Wisconsin · Census place 5555875
Nekoosa, Wisconsin
Nekoosa is a city in Wood County, Wisconsin with an estimated 2,406 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 244th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,406
- #244 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- -1.7%
- -41 people
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 712 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Nekoosa population, 2020 to 2024
Nekoosa lost 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -12.
Nekoosa covers 3.38 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 712 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Nekoosa is less dense than the typical town.
What county Nekoosa is in
All of Nekoosa's residents live in Wood County, which had 73,943 residents in 2024. Nekoosa holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Nekoosa
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Nekoosa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54457. 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 Nekoosa is
The Census internal point of Nekoosa is at 44.313200, -89.907900. Madison, the capital, is 89.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wisconsin Rapids, WI (18,675 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 88.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.313200, -89.907900
- DMS
- 44°18'47.52"N 89°54'28.44"W
- UTM
- 16N 268089.1E 4910773.2N
- Geohash
- dpbh44gp4
- Plus code
- 86PG837R+7R
Daylight in Nekoosa
At 44.31° N, Nekoosa gets about 15 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Nekoosa
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Port Edwards, 4.2 miles away, with 1,759 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Nekoosa, WI?
2,406 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 41 (1.7%) from 2,447 in July 2020.
What county is Nekoosa in?
Wood County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Nekoosa?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54457.
How far is Nekoosa from Madison?
89.5 miles (144.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Nekoosa.
What is the nearest larger city to Nekoosa?
Wisconsin Rapids, WI, with 18,675 residents, 6.8 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.
- 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.