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Forest County, Wisconsin

Forest County, Wisconsin has a quality-of-life score of 47 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,666 of 3,143 US counties. Within Wisconsin it ranks #70 of 72 counties. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), rent as share of income (low) and hot days (low). It ranks worst on adult obesity (high), comfortable days (low) and days with unhealthy air (high).

47Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,666 of 3,143 counties
Wisconsin: #70 of 72 in WI
Population: 9,574 (2025)
Land area: 1,014 mi²
Density: 9.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 55041

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety59#1,256/3,096
Economy23#2,434/3,143
Housing84#516/3,140
Health19#2,562/3,144
Healthcare45#1,739/3,143
Environment79#662/3,108
Education21#2,473/3,144
Infrastructure25#2,368/3,144
Community81#583/3,144
Leisure & amenities47#1,664/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Forest County, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low0.5
100/100Wisconsin 10.52025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Rent as share of income · low19.8%
97/100Wisconsin 27.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Hot days · low1 days
95/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Restaurants and bars · high18.8 /10k
94/100Wisconsin 12.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rent-burdened households · low32.3%
93/100Wisconsin 43.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Property crime rate · low264 /100k
92/100Wisconsin 1,017 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure

Weaknesses

Adult obesity · high45.8%
3/100Wisconsin 39.2%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · low22.1%
3/100Wisconsin 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Days with unhealthy air · high3.9%
4/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Distance to an emergency room · high27.0 mi
4/100Wisconsin 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Primary care physicians · low11 /100k
6/100Wisconsin 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2020University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Reading scores · low2.57
7/100Wisconsin 3.00United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
17% (2021) → 48% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+31 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
53.1% (2010 & 2021) → 81.9% (2022 & 2024)
+29 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.5% (2015-2019) → 84.7% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Property crime rateImproving
602 /100k (2020) → 264 /100k (2025)
−56%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Grocery storesWorsening
2.2 /10k (2020) → 1.0 /10k (2025)
−52%5 yearsUS 1.7 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Traffic deathsImproving
24.4 /100k (2015-2019) → 12.8 /100k (2020-2024)
−48%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Forest County, Wisconsin improved on 9 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Unemployment−7.8 points12.3% → 4.5%
Uninsured−2.7 points10.6% → 7.9%
Airport−78 mi170 mi → 92 mi
Property crime−56%602 /100k → 264 /100k
Broadband+13 points71.5% → 84.7%

Declined1

Commute+4.9 min20.1 min → 25.1 min

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Forest County, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.3 /10k2020	3.1 /10k2025	−4.2%	Within the margin of error	27%
Average commute time	20.1 min2015-2019	25.1 min2020-2024	+4.9 min	Declined	4%
Average weekly wage	$7842020	$9052025	+15%	Improved	7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%2015-2019	16.1%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Broadband subscriptions	71.5%2015-2019	84.7%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	73%
Child poverty rate	23.2%2019	22.4%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Distance to an airport	170 mi2020	92 mi2025	−78 mi	Improved	100%
Effective property tax rate	1.25%2015-2019	0.90%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	93%
Firearm deaths	11.3 /100k2020	15.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+40%	Within the margin of error	10%
Grocery stores	2.2 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−52%	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	79%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,6052019	$57,6282024	+26%	Improved	18%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4382015-2019	0.4302020-2024	−0.007	Within the margin of error	67%
Median household income	$48,9642019	$62,2512024	+27%	Improved	61%
New business applications	7.1 /1k2020	10.0 /1k2025	+42%	Improved	47%
Pharmacies	2.2 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−4.2%	Within the margin of error	52%
Poverty rate	16.3%2019	15.7%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Property crime rate	602 /100k2020	264 /100k2025	−56%	Improved	83%
Public libraries	3.3 /10k2019	3.2 /10k2024	−5%	Within the margin of error	24%
Rent as share of income	22.7%2015-2019	19.8%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Rent-burdened households	33.7%2015-2019	32.4%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Restaurants and bars	21.8 /10k2020	18.8 /10k2025	−14%	Within the margin of error	20%
Students per teacher	12.1×2019	12.2×2024	+0.1×	Little change	23%
Traffic deaths	24.4 /100k2015-2019	12.8 /100k2020-2024	−48%	Within the margin of error	94%
Unemployment rate	12.3%2020	4.5%2025	−7.8 points	Improved	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.6%2019	7.9%2024	−2.7 points	Improved	79%
Violent crime rate	249 /100k2020	254 /100k2025	+2.2%	Within the margin of error	30%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Forest County, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Forest County, Wisconsin in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Forest County, Wisconsin itself moved +0.1 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

9,369 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 women (+1.3 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

9,369 residents

Forest County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White78%7,283
Black0.4%†39
Hispanic or Latino2.2%206
Asian0.1%†8
American Indian and Alaska Native11%993
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†10
Other or two or more races8.9%830

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+7.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

6,945 residents (±47)

Forest County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma9.7%676
High school or GED36%2,532
Some college26%1,799
Associate degree12%817
Bachelor's degree12%840
Graduate degree4.0%281

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+2.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,006 households (±148)

Forest County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k19%750
$25k–50k22%868
$50k–75k19%765
$75k–100k15%616
$100k–150k16%626
$150k–200k4.7%189
$200k or more4.8%192

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−8.8 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

4,006 households (±148)

Forest County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own82%3,284
Rent18%722

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

536 households (±74)

Forest County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $75074%396
$750–1,00018%†95
$1,000–1,5007.5%†40

Home values

3,284 homes (±136)

Forest County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k39%1,273
$150k–250k30%1,001
$250k–400k18%603

Age of homes

8,715 homes (±77)

Forest County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later8.6%752
2000–200914%1,216
1980–199928%2,405

Size of homes

8,715 homes (±77)

Forest County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio4.6%399
1 bedroom7.1%622
2 bedrooms34%2,955

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,690 workers (±157)

Forest County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone79%2,906
Carpool8.3%307
Public transit0.1%†5
Walk4.0%†147
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.0%295
Other0.8%†30

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−4.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,395 workers (±161)

Forest County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min44%1,500
15–29 min23%771
30–44 min16%553

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Forest County has 227 employer establishments, 242 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 0.99× Wisconsin's), with 1,532 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,664. The Census Bureau also counts 741 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 227; 741 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 242; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 1,532
Average annual pay: $41,664; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Forest County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	27	28.7	5.68×More than typical	63	$40,476	30
Restaurants and other eating places	17	18.1	0.99×About typical	99	$15,192	11
Full-service restaurants	14	14.9	1.94×More than typical	84	$13,738	6
Specialty trade contractors	13	13.8	0.89×About typical	35	$73,143	78
Ambulatory health care services	10	10.6	0.51×Fewer than typical	62	$34,629	6
Gasoline stations	9	9.6	2.95×Too few to compare	72	$26,389	—
Religious organizations	9	9.6	1.73×Too few to compare	19	$13,526	—
Construction of buildings	8	8.5	1.13×Too few to compare	30	$23,767	35
Banks and credit unions	7	7.5	2.31×Too few to compare	55	$40,255	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	7	7.5	2.36×Too few to compare	29	$71,862	13
Lessors of real estate	7	7.5	0.60×Too few to compare	22	$16,000	52
Traveler accommodation	6	6.4	3.54×Too few to compare	197	$43,863	8

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,395 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.2M on contracts performed in Forest County, Wisconsin: $130 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.2M; −18% vs FY2025
Per resident: $130; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 12%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$1.1M88%
Environmental Protection Agency$148.4K12%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.8MFY2017
2.3MFY2018
2.7MFY2019
2MFY2020
1.8MFY2021
2MFY2022
1.8MFY2023
2.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Technical and trade schools · 6115$425.5K34%
Utility system construction · 2371$206.7K17%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$201K16%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$148.4K12%
Offices of physicians · 6211$87.9K7.1%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$74.1K

Largest awards

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY SERVICES SUPPORTING THE FIFTH UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT MONITORING RULE (UCMR 5) TASK ORDER 3$1.4M
NORTHERN LAKE SERVICE INC.· Forest County, WI· Professional services· Jun 25, 2024 – Mar 2, 2026· 68HERC24F0370
WELDING INSTRUCTOR SERVICES BLACKWELL JCC LAONA, WI NEW AWARD$879.4K
CAREER DEVELOPMENT INC· Forest County, WI· Education & social services· Jul 27, 2022 – Aug 25, 2026· 1282A722C0046
CONSTRUCTION CRAFT LABORERS TRAINING AND PLACEMENT SERVICES$539.5K
LNS, LLC· Forest County, WI· Education & social services· Jun 22, 2021 – Aug 27, 2026· 1282A721C0096
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY SERVICES SUPPORTING THE FIFTH UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT MONITORING RULE (UCMR 5) - TASK ORDER 4

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $91.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Forest County, Wisconsin: $9,533 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $91.3M; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,533; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$51.8M57%
20.289 · Tribal Transportation Program (TTP)$9.4M10%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$7.2M7.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$6.4M7.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$3.4M3.8%
84.041 · Impact Aid$1.9M2.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.5M1.6%
14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$1.3M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

FOREST COUNTY POTAWATOMI COMMUNITY$10.8M12%
CRANDON, WI
SOKAOGAN CHIPPEWA COMMUNITY$3.4M3.8%
CRANDON, WI
SOKAOGON CHIPPEWA HOUSING DEPARTMENT$1.3M1.4%
CRANDON, WI
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CRANDON, INC$1.1M1.2%
CRANDON, WI
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WABENO AREA

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$63.1M69%
Federal Highway Administration$9.8M11%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$7.9M8.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$2.1M2.3%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$1.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

159.1MFY2021
81.3MFY2022
80.1MFY2023
105.2MFY2024
107.7MFY2025
91.3MFY2026

County aggregates

78%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Forest County, Wisconsin compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Forest County, Wisconsin
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Forest County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2017	$205	$1,436
FY2018	$255	$1,552
FY2019	$296	$1,654
FY2020	$214	$1,880
FY2021	$196	$1,810
FY2022	$209	$1,917
FY2023	$187	$2,079
FY2024	$241	$2,047
FY2025	$159	$2,165
FY2026	$130 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Forest County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2017	$102	$93.28
FY2018	$35.31	$105
FY2019	$71.29	$128
FY2020	$47.89	$145
FY2021	$56.92	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Forest County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$2,004	$5,748
FY2022	$1,246	$5,221
FY2023	$1,344	$5,364
FY2024	$3,659	$5,501
FY2025	$2,656	$5,732
FY2026	$1,833

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Forest County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$820	$298
FY2022	$246	$357
FY2023	$30.80	$301
FY2024	$1,685	$319
FY2025	$1,893	$360
FY2026	$1,027

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Forest County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$231	$239
FY2022	$162	$185
FY2023	$98.64	$229
FY2024	$162	$229
FY2025	$160	$249
FY2026	$163

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Forest County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$268	$2,304
FY2022	$244	$2,197
FY2023	$210	$2,274
FY2024	$479	$2,267
FY2025	$146	$2,397
FY2026	$258

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Forest County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$909	$1,186
FY2022	$115	$465
FY2023	-$5.72	$76.52
FY2024	$77.28	$120
FY2025	$104	$148
FY2026	$0

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Forest County, Wisconsin
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Forest County, Wisconsin and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	0.6%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/55041

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Forest County, Wisconsin is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Thomas P. TiffanyR-WI-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 10.4%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Forest County

Places whose residents live mostly in Forest County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	−6.3%	−4.2%
2015	−2.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+3.3%
2018	+6.5%	+6.8%
2019	+9.3%	+10.5%
2020	+17.7%	+19.4%
2021	+16.5%	+26.1%
2022	+23.3%	+30.6%
2023	+30.0%	+35.0%
2024	+31.5%	+41.0%
2025	+35.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	−5.2%	−5.5%
2015	+1.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.7%	+4.1%
2018	+10.1%	+8.9%
2019	+11.3%	+13.5%
2020	+20.6%	+20.8%
2021	+23.4%	+32.1%
2022	+25.3%	+35.4%
2023	+34.2%	+42.9%
2024	+39.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	4.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	8.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.8/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	7.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	6.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	−1.6%	−6.9%
2015	+4.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+9.7%	+4.7%
2018	+7.3%	+7.5%
2019	+16.4%	+14.0%
2020	+29.7%	+16.9%
2021	+24.3%	+21.0%
2022	+33.4%	+29.7%
2023	+40.7%	+34.9%
2024	+48.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	−3.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−0.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+11.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+27.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+40.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+50.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+55.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+54.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+71.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	8.6%	6.2%
2015	7.3%	5.3%
2016	5.7%	4.9%
2017	4.8%	4.4%
2018	4.6%	3.9%
2019	4.7%	3.7%
2020	12.3%	8.1%
2021	6.3%	5.4%
2022	4.4%	3.7%
2023	4.3%	3.6%
2024	4.0%	4.0%
2025	4.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	17.0%	15.5%
2015	14.5%	14.7%
2016	15.9%	14.0%
2017	15.1%	13.4%
2018	14.7%	13.1%
2019	16.3%	12.3%
2020	12.0%	11.9%
2021	13.7%	12.8%
2022	13.9%	12.6%
2023	15.8%	12.5%
2024	15.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	13.7%	13.5%
2015	10.9%	10.9%
2016	10.4%	10.0%
2017	11.4%	10.2%
2018	10.5%	10.4%
2019	10.6%	10.8%
2020	12.5%	10.4%
2021	10.3%	10.2%
2022	9.5%	9.5%
2023	7.8%	9.5%
2024	7.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Forest County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	5.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.0/1k	16.6/1k

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Improved9

Declined1

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Improved9

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