traveling postman	41,749	3,631 km²
Marquette	077	Montello	1836	Marquette District	Jacques Marquette (1637–1675), French Jesuit priest and explorer	15,404	1,181 km²
Menominee	079	Keshena	1861	Reservation of the Menominee	Indian tribe of the Menominee	4,232	927 km²
Milwaukee	079	Milwaukee	1835	Indian country	Mahnawaukee-Seepe , Indian expression for meeting place on the river	947.735	627 km²
Monroe	081	Sparta	1854	La Crosse County	James Monroe (1758–1831), fifth President of the USA 1817–1825	44,673	2,334 km²
Oconto	083	Oconto	1851	Indian country	Indian settlement on the river of the same name, means roughly fish-rich (water)	37,660	2,585 km²
Oneida	085	Rhinelander	1885	Lincoln County	Indian tribe of Oneida	35,998	2,914 km²
Outagamy	087	Appleton	1851	Brown County	Indian tribe of Fox , also Meskwaki or Outagamie called	176,695	1,658 km²
Ozaukee	089	Port Washington	1853	Milwaukee County	The Ojibwe -word for the Indian tribe of Sauk	86,395	601 km²
Pepin	091	Durand	1858	Dunn County	The discoverers Pierre and Jean Pepin du Chardonnets	7,469	601 km²
Pierce	093	Ellsworth	1853	Saint Croix County	Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), 14th President of the United States 1853–1857	41,019	1,492 km²
Polk	095	Balsam Lake	1853	Saint Croix County	James K. Polk (1795–1849), eleventh President of the United States (1845–1849)	44.205	2,375 km²
Portage	097	Stevens Point	1836	Indian country	Passage between the Fox and the Wisconsin Rivers	70.019	2,088 km²
Price	099	Phillips	1879	Chippewa County and Lincoln County	William T. Price , President of the Wisconsin Senate (1879)	14,159	3,245 km²
Racine	101	Racine	1836	Indian country	The French word Racine (dt .: Wurzel , en: root ), named after the Root River , which flows through the county	195,408	862 km²
Richland	103	Richland Center	1842	Iowa County	(Yield) rich soil	18,021	1,518 km²
skirt	105	Janesville	1836	Indian country	Rock River that flows through the county	160.331	1,865 km²
Rusk	107	Ladysmith	1901	Chippewa County	Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830–1893), 15th Governor of Wisconsin (1882–1889)	14,755	2,365 km²
Sauk	111	Baraboo	1840	Indian country	Indian tribe of the Sauk	61,976	2,170 km²
Sawyer	113	Hayward	1883	Oconto County	Philetus Sawyer (1816–1900), Member of the House of Representatives (1865–1875) and Senator from Wisconsin (1881–1893)	16,557	3,253 km²
Shawano	115	Shawano	1853	Oconto County	The Ojibwe word for south	41,949	2,313 km²
Sheboygan	117	Sheboygan	1836	Indian country	Shawb-wa-way-kun , Indian word for ...	115.507	1,331 km²
St. Croix	109	Hudson	1840	Indian country	St. Croix, French explorer	84,345	1,870 km²
Taylor	119	Medford	1875	Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, and Chippewa Counties	William R. Taylor (1820–1909), Governor of Wisconsin (1874–1876)	20,689	2,525 km²
Trempealeau	121	Whitehall	1854	Crawford County and La Crosee County	From Trempealeau Mountain (French for mountain with its foot in the water ), a hill on the Trempealeau River that flows through the county	28,816	1,901 km²
Vernon	123	Viroqua	1851	Richland County and Crawford County	Mount Vernon Manor , home of George Washington	29,773	2,059 km²
Vilas	125	Eagle River	1893	Oneida County	William Vilas (1840–1908), Civil War Officer , Secretary of the Post (1885–1888) and Secretary of the Interior of the United States (1888–1889) and Senator from Wisconsin (1891–1897)	21,430	2,264 km²
Walworth	127	Elkhorn	1836	Indian country	Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788–1867), lawyer and politician from New York	102.228	1,437 km²
Washburn	129	Shell Lake	1883	Burnett County	Cadwallader Washburn (1818–1882), Member of the House of Representatives of the United States (1867–1871) and Governor of Wisconsin (1872–1874)	15,911	2,098 km²
Washington	131	West Bend	1836	Indian country	George Washington (1732–1799), first President of the United States (1789–1797)	131,887	1,116 km²
Waukesha	133	Waukesha	1846	Milwaukee County	Waugooshance , Indian word for little foxes	389.891	1,440 km²
Waupaca	135	Waupaca	1851	Brown County and Winnebago County	wau-pa-ka-ho-nak , Indian word for white sand or brave young hero	52,410	1,982 km²
Waushara	137	Wautoma	1851	Marquette County	Indian word for good land	24,496	1,621 km²
Winnebago	139	Oshkosh	1840	Indian country	Indian tribe of the Winnebago	166.994	1,137 km²
Wood	141	Wisconsin Rapids	1856	Portage County	Joseph Wood (1809–1890), Wisconsin MP (1856–1858)	74,749	2,054 km²