Demographics of Forest County, Wisconsin

Forest County, Wisconsin had 9,574 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +401 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Forest County, in four figures

9,574
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +4.4%
Change since July 2020: +401 people.; 49.3 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $61,071 ±$3,187
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Forest County, Wisconsin's population grew 4.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Forest County, Wisconsin's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Forest County, Wisconsin's population grew 4.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Forest County, Wisconsin's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	9,173	100.0	100.0
2021	9,420	102.7	100.2
2022	9,344	101.9	100.7
2023	9,395	102.4	101.6
2024	9,514	103.7	102.5
2025	9,574	104.4	103.1

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Population of Forest County, Wisconsin on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	9,173	−11	0	0	−12
2021	9,420	+247	−25	0	+283
2022	9,344	−76	−67	+3	−11
2023	9,395	+51	−20	+2	+69
2024	9,514	+119	−24	+6	+138
2025	9,574	+60	−28	+6	+82

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 49.3 ±0.3: for men 48.3 ±1.0 and for women 50.1 ±0.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Forest County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Wisconsin	United States
Under 5	506 ±35	5.4% ±0.4	5.3% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,298 ±89	13.9% ±1.0	16.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	620 ±56	6.6% ±0.6	9.3% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,868 ±89	19.9% ±1.0	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,701 ±103	28.8% ±1.1	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,376 ±129	25.4% ±1.4	18.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $61,071 ±$3,187, and income per person $33,817 ±$1,553, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,485 ±$455 in Wisconsin and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Forest County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Wisconsin	United States
Under $25,000	750 ±99	18.7% ±2.4	13.1% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	868 ±92	21.7% ±2.1	17.9% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	765 ±96	19.1% ±2.3	17.5% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	616 ±69	15.4% ±1.6	13.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	626 ±78	15.6% ±1.9	19.1% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	189 ±46	4.7% ±1.1	9.4% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	192 ±41	4.8% ±1.0	9.2% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Forest County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Wisconsin	United States
All ages	1,400 ±181	15.2% ±2.0	10.6% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	406 ±80	22.8% ±4.2	12.8% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	677 ±124	16.0% ±2.8	10.3% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	317 ±50	10.0% ±1.5	9.3% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Forest County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Forest County	Wisconsin	United States
Housing units	8,715 ±77	2,778,572 ±1,533	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	46.0% ±1.6	89.2% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	54.0% ±1.5	10.8% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	82.0% ±1.5	67.8% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	18.0% ±2.0	32.2% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$185,000 ±$8,741	$266,500 ±$1,051	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$594 ±$38	$1,087 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1980 ±2	1975 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Forest County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Wisconsin	United States
Hispanic or Latino	206 ±0	2.2% ±<0.1	8.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	7,283 ±104	77.7% ±1.1	78.6% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	18 to 60	0.2% to 0.6%	5.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 17	0% to 0.2%	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	993 ±72	10.6% ±0.8	0.5% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	44 to 220	0.5% to 2.3%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	698 ±125	7.5% ±1.3	3.7% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Forest County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Wisconsin	United States
Born in the state	7,769 ±145	82.9% ±1.5	70.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,491 ±133	15.9% ±1.4	23.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	43 ±21	0.5% ±0.2	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	66 ±27	0.7% ±0.3	5.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	40 ±18	0.4% ±0.2	2.5% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	9 to 43	0.1% to 0.5%	2.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Forest County among the counties of Wisconsin

68th of 72 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Wisconsin page.

Counties of Wisconsin near Forest County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Marquette County	15,927	+2.1%
Crawford County	15,910	−1.1%
Rusk County	14,146	−0.2%
Price County	13,988	−0.3%
Buffalo County	13,318	−0.1%
Forest County	9,574	+4.4%
Pepin County	7,513	+2.2%
Iron County	6,127	−0.3%
Florence County	4,748	+4.0%
Menominee County	4,199	−1.4%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026