Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha population, 2020 to 2024

Kenosha lost 385 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +496. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 115th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Kenosha is 7.9 times that size.

Kenosha covers 29.07 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 3,425 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Kenosha is denser than the typical town.

What county Kenosha is in

All of Kenosha's residents live in Kenosha County, which had 168,754 residents in 2024. Kenosha holds 59.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kenosha

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kenosha by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53140, 53142, 53143, 53144. 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 Kenosha is

The Census internal point of Kenosha is at 42.587500, -87.880000. Madison, the capital, is 83.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Milwaukee, WI (563,531 people), 33.2 miles away.

Daylight in Kenosha

At 42.59° N, Kenosha gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kenosha

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Somers, 3.9 miles away, with 8,194 people.