Wisconsin · Census place 5579625

Thorp, Wisconsin

Thorp is a city in Clark County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,769 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 279th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,769
#279 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-20 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
1,195 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Thorp. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Thorp population, 2020 to 2024

Thorp lost 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

1,78920201,77820211,78120221,77120231,7692024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,791. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Thorp covers 1.48 square miles of land, for 1,195 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Thorp is less dense than the typical town.

What county Thorp is in

All of Thorp's residents live in Clark County, which had 34,801 residents in 2024. Thorp holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Thorp

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Thorp by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54771. 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 Thorp is

The Census internal point of Thorp is at 44.958000, -90.802200. Madison, the capital, is 148.0 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Stanley, WI (3,778 people), 6.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 105.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.958000, -90.802200
DMS
44°57'28.80"N 90°48'7.92"W
UTM
15N 673346.9E 4980634.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86PFX55X+64

Daylight in Thorp

At 44.96° N, Thorp gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Thorp

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Stanley, 6.9 miles away, with 3,778 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Thorp, WI?

1,769 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 20 (1.1%) from 1,789 in July 2020.

What county is Thorp in?

Clark County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Thorp?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54771.

How far is Thorp from Madison?

148.0 miles (238.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Thorp.

What is the nearest larger city to Thorp?

Stanley, WI, with 3,778 residents, 6.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.