41,299 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.1% since 2020)
893 square miles of land · 46 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
11 active community water systems list Shawano County in the area they serve, reporting 20,438 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SHAWANO WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4590456 | 9,610 served |
| SHAWANO LK SAN DIST 1 groundwater · local government · WI4590457 | 4,950 served |
| BONDUEL WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4590450 | 1,475 served |
| WITTENBERG WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4590465 | 1,200 served |
| BIRNAMWOOD WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4590449 | 832 served |
| TIGERTON WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4590462 | 705 served |
| GRESHAM WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4590454 | 534 served |
| MATTOON WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4590455 | 450 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 139 people were held in Shawano County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 146.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
6 school districts have their office in Shawano County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $35.9 million — $29.7 million to run schools, about $13,282 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.9 million local (mostly property tax), $24.3 million state, $4.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.9 million.
Spent $18.1 million — $15.2 million to run schools, about $13,140 per student, plus $337,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.3 million local (mostly property tax), $10.6 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.3 million.
Spent $26.5 million — $11.9 million to run schools, about $16,028 per student, plus $12.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.6 million local (mostly property tax), $7 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.6 million.
Spent $10.6 million — $6.5 million to run schools, about $21,032 per student, plus $2.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2 million local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $3 million.
Spent $6.4 million — $5.3 million to run schools, about $17,817 per student, plus $77,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.1 million local (mostly property tax), $3.2 million state, $952,000 federal. Long-term debt: $6.3 million.
Spent $5.4 million — $4.3 million to run schools, about $16,792 per student, plus $97,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $812,000 federal. Long-term debt: $420,000.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Shawano County about $26.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
155 bridges in Shawano County: 65 in good condition, 76 fair, and 14 poor (9.0%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| CTH Q over M BR EMBARRASS RIVER · built 1940 | 1,500 vehicles a day |
| CTH D over EMBARRASS RIVER · built 1950 | 1,150 vehicles a day |
| CTH M over S BR EMBARRASS RIVER · built 1939 | 603 vehicles a day |
| CTH OO over S BR EMBARASS RIVER · built 1966 | 390 vehicles a day |
| LRD SPRING BROOK R over S BR EMBARRASS RIVER · built 1981 | 235 vehicles a day |
| LRD LANDSTAD RD over E BR SHIOC RIVER · built 1918 | 152 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $14.1 million of work in Shawano County in fiscal 2025, about $345 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Wisconsin are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Shawano County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Shawano County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Menominee County (15 mi) · Waupaca County (24 mi) · Outagamie County (29 mi) · Oconto County (30 mi) · Langlade County (36 mi) · Portage County (42 mi).