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Population density in Wisconsin

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 26 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2025

Population density, 1990 – 2025 per km² · Wisconsin · United States · World
+3.7% since 2015
Wisconsin United States World

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Population density · per km²
Wisconsin
42.5
World
62.1 · 2023

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Wisconsin · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 42.5 · 2025
First value 34.9 · 1990
Highest 42.5 · 2025
Lowest 34.9 · 1990
Average change +0.6% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearWisconsinChange United StatesWorld
2025 42.5 +0.2% 37.3 —
2024 42.4 +0.5% 37.1 —
2023 42.2 +0.5% 36.8 62.1
2022 42.0 +0.4% 36.5 61.6
2021 41.8 −0.3% 36.2 61.0
2020 41.9 +1.3% 36.2 60.4
2019 41.4 +0.2% 35.8 59.8
2018 41.3 +0.3% 35.7 59.2
2017 41.2 +0.3% 35.5 58.6
2016 41.0 +0.2% 35.2 57.9
2015 41.0 +0.2% 35.0 57.3
2014 40.9 +0.3% 34.7 56.6
2013 40.8 +0.3% 34.5 55.9
2012 40.7 +0.2% 34.2 55.2
2011 40.6 +0.3% 34.0 55.6
2010 40.4 +0.4% 33.8 54.9
2009 40.3 +0.5% 33.5 54.3
2008 40.1 +0.5% 33.2 53.6
2007 39.9 +0.6% 32.9 52.9
2006 39.6 +0.6% 32.6 52.3
2005 39.4 +0.6% 32.2 51.6
2004 39.2 +0.6% 32.0 51.0
2003 39.0 +0.6% 31.7 50.4
2002 38.7 +0.7% 31.4 49.7
2001 38.4 +0.6% 31.1 49.1
2000 38.2 +0.8% 30.8 48.4
1999 37.9 +0.7% 30.5 47.8
1998 37.7 +0.6% 30.1 47.2
1997 37.4 +0.7% 29.8 46.5
1996 37.2 +0.9% 29.4 45.8
1995 36.9 +1.0% 29.1 45.1
1994 36.5 +1.0% 28.7 44.5
1993 36.2 +1.2% 28.4 43.8
1992 35.7 +1.2% 28.0 43.5
1991 35.3 +1.2% 27.6 51.7
1990 34.9 27.2 50.8

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Regions of United States

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation density
1 District of Columbia 4,370
2 New Jersey 463
3 Rhode Island 390
4 Massachusetts 338
5 Connecticut 285
6 Maryland 238
7 Delaware 189
8 New York 160
9 Florida 150
10 Pennsylvania 110
11 Ohio 110
12 California 97.4
13 Illinois 88.8
14 Hawaii 85.6
15 Virginia 82.5
16 North Carolina 81.4
17 Indiana 71.7
18 Georgia 69.4
19 Michigan 67.8
20 South Carolina 64.4
21 Tennessee 62.8
22 New Hampshire 58.1
23 Kentucky 43.3
24 Washington 43.1
25 Texas 41.7
26 Louisiana 41.4
27 Wisconsin 41.2
28 Alabama 37.1
29 Missouri 34.2
30 West Virginia 29.1
31 Minnesota 27.0
32 Vermont 26.1
33 Mississippi 24.6
34 Arizona 23.9
35 Arkansas 22.3
36 Oklahoma 22.1
37 Iowa 21.7
38 Colorado 20.9
39 Maine 16.7
40 Oregon 16.7
41 Utah 14.6
42 Kansas 13.7
43 Nevada 10.4
44 Nebraska 9.6
45 Idaho 8.0
46 New Mexico 6.7
47 South Dakota 4.4
48 North Dakota 4.2
49 Montana 2.8
50 Wyoming 2.3
51 Alaska 0.5

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2017

What it means

How crowded a place is: residents per square kilometre.

How it is calculated

Residents divided by land area in square kilometres.