1. Home
  2. Counties
  3. Wisconsin
  4. Bayfield County
County · Wisconsin

Bayfield County

16,838Population
3.8 %Change since 2020
185Net migration
4.6 %Unemployment rate

Facts

Population
16,838 (2024)
Change since 2020
3.8 %
Net migration
185 (2023)
Unemployment rate
4.6 % (2025)
Population base, April 2020
16,218 (2020)
Births
122 (2023)
Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
7.2
Deaths
162 (2023)
Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
9.6
Natural change, 2023
-40
International migration
8 (2023)
Domestic migration
177 (2023)
Net migration per 1,000, 2023
11.0
Postal code
WI
FIPS code
55007

Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS

Unemployment rate, annual average

199020254.67.7
PeriodValue
20254.6 %
20244.1 %
20234.3 %
20224.7 %
20215.8 %
20209.3 %
20195.3 %
20184.8 %
20175.1 %
20166.6 %
20158.1 %
20149.5 %

Population estimates, 2020–2024

2020202416.8K16.2K
PeriodValue
202416,838
202316,809
202216,664
202116,327
202016,238