Wisconsin counties quiz

The 72 counties in the quiz

They’re the 72 counties of Wisconsin, as counted by the US Census Bureau. The state capital, Madison, is in Dane County.

How to play

In Point mode we name a county and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its size rank and its neighbors.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

The smallest counties are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: Pepin (232 sq mi), Ozaukee (233 sq mi), and Milwaukee (241 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

And watch out for look-alike names: Green and Green Lake; Marinette and Marquette.

Tips to learn them

• The 10 counties bordering Minnesota trace that border on the map: Buffalo, Burnett, Douglas, La Crosse, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix, Trempealeau, and Vernon.
• Price has the most neighbors: it borders 8 counties. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.
• Milwaukee is the most populous (924,216 people in 2025) and, together with Dane and Waukesha, is home to 32% of Wisconsin’s people.

Playing in class

If you teach in Wisconsin, start with your school’s county and its neighbors and add a few each day. Otherwise, it’s a good way to get to know the state before studying it.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 72 counties

1. Adams pop. 21,752
2. Ashland pop. 16,203
3. Barron pop. 46,484
4. Bayfield pop. 16,787
5. Brown pop. 275,803
6. Buffalo pop. 13,318
7. Burnett pop. 17,223
8. Calumet pop. 53,982
9. Chippewa pop. 67,614
10. Clark pop. 35,052
11. Columbia pop. 58,132
12. Crawford pop. 15,910
13. Dane pop. 590,375
14. Dodge pop. 89,097
15. Door pop. 30,616
16. Douglas pop. 43,990
17. Dunn pop. 46,223
18. Eau Claire pop. 109,033
19. Florence pop. 4,748
20. Fond du Lac pop. 104,669
21. Forest pop. 9,574
22. Grant pop. 52,446
23. Green pop. 37,227
24. Green Lake pop. 19,305
25. Iowa pop. 23,951
26. Iron pop. 6,127
27. Jackson pop. 20,999
28. Jefferson pop. 86,505
29. Juneau pop. 26,649
30. Kenosha pop. 168,448
31. Kewaunee pop. 20,758
32. La Crosse pop. 121,339
33. Lafayette pop. 17,478
34. Langlade pop. 19,534
35. Lincoln pop. 28,403
36. Manitowoc pop. 81,710
37. Marathon pop. 139,432
38. Marinette pop. 42,574
39. Marquette pop. 15,927
40. Menominee pop. 4,199
41. Milwaukee pop. 924,216
42. Monroe pop. 46,572
43. Oconto pop. 40,195
44. Oneida pop. 38,131
45. Outagamie pop. 195,894
46. Ozaukee pop. 94,346
47. Pepin pop. 7,513
48. Pierce pop. 43,519
49. Polk pop. 45,803
50. Portage pop. 71,943
51. Price pop. 13,988
52. Racine pop. 198,919
53. Richland pop. 17,036
54. Rock pop. 166,472
55. Rusk pop. 14,146
56. Sauk pop. 66,652
57. Sawyer pop. 18,846
58. Shawano pop. 41,560
59. Sheboygan pop. 118,047
60. St. Croix pop. 98,276
61. Taylor pop. 20,118
62. Trempealeau pop. 31,171
63. Vernon pop. 31,443
64. Vilas pop. 23,761
65. Walworth pop. 106,127
66. Washburn pop. 17,087
67. Washington pop. 139,238
68. Waukesha pop. 417,210
69. Waupaca pop. 51,461
70. Waushara pop. 25,223
71. Winnebago pop. 174,218
72. Wood pop. 74,060