Wisconsin · Census place 5559350
Oconto, Wisconsin
Oconto is a city in Oconto County, Wisconsin with an estimated 4,638 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 159th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,638
- #159 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +0.4%
- +19 people
- Land area
- 6.8 sq mi
- + 0.36 sq mi water
- Density
- 684 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Oconto population, 2020 to 2024
Oconto added 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +13.
Oconto covers 6.78 square miles of land and 0.36 of water, for 684 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Oconto is less dense than the typical town.
What county Oconto is in
All of Oconto's residents live in Oconto County, which had 40,037 residents in 2024. Oconto holds 11.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Oconto
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oconto by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54153. 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 Oconto is
The Census internal point of Oconto is at 44.892700, -87.868500. Madison, the capital, is 146.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marinette, WI (11,139 people), 17.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 26.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.892700, -87.868500
- DMS
- 44°53'33.72"N 87°52'6.60"W
- UTM
- 16N 431421.3E 4971397.7N
- Geohash
- dpcx2s2ng
- Plus code
- 86PJV4VJ+3J
Daylight in Oconto
At 44.89° N, Oconto gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Oconto
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Peshtigo, 12.9 miles away, with 3,409 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Oconto, WI?
4,638 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 19 (0.4%) from 4,619 in July 2020.
What county is Oconto in?
Oconto County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Oconto?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54153.
How far is Oconto from Madison?
146.5 miles (235.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Oconto.
What is the nearest larger city to Oconto?
Marinette, WI, with 11,139 residents, 17.7 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.