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Portage County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Named after
- the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers
- Seat
- Stevens Point
- Largest city
- Stevens Point
- Total
- 823 sq mi (2,130 km )
- Land
- 801 sq mi (2,070 km )
- Water
- 22 sq mi (57 km ) 2.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 71,943
- Density
- 87.9/sq mi (33.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .co .portage .wi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Stevens Point
- Capital
- Stevens Point
- Population
- 70377
- Area
- 2131
- Shares border with
- Wood County
- Official website
- www.co.portage.wi.us
- Image
- Portage County Courthouse, Stevens Point, Wisconsin.jpg
- Households
- 28912
Show 8 more facts
- water as percent of area
- 2.7
- native label
- Portage County
- Commons category
- Portage County, Wisconsin
- topic's main category
- Category:Portage County, Wisconsin
- inception
- 1836-12-07
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Portage County, Wisconsin
- different from
- Portage County
- per capita income
- 32268
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Encyclopedic overview
Portage County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 70,377. Its county seat is Stevens Point.
Portage County comprises the Stevens Point, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Portage County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.