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Appleton, WI Metro Area Demographics

Appleton, WI Metro Area is the 198th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 243,147 residents across 956 square miles. That is about 254 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 243,147
Land area 956 sq mi
Density 254 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Appleton, WI Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
County Outagamie 190,705 637.5 299
County Calumet 52,442 318.2 165

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