Wisconsin · Census place 5507800

Black Earth, Wisconsin

Black Earth is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,511 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 305th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,511
#305 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+1.1%
+17 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
1,799 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Black Earth. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Black Earth population, 2020 to 2024

Black Earth added 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,493. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Black Earth covers 0.84 square miles of land, for 1,799 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Black Earth is denser than the typical town.

What county Black Earth is in

All of Black Earth's residents live in Dane County, which had 588,347 residents in 2024. Black Earth holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Black Earth

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Black Earth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53515. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Black Earth is

The Census internal point of Black Earth is at 43.134600, -89.747400. Madison, the capital, is 18.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mazomanie, WI (1,769 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 16.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.134600, -89.747400
DMS
43°08'4.56"N 89°44'50.64"W
UTM
16N 276547.7E 4779426.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MG47M3+R2

Daylight in Black Earth

At 43.13° N, Black Earth gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Black Earth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Mazomanie, 3.6 miles away, with 1,769 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Black Earth, WI?

1,511 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 17 (1.1%) from 1,494 in July 2020.

What county is Black Earth in?

Dane County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Black Earth?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53515.

How far is Black Earth from Madison?

18.8 miles (30.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Black Earth.

What is the nearest larger city to Black Earth?

Mazomanie, WI, with 1,769 residents, 3.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.