Wisconsin · Census place 5535950
Howard, Wisconsin
Howard is a village in Brown County, Wisconsin with an estimated 21,961 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 21,961
- #38 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +9.8%
- +1,966 people
- Land area
- 18.5 sq mi
- + 4.58 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,186 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Howard population, 2020 to 2024
Howard added 1,966 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.8%. In the latest year it moved by +429. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Howard is 1.8 times that size.
Howard covers 18.52 square miles of land and 4.58 of water, for 1,186 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Howard is less dense than the typical town.
What county Howard is in
All of Howard's residents live in Brown County, which had 273,909 residents in 2024. Howard holds 8.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Howard
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Howard by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54303, 54313. 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 Howard is
The Census internal point of Howard is at 44.568600, -88.071700. Madison, the capital, is 122.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Green Bay, WI (106,311 people), 5.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.568600, -88.071700
- DMS
- 44°34'6.96"N 88°04'18.12"W
- UTM
- 16N 414902.1E 4935587.7N
- Geohash
- dpcmecknu
- Plus code
- 86PHHW9H+C8
Daylight in Howard
At 44.57° N, Howard gets about 15 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Howard
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Suamico, 4.4 miles away, with 13,109 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Howard, WI?
21,961 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,966 (9.8%) from 19,995 in July 2020.
What county is Howard in?
Brown County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Howard?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 54303, 54313.
How far is Howard from Madison?
122.2 miles (196.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Howard.
What is the nearest larger city to Howard?
Green Bay, WI, with 106,311 residents, 5.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.