118,331 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.2% since 2020)
512 square miles of land · 231 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.
17 active community water systems list Sheboygan County in the area they serve, reporting 88,631 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SHEBOYGAN WATER UTILITIES surface water · local government · WI4600354 | 49,931 served |
| PLYMOUTH UTILITIES groundwater · local government · WI4600446 | 8,964 served |
| SHEBOYGAN FALLS UTILITIES buys surface water · local government · WI4600455 | 8,687 served |
| SHEBOYGAN TN WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4600403 | 4,596 served |
| OOSTBURG WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4600445 | 3,110 served |
| KOHLER WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · WI4600444 | 2,271 served |
| CEDAR GROVE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4600437 | 2,213 served |
| RANDOM LAKE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4600355 | 1,594 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 285 people were held in Sheboygan County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 268.
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.
9 school districts have their office in Sheboygan County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $154.5 million — $136.9 million to run schools, about $14,443 per student, plus $4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $36.1 million local (mostly property tax), $110.2 million state, $23.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $37.1 million.
Spent $34.1 million — $27.8 million to run schools, about $13,170 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.7 million local (mostly property tax), $19.3 million state, $3.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $33.5 million.
Spent $27.9 million — $21.8 million to run schools, about $13,808 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.3 million local (mostly property tax), $16.1 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.8 million.
Spent $14.8 million — $12.7 million to run schools, about $12,604 per student, plus $101,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.1 million local (mostly property tax), $8.9 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.2 million.
Spent $15.8 million — $12.6 million to run schools, about $13,663 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10 million local (mostly property tax), $7.2 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.8 million.
Spent $24.3 million — $16 million to run schools, about $17,619 per student, plus $5.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.3 million local (mostly property tax), $8.8 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $42.8 million.
Spent $22.3 million — $8.5 million to run schools, about $11,962 per student, plus $12.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.1 million state, $674,000 federal. Long-term debt: $19.8 million.
Spent $13.7 million — $10 million to run schools, about $14,537 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.4 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.5 million.
And 1 more.
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 Sheboygan County about $36.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
239 bridges in Sheboygan County: 84 in good condition, 143 fair, and 12 poor (5.0%). “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.
| LRD S STAFFORD ST over MULLET RIVER · built 1920 | 790 vehicles a day |
| CTH PP over BR MULLET RIVER · built 1954 | 480 vehicles a day |
| CTH TT over SHEBOYGAN RIVER · built 1958 | 352 vehicles a day |
| CTH S over MINK CREEK · built 1922 | 330 vehicles a day |
| CTH OO over ONION RIVER · built 1931 | 300 vehicles a day |
| CTH M over MULLET RIVER · built 1954 | 180 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $13.7 million of work in Sheboygan County in fiscal 2025, about $116 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 Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Ozaukee County (17 mi) · Manitowoc County (30 mi) · Calumet County (34 mi) · Washington County (35 mi) · Fond du Lac County (38 mi) · Brown County (52 mi).