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Demographics of Fond Du Lac County
Affluence Level in Fond Du Lac County
A middle-class area roughly in line with national averages across income, home values, education, and employment.
People of Fond Du Lac County
Fond du Lac County, home to 104,053 residents as of 2024, is one of Wisconsin's most culturally and demographically stable areas. 86.6% of the population identifies as White, and only 2.0% are foreign-born, giving the county a strong German-American and Yankee heritage that still shapes its small-town character and conservative political leanings. The county's largest city, Fond du Lac, anchors a region of family farms, manufacturing employers, and tight-knit villages where the median age trends older than the state average and the cost of living remains below the national norm. For relocation-minded families and individuals, this is a place where community roots run deep, economic opportunity is steady but not booming, and cultural change arrives slowly.
Settlement & growth (pre-1960)
Long before European settlement, the land around Lake Winnebago — which forms the county's eastern boundary — was home to the Menominee, Ho-Chunk, and Potawatomi peoples. The first Europeans were French fur traders and missionaries who established a presence along the Fond du Lac River in the late 1600s, though they left no permanent settlements. The area passed to British control after 1763 and then to the United States following the War of 1812. American settlement began in earnest after the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, which forced the last Native claims from
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