Healthy People Wood County
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Healthy People Wood County (HPWC)
is a partnership of residents, hospitals, nonprofits, businesses, public health officials, and schools, all aligning our energy to fight complex health problems together. Alone, none of us can overcome the challenges our communities face. Together, we can achieve progress.
793
74,207
Total Population
Wood County
Square Miles
37% Rural
63% Urban
Wood County, Wisconsin, is home to 74,207 people and is located in the exact geographic center of Wisconsin. Our county is more rural than the state overall.
Though 94% of our county identifies as White, we are home to strong Amish, Hispanic, Hmong, and Native American communities.
Wood County is part of treaty land that has been claimed historically by multiple tribes, including the Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe, and Menominee Nations. Much of the land was taken through federal government treaties.
Most of the nation's cranberries come from Wisconsin, and Wood County boasts the most acres.