A closer look at Wisconsin's population loss: Langlade County

The population of Langlade County grew rapidly from the late 19th into the early 20th centuries, the result of a thriving lumber industry.  Like other northern Wisconsin counties, "the need to supply lumber for a growing nation, and the lack of sound forest management, resulted in over harvest of the forests and degradation of the landscape." (Langlade County Comprehensive Plan 2009, page 20.)  Its population peaked in 1940 at 23,227.  Since then it's been more down than up.  During the 1st decade and a half of the 21st century, the county's population has decreased 7.3%

Source:  Wikipedia + U.S. Census Bureau (2015)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

As of July 1, 2014, 22.2% of Langlade County's population is 65 and over compared to a state average of 15.2%.  Its 0-to-4 demographic is 5.0% compared to Wisconsin's 5.9%.  

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