Richland County, Wisconsin

Richland County
Richland County
	U.S. county
	Richland County Courthouse
	Location within the U.S. state of Wisconsin
	; Wisconsin's location within the U.S.;
	Coordinates: 43°23′N 90°26′W / 43.38°N 90.43°W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
Founded	1850
Seat	Richland Center
Largest city	Richland Center
Area
• Total	589 sq mi (1,530 km2)
• Land	586 sq mi (1,520 km2)
• Water	3.1 sq mi (8 km2) 0.5%%
Population (2010)
• Total	18,021
• Density	31/sq mi (12/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts	2nd, 3rd
Website	co.richland.wi.us/index.shtml

Richland County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, 17,924 people lived there. Its county seat is Richland Center.^[1]

Geography[change | change source]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1900	19,483	—
1910	18,809	−3.5%
1920	19,823	5.4%
1930	19,525	−1.5%
1940	20,381	4.4%
1950	19,245	−5.6%
1960	17,684	−8.1%
1970	17,079	−3.4%
1980	17,476	2.3%
1990	17,521	0.3%
2000	17,924	2.3%
2010	18,021	0.5%
WI Counties 1900-1990

The county has a total area of 589 square miles (1,530 km²). Of this 586 square miles (1,520 km²) is land and 3 square miles (7.8 km²) (0.54%) is water.