Wisconsin · Census place 5531000

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay is a city in Brown County, Wisconsin with an estimated 106,311 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 3rd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
106,311
#3 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-988 people
Land area
45.5 sq mi
+ 10.28 sq mi water
Density
2,338 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Green Bay. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Green Bay population, 2020 to 2024

Green Bay lost 988 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +101. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 129th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Green Bay is 8.5 times that size.

107.3k2020105.6k2021105.7k2022106.2k2023106.3k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 107,365. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Green Bay covers 45.48 square miles of land and 10.28 of water, for 2,338 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Green Bay is denser than the typical town.

What county Green Bay is in

All of Green Bay's residents live in Brown County, which had 273,909 residents in 2024. Green Bay holds 38.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Green Bay

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Green Bay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54301, 54302, 54303, 54304, 54311. 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 Green Bay is

The Census internal point of Green Bay is at 44.521500, -87.986600. Madison, the capital, is 121.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Milwaukee, WI (563,531 people), 100.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 180 m (591 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
44.521500, -87.986600
DMS
44°31'17.40"N 87°59'11.76"W
UTM
16N 421596.3E 4930270.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86PJG2C7+J9
Time zone
America/Chicago

Daylight in Green Bay

At 44.52° N, Green Bay gets about 15 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Green Bay daylight page.

Places near Green Bay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Allouez, 3.9 miles away, with 13,923 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Green Bay, WI?

106,311 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 988 (0.9%) from 107,299 in July 2020.

What county is Green Bay in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Green Bay?

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 54301, 54302, 54303, 54304, 54311.

How far is Green Bay from Madison?

121.8 miles (196.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Green Bay.

What is the nearest larger city to Green Bay?

Milwaukee, WI, with 563,531 residents, 100.8 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)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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