Wisconsin · Census place 5540850
Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Ladysmith is a city in Rusk County, Wisconsin with an estimated 3,187 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 210th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,187
- #210 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- -2.3%
- -74 people
- Land area
- 4.2 sq mi
- + 0.38 sq mi water
- Density
- 753 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Ladysmith population, 2020 to 2024
Ladysmith lost 74 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -33.
Ladysmith covers 4.23 square miles of land and 0.38 of water, for 753 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Ladysmith is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ladysmith is in
All of Ladysmith's residents live in Rusk County, which had 14,168 residents in 2024. Ladysmith holds 22.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ladysmith
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ladysmith by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54848. 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 Ladysmith is
The Census internal point of Ladysmith is at 45.461000, -91.097600. Madison, the capital, is 185.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bloomer, WI (3,646 people), 31.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 103.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.461000, -91.097600
- DMS
- 45°27'39.60"N 91°05'51.36"W
- UTM
- 15N 648730.6E 5035924.0N
- Geohash
- cbp4x5bv8
- Plus code
- 86QCFW62+CX
Daylight in Ladysmith
At 45.46° N, Ladysmith gets about 15 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ladysmith
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Cornell, 20.7 miles away, with 1,452 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ladysmith, WI?
3,187 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 74 (2.3%) from 3,261 in July 2020.
What county is Ladysmith in?
Rusk County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ladysmith?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54848.
How far is Ladysmith from Madison?
185.4 miles (298.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Ladysmith.
What is the nearest larger city to Ladysmith?
Bloomer, WI, with 3,646 residents, 31.3 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.