Superior, Wisconsin

Superior population, 2020 to 2024

Superior lost 175 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -84. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 122nd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Superior is 2.1 times that size.

Superior covers 36.62 square miles of land and 8.74 of water, for 727 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Superior is less dense than the typical town.

What county Superior is in

All of Superior's residents live in Douglas County, which had 44,276 residents in 2024. Superior holds 60.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Superior

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Superior by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54874, 54880. 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 Superior is

The Census internal point of Superior is at 46.692100, -92.080400. Madison, the capital, is 282.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Duluth, MN (87,986 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 130.1 miles away.

Daylight in Superior

At 46.69° N, Superior gets about 15 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Superior

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake Nebagamon, 22.3 miles away, with 1,136 people.