Wisconsin · Census place 5578600
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Sun Prairie is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin with an estimated 39,253 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 20th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 39,253
- #20 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +9.0%
- +3,245 people
- Land area
- 13.1 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,999 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
Measure from here
Tools and pages that start from Sun Prairie
Sun Prairie population, 2020 to 2024
Sun Prairie added 3,245 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.0%. In the latest year it moved by +893. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Sun Prairie is 3.1 times that size.
Sun Prairie covers 13.09 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,999 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Sun Prairie is denser than the typical town.
What county Sun Prairie is in
All of Sun Prairie's residents live in Dane County, which had 588,347 residents in 2024. Sun Prairie holds 6.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sun Prairie
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sun Prairie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53590. 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 Sun Prairie is
The Census internal point of Sun Prairie is at 43.182600, -89.237800. Madison, the capital, is 10.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Madison, WI (285,300 people), 11.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.182600, -89.237800
- DMS
- 43°10'57.36"N 89°14'16.08"W
- UTM
- 16N 318138.7E 4783523.5N
- Geohash
- dp8t9m5hb
- Plus code
- 86MG5QM6+2V
Daylight in Sun Prairie
At 43.18° N, Sun Prairie gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sun Prairie
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Windsor, 4.9 miles away, with 10,005 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sun Prairie, WI?
39,253 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,245 (9.0%) from 36,008 in July 2020.
What county is Sun Prairie in?
Dane County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sun Prairie?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53590.
How far is Sun Prairie from Madison?
10.5 miles (16.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Sun Prairie.
What is the nearest larger city to Sun Prairie?
Madison, WI, with 285,300 residents, 11.7 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.