OSHKOSH COURIER
Geo. H. Read, Editor
December 19, 1855
CENSUS OF WISCONSIN
Comparative Table for 1850 and 1855
COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL RETURNS, BY J.W. HUNT
COUNTIES 1850 1855
Adams 187 6,868
Bad Ax * 4,823
Brown 6,215 6,699
Buffalo = 823
Calumet 1,743 3,631
Chippewa 645 838
Clark * 232
Columbia 9,565 17,965
Crawford 2,498 3,323
Dane 16,639 37,714
Dodge 19,138 34,540
Door + 739
Douglas ! 385
Dunn = 1,550
Fond du Lac 14,510 24,784
Grant 16,197 23,175
Green 8,566 14,727
Iowa 9,522 15,205
Jackson * 1,098
Jefferson 15,317 26,869
Kewaunee + 1,109
Kenosha 10,734 12,397
La Crosse * 3,904
LaFayette 11,531 16,064
LaPointe 489 447
Manitowoc 3,702 13,048
Marathon 508 1,427
Marquette 8,641 14,838
Milwaukee 31,077 46,267
Monroe * 2,407
Oconto + 1,501
Outagamie + 4,914
Ozaukee % 12,973
Pierce (a) 1,720
Polk (a) 547
Portage 1,250 5,151
Racine 14,773 20,673
Richland 903 5,584
Rock 20,750 31,364
St. Croix 624 2,040
Sauk 4,371 13,614
Shawanaw + 254
Sheyboygan 8,379 20,391
Trempeleau = 493
Walworth 17,862 22,662
Washington 19,485 18,897
Waukesha 19,258 24,012
Waupaca + 4,437
Waushara © 5,541
Winnebago 10,167 17,438
Total 305,391 552,109
* Set off from Crawford
= Set off from Chippewa
+ Set off from Brown
! Set off from La Point
% Set off from Washington
PRINCIPAL TOWNS.
Milwaukee 30,447
Madison 8,664
Watertown 8,526
Racine 8,044
Janesville 7,018
Fond du Lac 4,230
Waukesha 1,818
Appleton 1,474
Menasha 1,264
Oshkosh 4,118
Kenosha 3,897
Sheyboygan 3,630
Mineral Point 2,328
Manitowoc 2,165
Portage City 2,062
Green Bay 1,643
Plattville 1,424
Ozaukee 1,174
1850 1855
Deaf and Dumb 69 200
Insane 54 240
Blind 63 1,239
Foreign Birth 110,477 192,998