STATISTICS: GEOGRAPHY


                       LAND AND WATER AREA OF
                           WISCONSIN COUNTIES

                                                  Land Area    Water Area'
   Gross Area2
County                                              (acres)      (acres)
       (acres)
Adams  ....................................        418,140         3,318
        421,458
Ashland ...................................        656,140         7,932
        664,072
Barron ....................................        1559,551       18,551
        578,102
Bayfield ...................................       937,110        24,151
        961,261
Brown  ....................................        336,000         2,004
        338,004
Buffalo ....................................       455,700         8,390
        464,090
Burnett ...................................        538,390        34,336
        572,726
Calumet ...................................        201,600           414
        202,014
Chippewa  .................................        645,843        21,966
        667,809
Clark .....................................        777,990         4,103
        782,093
Columbia ..................................        487,481        23,347
        510,828
Crawford ..................................        375,000         7,516
        382,516
Dane  .....................................        767,261        22,781
        790,042
Dodge  ....................................        563,545        15,050
        578,595
Door ......................................        328,124         3,388
        331,512
Douglas ...................................        838,430        21,991
        860,421
Dunn  .....................................        545,900         6,522
        552,422
Eau Claire .................................       414,964         4,386
        419,350
Florence ...................................       312,770         8,668
        321,438
Fond du Lac ...............................        463,400         2,076
        465,476
Forest ....................................         642,430       24,360
        666,790
Grant .....................................        746,200        10,996
        757,196
Green  .....................................        373,857        1,431
        374,828
Green Lake ................................         227,200       17,754
        244,954
Iowa  ......................................       487,000         6,831
        493,831
Iron  ......................................        473,470       30,723
        504,193
Jackson ...................................         628,460        5,654
        634,114
Jefferson ..................................        359,700       17,192
        376,892
Juneau.....................................         483,710       47,426
        531,136
Kenosha...................................          174,077        3,915
         177,992
Kewaunee..................................         211,511           696
        212,207
La Crosse..................................         300,200        1,756
        301,956
Lafayette...................................        411,000        1,562
        412,562
Langlade...................................         545,730       11,060
        556,790
Lincoln....................................         565,130        14,793
       580,386
Manitowoc.................................          377,000        2,480
        379,480
Marathon..................................        1,006,250       30,152
       1,036,402
Marinette .................................         883,420        16,495
       899,915
Marquette .................................         291,525        5,779
        297,304
Menominee  ................................         229,522        3,862
        233,384
Milwaukee.................................          152,440          590
         153,030
Monroe   ...................................        548,050        3,869
         551,919
Oconto  ....................................        632,639        12,814
        645,453
Oneida  ....................................        704,820       74,415
         779,235
Outagamie  .................................        405,800        2,583
         408,383
Ozaukee  ...................................        149,586         1,566
        151,152
Pepin  .....................................        151,700         2,958
        154,658
Pierce .....................................        375,600          689
         376,289
Polk  ......................................        497,605       23,320
         520,925
Portage  ...................................        515,390         6,747
        522,137
Price ......................................        806,840        18,000
        824,637
Racine  ....................................        215,493         4,338
        219,831
Richland  ..................................        373,800         5,108
        378,908
Rock   .....................................        461,400         3,594
        464,994
Rusk   .....................................        573,470        11,095
        584,565
St. Croix ..................................        470,485         7,955
        478,440
Sauk  ......................................        536,300        12,898
        549,198
Sawyer  ....................................        804,570        59,289
        863,859
Shawano   ..................................        580,759        11,658
        592,417
Sheboygan..................................         323,800        15,102
        338,902
Taylor.....................................         621,000         7,418
        628,418
Trempealeau................................         472,900         1,588
        474,488
Vernon.....................................         515,200          979
         516,179
Vilasa ......................................       557,374        94,693
        652,067
Walworth..................................          356,933        13,180
        370,113
Washburn..................................          516,990        31,761
        548,888
Washington.................................         273,909         3,802
        277,711
Waukesha   .................................        355,642        16,000
        419,642
Waupaca   ..................................        480,050         8,881
        488,931
Waushara   .................................        400,480         5,023
        405,503
Winnebago   ................................        287,900       164,224
        452,124
W ood  .....................................        512,490         7,250
        519,740
     TOTAL   ...............................     34,799,146     1,129,131
     35,928,277


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'Figures are from DNR county waters inventories. They do not include the
Great Lakes and Mississippi
  River. There are 6,439,700 acres within Wisconsin in the Great Lakes, while
the Mississippi has 189,338
  acres, approximately one-half of which is in Wisconsin.
2Land and water areas do not neceasarily equal gross area.
Source: Department of Natural Resources, December 1984.