Wisconsin · Census place 5586975
Whiting, Wisconsin
Whiting is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,647 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 288th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,647
- #288 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +2.8%
- +45 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- + 0.37 sq mi water
- Density
- 910 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Whiting population, 2020 to 2024
Whiting added 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +43.
Whiting covers 1.81 square miles of land and 0.37 of water, for 910 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Whiting is less dense than the typical town.
What county Whiting is in
All of Whiting's residents live in Portage County, which had 72,040 residents in 2024. Whiting holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Whiting
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Whiting by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54481. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Whiting is
The Census internal point of Whiting is at 44.490100, -89.560000. Madison, the capital, is 98.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Plover, WI (14,208 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 77.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.490100, -89.560000
- DMS
- 44°29'24.36"N 89°33'36.00"W
- UTM
- 16N 296450.0E 4929497.3N
- Geohash
- dpbm450ms
- Plus code
- 86PGFCRR+22
Daylight in Whiting
At 44.49° N, Whiting gets about 15 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Whiting
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Plover, 2.2 miles away, with 14,208 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Whiting, WI?
1,647 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 45 (2.8%) from 1,602 in July 2020.
What county is Whiting in?
Portage County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Whiting?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54481.
How far is Whiting from Madison?
98.2 miles (158.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Whiting.
What is the nearest larger city to Whiting?
Plover, WI, with 14,208 residents, 2.2 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.