Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

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Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
County
Fond du Lac County City/County Government Center
Fond du Lac County City/County Government Center
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Map of Wisconsin showing Fond du Lac County
Map of Wisconsin showing Fond du Lac County
Wisconsin's location in the contiguous United States
Wisconsin's location in the contiguous United States
Coordinates: 43°46′N 88°29′W / 43.76°N 88.49°W / 43.76; -88.49Coordinates: 43°46′N 88°29′W / 43.76°N 88.49°W / 43.76; -88.49
Incorporated1836
County seatFond du Lac
Largest cityFond du Lac
Municipalities
33 (total)
  • 3 cities
  • 21 towns
  • 9 villages
Government
 • TypeCounty
 • BodyBoard of Supervisors
 • Template:No wrapSam Kaufman
 • County Board25 supervisors
Area
 • TotalTemplate:Infobox settlement/areadisp
 • LandTemplate:Infobox settlement/areadisp
 • WaterTemplate:Infobox settlement/areadisp
Area rank40th largest county in Wisconsin
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total104,154
 • Estimate 
(2025)
104,669 Template:Gain
 • Rank16th largest county in Wisconsin
 • DensityTemplate:Infobox settlement/densdisp
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (Central)
ZIP Code
54971, 53931, 53919, 53946, 53963, 54964, 54932, 54974, 53065, 53006, 54979, 54937, 54935, 53048, 53010, 53040, 53011, 53019, 53057, 53079, 53049, 53061, 53014
Area codes920
Congressional districts6th
InterstatesFile:I-41.svg
U.S. HighwaysFile:US 41.svg File:US 45.svg File:US 151.svg
State RoutesFile:WIS 23.svg File:WIS 26.svg File:WIS 44.svg File:WIS 49.svg File:WIS 67.svg File:WIS 175.svg
AirportsFond du Lac County Airport
WaterwaysFond du Lac River
Milwaukee River
Rock River
Sheboygan River
Lake Winnebago
Websitehttps://www.fdlco.wi.gov/

Fond du Lac County (/ˈfɒndəlæk/ (Audio file "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Fond du Lac County.wav" not found)) is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 104,154.[2] Its county seat is Fond du Lac.[3] The county was created in the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and later organized in 1844.[4] Fond du Lac is French for "bottom of the lake", given so because of the county's location at the southern shore of Lake Winnebago.[5][6][7] Fond du Lac County comprises the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.[8] The Holyland region is in northeastern Fond du Lac County.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 766 square miles (1,980 km2), of which 720 square miles (1,900 km2) is land and 46 square miles (120 km2) (6.0%) is water.[9]

Adjacent counties

National protected area

Transportation

Major highways

Railroads

Buses

Airport

Fond du Lac County Airport Template:Airport codes serves the county and surrounding communities.

Climate

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Demographics

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Racial and ethnic composition

Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980[10] Pop 1990[11] Pop 2000[12] Pop 2010[13] Pop 2020[14] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 87,697 88,157 92,528 93,398 90,150 98.58% 97.86% 95.10% 91.90% 86.55%
Black or African American alone (NH) 124 251 857 1,226 2,321 0.14% 0.28% 0.88% 1.21% 2.23%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 184 283 353 422 355 0.21% 0.31% 0.36% 0.42% 0.34%
Asian alone (NH) 138 435 839 1,129 1,241 0.16% 0.48% 0.86% 1.11% 1.19%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x [15] x [16] 25 16 31 x x 0.03% 0.02% 0.03%
Other race alone (NH) 69 20 31 45 214 0.08% 0.02% 0.03% 0.04% 0.21%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x [17] x [18] 676 1,029 3,125 x x 0.69% 1.01% 3.00%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 752 937 1,987 4,368 6,717 0.85% 1.04% 2.04% 4.30% 6.45%
Total 88,964 90,083 97,296 101,633 104,154 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 104,154.[19] The population density was 144.7 per square mile.[1] The median age was 41.4 years, with 21.2% of residents under the age of 18 and 19.2% of residents 65 years of age or older; for every 100 females there were 97.0 males and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95.6 males.[20]

The racial makeup of the county was 88.0% White, 2.3% Black or African American, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 3.0% from some other race, and 5.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 6.4% of the population.[19]

63.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 36.3% lived in rural areas.[21]

There were 42,824 households in the county, of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 49.8% were married-couple households, 19.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 23.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[20]

There were 45,740 housing units at an average density of 63.6 per square mile, of which 6.4% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 69.5% were owner-occupied and 30.5% were renter-occupied; the homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.6%.[1][20]

File:USA Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin age pyramid.svg
2000 Census Age Pyramid for Fond du Lac County

2000 census

As of the census[22] of 2000, there were 97,296 people, 36,931 households, and 25,482 families residing in the county. The population density was 135 people per square mile (52 people/km2). There were 39,271 housing units at an average density of 54 units per square mile (21 units/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 96.16% White, 0.90% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.87% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.84% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. 2.04% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 57.7% were of German, 6.1% Irish and 5.3% American ancestry. 95.5% spoke English, 2.1% Spanish and 1.3% German as their first language.

There were 36,931 households, out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were married couples living together, 7.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.00% were non-families. 25.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.20% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 28.70% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.20 males.

In 2017, there were 1,066 births, giving a general fertility rate of 57.7 births per 1000 women aged 15–44, the 20th lowest rate out of all 72 Wisconsin counties.[23] Additionally, there were 74 reported induced abortions performed on women of Fond du Lac County residence in 2017.[24]

Communities

File:Fond du Lac Wisconsin Lighthouse.jpg
Fond du Lac Lighthouse in Lakeside Park
File:FondduLacCountyWisconsinFarm.jpg
Farming in western Fond du Lac County

Cities

Villages

Towns

Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

File:FondDuLacWisconsinCountyFairgrounds.jpg
Grandstands for the Fond du Lac County Fair

Ghost towns/neighborhoods

Education

School districts include:[25]

Public high schools with in the county include:

Government and politics

United States presidential election results for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin[26]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
1892 4,129 42.47% 5,254 54.04% 339 3.49%
1896 6,174 54.15% 4,933 43.27% 294 2.58%
1900 6,258 53.82% 5,140 44.20% 230 1.98%
1904 7,027 59.58% 4,417 37.45% 350 2.97%
1908 5,872 50.86% 5,194 44.99% 479 4.15%
1912 3,014 31.34% 4,838 50.31% 1,764 18.34%
1916 5,781 52.16% 5,021 45.30% 282 2.54%
1920 12,543 74.58% 3,409 20.27% 867 5.15%
"text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin) |1924 8,516 41.62% 2,222 10.86% 9,722 47.52%
1928 12,593 51.36% 11,719 47.80% 205 0.84%
1932 8,436 33.74% 16,143 64.56% 425 1.70%
1936 9,179 35.40% 14,821 57.16% 1,931 7.45%
1940 16,804 61.46% 10,323 37.76% 215 0.79%
1944 16,785 63.81% 9,378 35.65% 143 0.54%
1948 13,760 59.61% 8,904 38.57% 419 1.82%
1952 22,794 74.43% 7,724 25.22% 107 0.35%
1956 21,496 72.46% 7,940 26.76% 230 0.78%
1960 19,498 59.65% 13,132 40.17% 58 0.18%
1964 12,708 41.29% 18,040 58.61% 30 0.10%
1968 18,184 55.59% 12,563 38.41% 1,962 6.00%
1972 21,007 60.99% 12,050 34.99% 1,386 4.02%
1976 22,226 55.79% 16,571 41.59% 1,044 2.62%
1980 24,196 56.97% 15,293 36.01% 2,981 7.02%
1984 26,069 64.61% 13,983 34.66% 294 0.73%
1988 21,985 57.59% 15,887 41.62% 303 0.79%
1992 19,785 44.45% 13,757 30.91% 10,964 24.63%
1996 16,488 44.65% 15,542 42.08% 4,901 13.27%
2000 26,548 56.98% 18,181 39.02% 1,860 3.99%
2004 33,291 62.77% 19,216 36.23% 529 1.00%
2008 28,164 53.83% 23,463 44.84% 696 1.33%
2012 30,355 56.84% 22,379 41.91% 668 1.25%
2016 31,022 59.89% 17,387 33.57% 3,387 6.54%
2020 35,754 62.45% 20,588 35.96% 909 1.59%
2024 37,272 63.68% 20,495 35.02% 760 1.30%
2016 1 33.33% 1 33.33% 1 33.33%


Fond du Lac County is governed by a twenty-five-member Board of Supervisors and an elected County Executive, all of whom are elected in nonpartisan elections. The other countywide officials, including the Sheriff and District Attorney, run in partisan elections.

As Ripon's Little White Schoolhouse was the birthplace of the Republican Party in 1854, the GOP has long been the dominant party in Fond du Lac County. Since 1896 when the county broke a 20 year streak of voting Democratic, outside 1912 (when the Republican vote was split by Theodore Roosevelt's run as part of the Bull Moose Party), Franklin D. Roosevelt's first two terms, and Lyndon Johnson winning the county in 1964, along with state Progressive Robert M. La Follette's win in 1924, the majority of Fond du Lac County voters have chosen the Republican candidate.

Fond du Lac County Elected Officials
Office Officeholder Party
Executive Sam Kaufman Template:Party shading/Nonpartisan| Nonpartisan
Sheriff Ryan F. Waldschmidt Republican
Clerk Lisa Freiberg Republican
Treasurer Brenda Schneider Republican
Register of Deeds Jim Krebs Republican
Clerk of Circuit Court Ramona Geib Republican
District Attorney Eric Toney Republican
Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors[27]
Name District
Kat Griffith District 1
Gary A. Will District 2
Karen Madigan District 3
Michael J. Will District 4
Sarah Ann Smith District 5
Michael Beer District 6
Jonathon Venhuizen District 7
Bob Simon District 8
Thomas Dornbrook District 9
Ken Depperman District 10
Steven A. Abel District 11
Dennis Stenz District 12
John J. Rickert District 13
Michael Conley District 14
Joseph Fenrick District 15
Mike Streetar District 16
Jay John Myrechuck District 17
Scott Rodman District 18
Tom Herlache District 19
Tiffany Brault District 20
Dean P. Will District 21
Caroline M. Janke District 22
Martin S. Ryan District 23
Mary B. Hayes District 24
Angela C. Luehring District 25

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2020 Decennial Census: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Wisconsin: Individual County Chronologies". Wisconsin Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2007. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Dictionary of Wisconsin History". Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  6. ↑ Clorissa Swingen (Spring 1988). "Fond du Lac: Links to our Past". Archived from the original on June 7, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
  7. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 128.
  8. ↑ "Metropolitan Statistical Areas of Wisconsin's 2014 Winter Report on Wisconsin Department of Revenue Division of Research & Policy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022.
  9. ↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ "1980 General Population Characteristics - Wisconsin - Table 15: Persons by Race and Table 16: Total Persons and Spanish Origin Persons by Type of Spanish Origin and Race". United States Census Bureau – via Internet Archive.
  11. ↑ "1990 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Wisconsin - Table 3: Race and Hispanic Origin: 1990" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. p. 23-111. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2025 – via Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ "P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau.
  13. ↑ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau.
  14. ↑ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau.
  15. ↑ included in the Asian category in the 1980 Census
  16. ↑ included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census
  17. ↑ not an option in the 1980 Census
  18. ↑ not an option in the 1990 Census
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  21. ↑ "2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)". United States Census Bureau. 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  22. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  23. ↑ "Annual Wisconsin Birth and Infant Mortality Report, 2017 P-01161-19 (June 2019): Detailed Tables". Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  24. ↑ Reported Induced Abortions in Wisconsin, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Section: Trend Information, 2013-2017, Table 18, pages 17-18
  25. ↑ Geography Division (January 14, 2021). 2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Fond du Lac County, WI (PDF) (Map). Suitland, Maryland: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 4, 2026. - Text list
  26. ↑ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  27. ↑ "County Board Supervisors". Fond du Lac County. 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025.

Further reading

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