Healthy People Wood County
2024 Year in Review
Check out the progress HPWC made in 2024 toward addressing the challenges identified in the 2020-2024 Community Health Improvement Plan
2025-2027 Community Health Improvement Plan is Live!
Check out our plan to building a healthier future!
Building a Healthier Future
We heard from you… these are the top health priorities in Wood County:
Substance Use
Built Environment
Housing
Transportation
Access to Care
Oral health
Health services
Mental Health
Financial Security
Affordable childcare
Jobs with livable wages & benefits
Enough money for basic needs
Healthy People Wood County (HPWC)
is a partnership of residents, hospitals, nonprofits, businesses, public health officials, and schools, all working together to improve community health. 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 91% of our county identifies as White, we are home to strong Amish, Hispanic, Hmong, and Native 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, & Wood County boasts the most acres.