Population

Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It grew by 887 between 2023 and 2024. Changes in population can reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. The 0.53% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the county.
In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Kenosha County, WI’s population grew by 0.49%.

+887

population change (2023 to 2024)

+0.53%

percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Kenosha County, WI’s population increased 19 out of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2004 and 2005, when Kenosha County, WI gained 2,000 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2020 and 2021 when there were 756 fewer residents.

Kenosha County, WI gained 887 residents between 2023 and 2024.

Annual population change

A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
  • Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2023 and 2024 natural population change was positive in Kenosha County, WI, with births exceeding deaths by 154.
  • Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it is negative. Between 2023 to 2024, Kenosha County, WI’s population change from immigration was positive with about 558 more people coming from another country directly to Kenosha County, WI than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2023 to 2024, Kenosha County, WI’s population change from domestic migration was positive with about 165 more people coming from any other county in the US.

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Between 2023 and 2024, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in Kenosha County, WI.

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