Appleton, Wisconsin

Appleton population, 2020 to 2024

Appleton lost 249 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +242. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 110th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Appleton is 6.0 times that size.

Appleton covers 25.42 square miles of land and 0.50 of water, for 2,964 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Appleton is denser than the typical town.

The 3 counties Appleton spans

Appleton crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 75,344 residents as follows; Outagamie County holds 83.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Appleton

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Appleton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54911, 54913, 54914, 54915. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Appleton is

The Census internal point of Appleton is at 44.278900, -88.388300. Madison, the capital, is 96.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Green Bay, WI (106,311 people), 26.0 miles away.

Daylight in Appleton

At 44.28° N, Appleton gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Appleton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Kimberly, 2.6 miles away, with 7,529 people.