- Admitted to Union: May 29, 1848 as the 30th State
- Capital: Madison (otherwise known as a near utopia...thanks to statewide taxpayer $$ in the hundreds of millions from middle class and poor folks poured into the city over the years) https://www.nbc15.com/2022/07/20/madison-found-one-best-places-live-us-according-data/
- Highest Elevation: Timms Hill (Price County) 1,951.5 feet
- Population (2020): 5.89M, Washington (2020): 7.71M
- German is the most common ancestry in every county in the state, except Menominee, Trempealeau, and Vernon. No wonder they are a state known for manufacturing prowess and beer!
- Largest City (2020): Milwaukee: 577,000
- Land Area: 34.8 million acres
- Water Area: 1.13 million acres
- State Parks: 60,570 acres
- State Forests: 471,329 acres
- Length: 320 miles
- Width: 295 miles
- Largest Inland Lake: Lake Winnebago - 30 miles long, 10 miles wide at widest point.
- Deepest Inland Lake: Green Lake - 236 feet at deepest point.
- Nearly 21 million gallons of ice cream are consumed by Wisconsinites each year.
- Wisconsin is a leading producer of Ginseng in the United States.
- Green Bay is known as the "Toilet Paper Capital" of the world.
- The first ice cream sundae was concocted in Two Rivers in 1881.
- The Fox River is one of the few rivers in the nation that flows north.
- Practically all the natural lakes in Wisconsin have resulted from glaciers.
- According to Wisconsin stories, Wisconsin contains more ghosts per square mile than any other state in the nation.
- American Birkebeiner, the largest cross country ski race in the US, brings upwards of 5,000 competitors to Cable.
- The largest experimental aviation event in the world is the EAA Fly-In at Oshkosh.
- Sun Prairie's sweet corn festival is one of the largest of its kind in the nation.
- It takes an average of 100 hours of fishing to catch a 33.4 inch muskie.
- The first circus in the US was in Delavan, Wisconsin.
- Sheboygan is the "Bratwurst Capital" of the world.
- More than 800,000 deer roam Wisconsin woods.
- Almost 1/3 of all Americans live within a 500 mile radius of Wisconsin/
- Door County has more shoreline than any other county in the US - over 250 miles.
- If all of the hunter's on opening day of deer season in Wisconsin were grouped together, they would comprise the sixth largest army in the world.
Statistics and Fun Facts About Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society
Check out some vital statistics and fun facts about Wisconsin
For my leftist friends who are obsessed with such things (and usually live in all-white cities/neighborhoods...go figure...lol)...talking to you loyal, CougEd, and willie...
Ethnic composition as of the 2020 census hide
| Race and Ethnicity[85] | Alone | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 78.6% | | 81.9% | |
| Hispanic or Latino[a] | — | 7.6% | | |
| African American (non-Hispanic) | 6.2% | | 7.3% | |
| Asian | 3.0% | | 3.6% | |
| Native American | 0.8% | | 2.0% | |
| Pacific Islander | 0.03% | | 0.1% | |
| Other | 0.3% | | 1.1% | |
