Clark County, Wisconsin

Clark County
County
Clark County Courthouse
Location within the U.S. state of Wisconsin
Wisconsin's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 44°44′N 90°37′W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
Founded	1854
Named for	George Rogers Clark
Seat	Neillsville
Largest city	Neillsville
Area
• Total	1,219 sq mi (3,160 km2)
• Land	1,210 sq mi (3,100 km2)
• Water	9.0 sq mi (23 km2)  0.7%
Population  (2020)
• Total	34,659
• Density	28.7/sq mi (11.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	7th
Website	www.clarkcountywi.gov

Clark County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2020, 34,659 people lived there. Its county seat is Neillsville.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,219 square miles (3,157.2 km²). It has 1,216 square miles (3,149.4 km²) of land. Water covers 3 square miles (7.8 km²) (0.28%) of the county.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1860	789		—
1870	3,450		337.3%
1880	10,715		210.6%
1890	17,708		65.3%
1900	25,848		46.0%
1910	30,074		16.3%
1920	35,120		16.8%
1930	34,165		−2.7%
1940	33,972		−0.6%
1950	32,459		−4.5%
1960	31,527		−2.9%
1970	30,361		−3.7%
1980	32,910		8.4%
1990	31,647		−3.8%
2000	33,557		6.0%
2010	34,690		3.4%
2020	34,659		−0.1%
U.S. Decennial Census 1790–1960 1900–1990 1990–2000 2010–2020

As of the 2020 census, there were 34,659 people, 12,768 households, and 8,589 living in Clark County. The population density was 29 people per square mile (11/km²). There were 14,755 housing units. The median (middle) age was 37.5 years. The age breakdown was 28.8% under age 18, 53.3% from 18 to 65, and 17.9% over 65.

The breakdown by race was 92.2% White, 0.5% Native American, 0.3% Black, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 3.4% from one other race, and 3.2% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos made up 6.1% of the people.

The largest groups by ancestry were 40.5% of German, 7.6% of Polish, 6.3% of Irish, 5.9% of Norwegian, 4.9% of English, 4.7% of American, and 4.0% of Swiss ancestry.

As of 2000, 6.62% said that they spoke German, Pennsylvania German, or Dutch at home. 1.34% said that they spoke Spanish.[1]

Cities, villages, and towns

Cities and villages

Cities Abbotsford (partial) Colby (partial) Greenwood Loyal Neillsville Owen Thorp Stanley (partial)

Villages Curtiss Dorchester (partial) Granton Unity (partial) Withee

Towns

Beaver Butler Colby Dewhurst Eaton Foster

Fremont Grant Green Grove Hendren Hewett Hixon

Hoard Levis Longwood Loyal Lynn Mayville

Mead Mentor Pine Valley Reseburg Seif

Sherman Sherwood Thorp Unity Warner

Washburn Weston Withee Worden York

Unincorporated communities

• Atwood
• Bright
• Christie
• Chili
• Clark
• Columbia
• Eadsville
• Eidsvold
• Globe
• Hemlock
• Humbird
• Junction
• Lombard
• Longwood
• Lynn
• Nevins
• Reseburg
• Riplinger
• Sherwood
• Shortville
• Tioga
• Sidney
• Spokeville
• Veefkind
• Willard

Ghost towns

• Kurth
• Maple Works
• Trow
• Worden

Other websites

• Official Clark County Government website Archived 2011-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
• History of Clark County Wisconsin