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

(a)    Set off from St. Croix

(b)    Set off from Marquette

 

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