Editing Sheboygan, Wisconsin

{{About|the city|the adjacent town|Sheboygan (town), Wisconsin|the city in Michigan|Cheboygan, Michigan|other places|Sheboygan (disambiguation)}}
{{See also|Cheboygan (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Sheboygan, Wisconsin
| settlement_type                 = [[City]]
| image_skyline                   = File:Sheboygan City Hall 2019.jpg
| imagesize                       = 250px
| image_caption                   = Sheboygan City Hall
| image_flag                      = 
| image_seal                      = City of Sheboygan Logo.png
| seal_size                       = 150px
| nickname                        = "Malibu of the Midwest",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.travelwisconsin.com/article/canoeing-kayaking-sup/article/canoeing-kayaking-sup/surfing-in-sheboygan-the-malibu-of-the-midwest#:~:text=Wisconsin%20surfing!,the%20northeast%20or%20west%20southwest |title=Surfing in Sheboygan: The Malibu of the Midwest |date=August 22, 2012 |publisher=Travel Wisconsin |access-date=July 2, 2020}}</ref><br />"Bratwurst Capital of the World",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitsheboygan.com/eat/the-bratwurst-oath |title=Brat Capital of the World |publisher=Sheboygan County Chamber Tourism |access-date=January 22, 2015 |archive-date=January 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123050559/http://www.visitsheboygan.com/eat/the-bratwurst-oath |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />"The City of Cheese, Chairs, Children & Churches"<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hampson|first1=Rich|title=Welcome to City of Cheese, Chairs, Children and Churches|url=https://apnews.com/fc9189f4d4988a1cba2aa0979f47c0e7|work=Associated Press News}}</ref>
| motto                           = 
| image_map                       = File:Sheboygan County Wisconsin Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sheboygan Highlighted.svg
| map_caption                     = Location of Sheboygan in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
| pushpin_map = Wisconsin#USA
| pushpin_label = Sheboygan
| pushpin_relief = yes
| coordinates                     = {{coord|43|45|0|N|87|43|30|W|region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes           = 
| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in Wisconsin|Counties]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Wisconsin]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Sheboygan County, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]]
| established_title               = Settled
| established_date                = 1780s
| established_title2              = 
| established_date2               = 
| established_title3              = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] (city)
| established_date3               = {{Start date and age|1853|03|19}}
| founder                         = 
| named_for                       = 
| government_type                 = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–council]]
| governing_body                  = Common Council
| leader_party                    = 
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = Ryan Sorenson<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryan Sorenson is officially Sheboygan's youngest-ever mayor after being sworn in by a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice |url=https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/2021/04/20/sheboygan-mayor-ryan-sorenson-sworn-in-felde-voted-council-president/7258116002/ |access-date=April 21, 2021 |publisher=Sheboygan Press |date=April 20, 2021}}</ref>
| leader_title1                   = [[City manager|City Administrator]]
| leader_name1                    = Casey Bradley
| unit_pref                       = Imperial
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_55.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_magnitude                  = 
| area_total_km2                  = 41.00
| area_total_sq_mi                = 15.83
| area_land_km2                   = 40.51
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 15.64
| area_water_km2                  = 0.49
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.19
| area_water_percent              = 
| area_urban_km2                  = 
| area_urban_sq_mi                = 
| area_metro_km2                  = 
| area_metro_sq_mi                = 
| population_total                = 49929
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_metro                = 118,034
| population_rank                 = 
| population_note                 = 
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP Code]]s
| postal_code                     = 53081–53083
| area_code                       = [[Area code 920|920]]
| area_code_type                  = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area codes]]
| website                         = {{URL|sheboyganwi.gov}}
| footnotes                       = 
| leader_title2                   = [[City clerk|City Clerk]]
| leader_name2                    = Meredith DeBruin
| timezone                        = [[Central Standard Time|Central]]
| utc_offset                      = −6
| timezone_DST                    = [[Central Daylight Time|Central]]
| utc_offset_DST                  = −5
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 55-72975
| pop_est_footnotes               = <ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
| population_density_sq_mi        = 3066.82
| population_density_km2          = 1184.14
}}

'''Sheboygan''' ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ɪ|ˈ|b|ɔɪ|g|ə|n|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Sheboygan.wav}}) is a city in [[Sheboygan County, Wisconsin]], United States, and its [[county seat]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The population was 49,929 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Sheboygan [[Metropolitan statistical area|metropolitan area]], which has a population of 118,034. The city is located on the western shore of [[Lake Michigan]] at the mouth of the [[Sheboygan River]], about {{convert|50|mi|0|abbr=off|sp=us}} north of [[Milwaukee]] and {{convert|64|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]].

==History==
[[File:Sheboygan Civil War Monument Wisconsin 2020-1235.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The Sheboygan Civil War Monument, located in Fountain Park]]
Before its [[Human settlement|settlement]] by [[European Americans]], the Sheboygan area was home to [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], including members of the [[Potawatomi]], [[Chippewa]], [[Ottawa (tribe)|Ottawa]], [[Ho-Chunk|Winnebago]], and [[Menominee]] tribes.<ref>{{cite book |last=Buchanan |first=Gustave |title=Historic Sheboygan County |year=1944 |page=37}}</ref>{{self-published source|date=August 2018}} In the Menominee language, the place is known as ''Sāpīwǣhekaneh,'' "at a hearing distance in the woods".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www4.uwsp.edu/museum/menomineeClans/places/chart.aspx|title=Menominee Place Names in Wisconsin|last=Hoffman|first=Mike|website=The Menominee Clans Story|access-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref> The Menominee ceded this land to the United States in the 1831 [[Treaty of Washington, with Menominee (1831)|Treaty of Washington]].<ref>[https://data.glifwc.org/ceded/reference.maps/Wisconsin1.Map64.png Ceded territories map], Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission ([[Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission|GLIFWC]]), [https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=hornbeck_ind_1 Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology - 1896-97, Part 2] by J. W. Powell, Charles C. Royce, and Cyrus Thomas, 1899, page 728 (page 217 of the pdf)</ref> Following the treaty, the land became available for sale to American settlers. Migrants from [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Michigan]], and [[New England]] were among the first new Americans to settle this area in the 1830s, though the French had been present in the region since the 17th century and had [[Métis|intermarried]] with local people. One 19th century [[settler]] remarked: "Nearly all the settlers were from the New England states and New York."<ref>{{cite book |editor=Carl Zillier |title=History of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Past and Present. Vol. 1 |location=Chicago |publisher=S. J. Clarke |year=1912 |page=129 |url=http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wch/id/50735}}</ref> [[Lumbering]] was the first major industry, as trees were harvested and shipped to [[Eastern United States|eastern markets]] through the [[Great Lakes]].

Although Sheboygan was officially [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] in 1846,<ref>{{cite book |author=J. E. Leberman |url=http://www.sheboyganhistory.com/1946/leberman1946.htm |title=One Hundred Years of Sheboygan, 1846–1946 |location=Sheboygan, Wis. |year=1946}}</ref> much of the town had been [[surveying|platted]] in 1836, when [[real estate investor|property investors]] laid out more than one thousand lots.<ref>{{cite news |title=Speculation! Speculation! |work=Rutland Herald |date=May 17, 1836}}</ref>

By 1849, a wave of [[liberalism|liberal]], [[middle-class]] immigration triggered by the [[revolutions of 1848 in the German states|revolutions of 1848]] had made the community known for its [[German diaspora|German]] population. As Major William Williams wrote on June 26, 1849: "Arrived at Sheboigin {{sic}} on the Wisconsin side, a small town, population purhaps {{sic}} from 700 to 1000. This is a promising place. There are a great many best class of Germans settling around it. 'Tis all along this Lake so far quite an interesting country."<ref>William Williams. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20150123234346/http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4072&context=annals-of-iowa Major William Williams' Journal of a Trip to Iowa in 1849]", ''Annals of Iowa'' vol. 12, no. 4 (1920): 242-281.</ref> Between 1840 and 1890, [[Protestant]] [[Dutch people|Dutch]] immigrants also settled in the area,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=11062&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=people&letter=D |title=Wisconsin's Cultural Resource Study Units |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |access-date=April 13, 2014}}</ref> as did [[Irish people|Irish]] refugees fleeing the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine]].{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} A neighborhood in northwestern Sheboygan (between Martin Avenue and Alexander Court) was settled by [[Slovenians|Slovenian]] immigrants and acquired the name ''[[Ljubljana|Laibach]]''; it was also known as ''Vollrath's Division''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Everybody Is Invited |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65462380/laibach-sheboygan/ |work=The Sheboygan Press |date=August 29, 1914 |location=Sheboygan, WI |page=5 |access-date=December 17, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Get a Spanferkel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65462287/laibach-sheboygan/ |work=The Sheboygan Press |date=October 9, 1915 |location=Sheboygan, WI |page=5 |access-date=December 17, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Research Center Uncovers the Mystery of Laibach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65462163/laibach-sheboygan/ |work=The Sheboygan Press |date=November 25, 2017 |location=Sheboygan, WI |page=A1 |access-date=December 17, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> According to a local [[Optimist International|Optimist]] member's account in 1963, in 1887 Sheboygan adopted a [[sundown town]] ordinance, banning African Americans from living there, though city leaders denied that any such ordinance was in effect.<ref>{{cite news|title=City Must Prepare To Welcome Negroes Into Community: Hildahl|work=[[The Sheboygan Press]]|location=Sheboygan, Wisconsin|date=September 27, 1963|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29373403/|via=Newspapers.com|quote=One Optimist claimed that loan requirements of the [[Federal Housing Administration|Federal Home and Housing Agency]] will force Sheboygan to sell homes to Negroes 'and when that happens the lid is going to blow off.' The same Optimist asserted that present city officials deny that Sheboygan has an ordinance preventing Negroes from living in Sheboygan. But, he claimed, Sheboygan adopted such an ordinance in 1887 – 'that no Negroes will be housed in Sheboygan – and it is still on the books.'}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=From 'Go Home' to 'Welcome Home' for local man|first=Miller|last=Jozwiak|work=The Sheboygan Press|location=Sheboygan, Wisconsin|date=July 11, 2016|pages=1A–2A|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29373646/|via=Newspapers.com|quote=[[James W. Loewen|[James] Loewen]]'s testimonies are remembered, secondary accounts. The Sheboygan Press archives also tell a story of discriminatory local discourse and policy. The very rumor of a sundown ordinance prompted then-Mayor John Bolgert in 1959 to outright deny that Sheboygan had any sundown laws. He cited as proof that black people were able to live in the city when they were playing baseball for the local minor league team. The same story reported a local pastor as saying there was no prejudice toward black people because there were none here.}}</ref>

In the spring of 1898, Sheboygan elected [[Fred C. Haack]] and [[August L. Mohr]] as [[aldermen]], making them the first two [[Social Democracy of America|Social Democratic Party]] candidates to be elected to public office in the United States. Haack had originally been elected in 1897 as a member of the [[Populist Party (United States)|Populist Party]] but joined the Social Democrats after they organized locally. Haack served as alderman for sixteen years before moving to [[Milwaukee]] and being elected as a Socialist alderman there. At the 
1932 [[Socialist Party (United States)|Socialist Party]] convention, Haack received recognition as the first Socialist officeholder in America.<ref>{{cite book |author=Elmer A. Beck |title=The Sewer Socialists |location=Fennimore, Wis. |publisher=Westburg Associates |year=1982 |page=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Former Sheboygan Alderman is Laid to Rest |newspaper=Sheboygan Press |date=August 4, 1944}}</ref>

In the early 20th century, many [[Greeks|Orthodox Greeks]], Catholic Slavs and [[Lithuanian people|Lithuanian]]s immigrated to Sheboygan. In the late 20th century, [[Hmong people|Hmong]] refugees from [[Laos]] and [[Southeast Asia]] settled there.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|15.83|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|15.64|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.19|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="gaz2020">{{cite web|title=2020 Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.2020.html |website=census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 5, 2022}}</ref> It is located at latitude 43°45' north, longitude 87°44' west.

===Climate===
Sheboygan has a warm-summer [[humid continental climate]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=91037&cityname=Sheboygan%2C+Wisconsin%2C+United+States+of+America&units=us|title=Sheboygan, Wisconsin climate summary|publisher=Weatherbase|access-date=August 9, 2015}}</ref> typical of Wisconsin. In spite of its position on [[Lake Michigan]] there are vast temperature differences between seasons, although it is somewhat moderated compared with areas farther inland.

{{Weather box
|location = Sheboygan, Wisconsin (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1899–present)
|width=auto
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 62
|Feb record high F = 63
|Mar record high F = 82
|Apr record high F = 92
|May record high F = 94
|Jun record high F = 102
|Jul record high F = 108
|Aug record high F = 107
|Sep record high F = 101
|Oct record high F = 90
|Nov record high F = 79
|Dec record high F = 65
|year record high F = 108
|Jan high F = 30.3
|Feb high F = 33.3
|Mar high F = 42.2
|Apr high F = 52.2
|May high F = 63.2
|Jun high F = 74.3
|Jul high F = 81.9
|Aug high F = 80.1
|Sep high F = 72.4
|Oct high F = 59.4
|Nov high F = 46.5
|Dec high F = 35.6
|year high F = 55.9
|Jan mean F = 22.5
|Feb mean F = 25.3
|Mar mean F = 34.2
|Apr mean F = 44.0
|May mean F = 54.6
|Jun mean F = 65.1
|Jul mean F = 72.3
|Aug mean F = 71.0
|Sep mean F = 63.7
|Oct mean F = 50.9
|Nov mean F = 38.8
|Dec mean F = 28.5
|year mean F = 47.6
|Jan low F = 14.7
|Feb low F = 17.3
|Mar low F = 26.2
|Apr low F = 35.8
|May low F = 46.0
|Jun low F = 55.9
|Jul low F = 62.6
|Aug low F = 61.9
|Sep low F = 55.0
|Oct low F = 42.4
|Nov low F = 31.1
|Dec low F = 21.5
|year low F = 39.2
|Jan record low F = -26
|Feb record low F = -25
|Mar record low F = -12
|Apr record low F = 10
|May record low F = 23
|Jun record low F = 34
|Jul record low F = 43
|Aug record low F = 37
|Sep record low F = 28
|Oct record low F = 14
|Nov record low F = -5
|Dec record low F = -21
|year record low F = -26
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.09
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.72
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.06
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.55
|May precipitation inch = 3.70
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.01
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.17
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.03
|Sep precipitation inch = 2.69
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.21
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.39
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.06
|year precipitation inch = 34.68
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 10.7
|Feb precipitation days = 8.5
|Mar precipitation days = 9.7
|Apr precipitation days = 11.7
|May precipitation days = 12.5
|Jun precipitation days = 11.5
|Jul precipitation days = 10.6
|Aug precipitation days = 9.6
|Sep precipitation days = 9.5
|Oct precipitation days = 10.6
|Nov precipitation days = 10.7
|Dec precipitation days = 9.8
|year precipitation days = 125.4
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name = nws>
{{cite web
| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=mkx
| title = NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = June 15, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00477725&format=pdf
| title = Station: Sheboygan, WI
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = June 15, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 4262
|1870= 5310
|1880= 7314
|1890= 16359
|1900= 22962
|1910= 26398
|1920= 30955
|1930= 39251
|1940= 40638
|1950= 42365
|1960= 45747
|1970= 49246
|1980= 48085
|1990= 49718
|2000= 50792
|2010= 49288
|2020= 49929
|estyear= 
|estimate= 
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sheboygancitywisconsin/PST045219|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 13, 2021}}</ref><br /> [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref>https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sheboygancitywisconsin/PST045219 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Sheboygan city, Wisconsin – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Sheboygan city, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US5572975&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Sheboygan city, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US5572975&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Sheboygan city, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US5572975&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|43,189
|38,102
|style='background: #ffffe6; |34,418
|85.03%
|77.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68.93%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|410
|832
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,557
|0.81%
|1.69%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.12%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|198
|209
|style='background: #ffffe6; |190
|0.39%
|0.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|3,266
|4,412
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,495
|6.43%
|8.95%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11.01%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|4
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|0.01%
|0.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|23
|31
|style='background: #ffffe6; |160
|0.05%
|0.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.32%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|668
|824
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,864
|1.32%
|1.67%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.73%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|3,034
|4,866
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,229
|5.97%
|9.87%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.48%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''50,792'''
|'''49,288'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''49,929'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|census of 2020]],<ref name="2020-census-5572975">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census: Sheboygan city, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US5572975&y=2020&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29 |website=data.census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 5, 2022}}</ref> the population was 49,929. The [[population density]] was {{convert|3,192.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 22,605 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,445.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 72.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 3.3% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.8% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 7.9% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 12.5% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race and 68.9% [[Non-Hispanic White]].

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 18, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 49,288 people, 20,308 households, and 12,219 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|3528.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 22,339 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1599.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 82.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 9.0% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 3.6% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.9% of the population.
 
There were 20,308 households, of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.8% were non-families. Of all households 33.4% were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.06.

The median age in the city was 36.2 years. 25.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.2% were from 25 to 44; 24.8% were from 45 to 64; and 13.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.

===Ethnic communities===
{{see|Hmong in Wisconsin}}
In 1976, the first three [[Hmong people|Hmong]] families settled in Sheboygan with the help of local refugee agencies such as the Grace Episcopal Church and Trinity Lutheran Church. They were refugees from [[Laos]]. By 1990, the city had 2,000 residents of Hmong descent, and by December 1999, there were around 5,000 Hmong and [[Hmong American]] residents in Sheboygan, 65% of whom were under the age of 18.<ref name="Kaiser2">Kaiser, Robert L. "[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/12/27/after-25-years-in-us-hmong-still-feel-isolated/ After 25 Years In U.S., Hmong Still Feel Isolated]", ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', December 27, 1999. Retrieved April 14, 2012.</ref>

In 2006, the [[Sheboygan Hmong Memorial]] was installed in the lakefront Deland Park to honor Hmong military and civilian contributions to the [[Laotian Civil War|Secret War]] in [[Laos]]. The 2010 U.S. Census showed the number of Hmong citizens to be around 4,100 people, putting it fourth in Wisconsin for Hmong populations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/entertainment/2015/04/15/history-program-spotlights-sheboygans-hmong-community/25825499/|title=History program spotlights Sheboygan's Hmong community|newspaper=Sheboygan Press Media|language=en|access-date=January 21, 2017}}</ref> Per the 2022 [[American Community Survey]] five-year estimates, the [[Hmong American]] population was 5,002, the largest Hmong community in Wisconsin after Milwaukee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2022.B02018?q=B02018&g=160XX00US5572975|title=B02018 Total Asian Alone or in Any Combination Population – Sheboygan, Wisconsin – 2022 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|date=July 1, 2022|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 17, 2024}}</ref> They are the second largest ethnic group in Sheboygan after those of German descent.

Sheboygan is known for its large ethnic German population comprising roughly 40% of the population. Per the 2022 American Community Survey five-year estimates, the [[German American]] population was 19,694.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2022.B04006?t=Ancestry&g=160XX00US5572975|title=B04006 People Reporting Ancestry – Sheboygan, Wisconsin – 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|date=July 1, 2022|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 17, 2024}}</ref> The [[Mexican American]] population was 4,589 comprising over 80% of the Latino population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=B03001&g=160XX00US5572975|title=B03001 Hispanic or Latino Origin by Specific Origin – Sheyboygan, Wisconsin – 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates – Sheboygan, Wisconsin |date=July 1, 2022 |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=December 10, 2024}}</ref>

==Arts and culture==
[[File:SheboyganWisconsinDowntown2.jpg|thumb|Downtown 8th Street]]

Museums in Sheboygan include the [[Above & Beyond Children's Museum]] and [[Sheboygan County Historical Museum]]. The [[Sheboygan Hmong Memorial]] recognizes the service and sacrifice of the [[Hmong people]] of [[Laos]] who fought for the [[United States]] during the [[Laotian Civil War|Secret War]] from 1961 to 1975, part of the [[Laotian Civil War]]. The monument is located within Deland Park along the [[Lake Michigan]] shoreline of Sheboygan, which contains one of the larger [[Hmong Americans|Hmong communities in the United States]].

In April 1894, the schooner ''Lottie Cooper'' wrecked just off Sheboygan in a [[gale]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Significant Chronology for the Lottie Cooper| url=http://www.baillod.com/shipwreck/projects/sheboygan/chron.htm}}</ref> The wreckage was found buried in the harbor during the construction of the Harbor Centre Marina and is now on display in Deland Park, on Sheboygan's lakefront. The free display is the only one of its kind on the [[Great Lakes]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lottie Cooper (1876) |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |work=Wisconsin Shipwrecks |url=http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/382?region=Index |access-date=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

The [[Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary]], established in 2021 and the site of a large number of historically significant [[shipwreck]]s, lies in the waters of Lake Michigan off Sheboygan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/23/2021-12846/wisconsin-shipwreck-coast-national-marine-sanctuary-designation-final-regulations|title=Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary Designation; Final Regulations|publisher=NOAA via Federal Register|date=June 23, 2021 |access-date=June 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/media/docs/wisconsin-shipwreck-coast-national-marine-sanctuary.pdf National Marine Sanctuaries media document: Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary Accessed 29 June 2021]</ref><ref>[https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-designates-new-national-marine-sanctuary-in-wisconsin-s-lake-michigan NOAA News "NOAA designates new national marine sanctuary in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan," June 22, 2021 Accessed 29 June 2021]</ref>

The [[John Michael Kohler Arts Center]] is a contemporary [[art museum]] and performing arts complex located in Sheboygan. The center preserves and exhibits artist-built environments and contemporary art. In 2021, the center opened the [[Art Preserve]], a satellite museum space dedicated to art environments. 

The city is also home to the historic [[Stefanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts]]. Sheboygan was the home of [[The Chordettes]], a 1950s female group, as well as the thrash metal band [[Morbid Saint]].

===Brat Days===
Sheboygan County is well known for its [[bratwurst]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Sheboygan County Registrar of Deeds| url=http://www.co.sheboygan.wi.us/html/d_regdeeds.html| access-date=March 28, 2006| archive-date=April 13, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060413081414/http://www.co.sheboygan.wi.us/html/d_regdeeds.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> The Sheboygan [[Jaycee]]s sponsor Brat Days, an annual fund-raising festival that includes the [[Johnsonville Foods|Johnsonville]] World Bratwurst Eating Championship.<ref>{{cite web| title=History| publisher=Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce| url=http://www.sheboygan.org/community/history.asp| access-date=March 28, 2006| archive-date=August 12, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060812013450/http://www.sheboygan.org/community/history.asp| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=City asked to abolish brat-eating contest| first=Eric| last=LaRose| date=March 1, 2006 | work=The Sheboygan Press| url=http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060301/SHE0101/603010492/1062| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060612233125/http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20060301%2FSHE0101%2F603010492%2F1062| archive-date=June 12, 2006 }}</ref>

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Sheboygan Beach.jpg|thumb|[[Lake Michigan]] beach at King Park]]

Sheboygan is a notable surfing destination and has been called the "[[Malibu, California|Malibu]] of the Midwest".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/may-2024/escape-to-the-lake/the-malibu-of-the-midwest/ |title=The Malibu of the Midwest |author=Sutton Taylor, Judy |publisher=Chicago magazine |date=April 16, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2025 }}</ref> Sheboygan is considered to be one of the best places to surf in the [[Great Lakes]] region.<ref>{{cite web| title=Only In Your State| date=March 15, 2019| url=https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/wisconsin/surfing-mecca-city-wi/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Red Bull Surfing| website=[[Red Bull]]| url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/sheboygan-surfing-in-wisconsin}}</ref> Sheboygan hosted the annual Dairyland Surf Classic from 1988 to 2012, the largest [[lake surfing]] competition in the world.<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Wisconsin Department of Tourism| title=Dairyland Surf Classic| url=http://www.travelwisconsin.com/event_detail.aspx?eventid=%2014804&menuid=59| access-date=October 16, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210224839/http://www.travelwisconsin.com/event_detail.aspx?eventid=%2014804&menuid=59| archive-date=December 10, 2007| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| publisher=USA Today| title=The world's most surprising surf spots| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2013/08/06/surf-spots-dubai/2621929/|access-date=November 30, 2020}}</ref> Sheboygan's surfing culture was discussed in the 2003 surfing documentary, ''[[Step into Liquid]]''. {{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Notable parks in Sheboygan include [[Ellwood H. May Environmental Park]], the [[Sheboygan Indian Mound Park]], and Quarry Beach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelwisconsin.com/amusement-parks/quarry-beach-200999|title=Quarry Beach {{!}} Travel Wisconsin|website=TravelWisconsin|language=en|access-date=August 29, 2019}}</ref> [[Blue Harbor Resort]] is a resort, [[water park]] and [[conference center]] in Sheboygan located on [[Lake Michigan]] at the mouth of the [[Sheboygan River]]. It opened in June 2004 after being built by [[Great Wolf Resorts]].<ref name=SheboyganPress02212008>[https://archive.today/20070510043840/http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080221/SHE0101/802210558/1973 Losses don't dim future of Blue Harbor, CEO asserts ], February 21, 2008 ''[[Sheboygan Press]]'', Eric Litke; Retrieved April 8, 2008</ref>

===Trails===
The city has a trail along the Highway 23 corridor leading to the Old Plank Road Trail to the west of Sheboygan that uses dedicated paths and bike lanes, along with a lakefront trail between Pennsylvania and Park avenues along Broughton Drive. Several [[bike route]]s are marked in the city using existing streets and roads to demarcate separate [[bike lane]]s. Since 2018, Sheboygan has held a bronze-level [[bicycle-friendly]] community award from the [[League of American Bicyclists]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 6, 2023 |title=Bicycle Friendly Community Report Card: Sheboygan, WI |url=https://bikeleague.org/wp-content/uploads/bfareportcards/bfc/Spring_2023/Sheboygan_WI.pdf |access-date=November 15, 2023 |website=[[League of American Bicyclists]]}}</ref>

A 2013 project created a north-south trail using the former [[Chicago and North Western Transportation Company|Chicago & Northwestern Railroad]] right-of-way known as the "Shoreline 400" between Pennsylvania and North avenues, with future expansion to the south planned. A 2016 project added a trail along the Taylor Drive corridor, and improvements to the south to allow an eventual connection to the [[Ozaukee Interurban Trail]] are proposed for a future date.

== Government ==
[[File:Sheboygan County Courthouse 2018.jpg|thumb|Sheboygan County Courthouse]]

===Local government===
{{see also|List of mayors of Sheboygan, Wisconsin}}
Sheboygan has a [[mayor–council]] form of government. The full-time mayor is elected by general election for a term of four years, with no term limits and to an officially [[non-partisan]] position. The Common Council consists of ten alderpersons representing the city's ten aldermanic districts with a council president and vice-president presiding over them.<ref>Sheboygan Charter Ord. No. 1-15-16.</ref> A City Administrator oversees the day-to-day administration of the city and is appointed by the Common Council.

Sheboygan's 1916-built City Hall was remodeled throughout 2018 and into 2019, being re-dedicated on September 3, 2019, with a new north frontage becoming the building's new main entrance and making the building's vintage three-story staircase its most prominent feature within a new atrium.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/2018/06/07/sheboygan-city-hall-10-5-million-renovation-long-time-coming/679072002/|title=Sheboygan City Hall $10.5 million renovation a long time coming|last=Bennett|first=McLean|date=June 7, 2018|work=Sheboygan Press|access-date=July 7, 2018}}</ref>
 
The Sheboygan Police Department is the law enforcement agency in the city. Civil and criminal law cases are heard in the Sheboygan County Circuit Court, with municipal citations for Sheboygan and Kohler handled through the city's municipal court within the police headquarters building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheboyganwi.gov/departments/municipal-court/|title=Municipal Court|publisher=City of Sheboygan|access-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref> The Sheboygan Fire Department provides fire suppression and emergency medical services, operating out of five fire stations throughout the city.

===State and federal representation===
Sheboygan is represented in the Wisconsin State Assembly as part of both the [[Wisconsin's 26th Assembly district|26th]] ([[Terry Katsma]], R&ndash;[[Oostburg, Wisconsin|Oostburg]]) and [[Wisconsin's 27th Assembly district|27th]] ([[Tyler Vorpagel]], R&ndash;[[Plymouth, Wisconsin|Plymouth]]) districts, whose boundaries split the city along Geele Avenue from the west until North 18th Street, then Superior Avenue from North 18th Street to Lake Michigan. The city is also represented in the State Senate as part of the [[Wisconsin Senate, District 9|9th district]] ([[Devin LeMahieu]], R&ndash;Oostburg).

Sheboygan is in the [[Wisconsin's 6th congressional district|6th congressional district]] of Wisconsin, which is represented by Republican congressman [[Glenn Grothman]].

==Education==
[[File:Sheboygan Mead Public Library.jpg|thumb|[[Mead Public Library]]]]
Sheboygan public schools are administered by the [[Sheboygan Area School District]].

===High schools===
High schools within the city include:
* [[Sheboygan North High School]]
* [[Sheboygan South High School]]
* [[Sheboygan Area Lutheran High School]]
* [[George D. Warriner High School]]
* [[Sheboygan Christian School]]
* Étude High School
* Sheboygan Central High School

The school district was the first in Wisconsin to operate an FM radio station, [[WSHS (FM)|WSHS]] (91.7). Since 1996, Sheboygan has had a high school program, Rockets for Schools,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockets4schools.org|title=Rockets for Schools}}</ref> where students build and launch {{convert|8|and|20|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} rockets.

===Colleges===
* [[University of Wisconsin–Green Bay]] Sheboygan Campus
* [[Lakeshore Technical College]] (satellite campus)

==Media==
The city's daily newspaper is [[Gannett Company|Gannett]]'s ''[[The Sheboygan Press]]'', which has been published since 1907. The ''Sheboygan Sun'' also provides local news coverage through its website, while the ''Beacon'' is published by the same company as ''The Plymouth Review'' and ''Sheboygan Falls News''; the latter two have print editions mailed out weekly to all residents. The Gannett-owned ''Shoreline Chronicle'' contains Press "best-of" content, and is door-delivered and is also distributed with the Wednesday ''Press''.

The city is served by television and radio stations in Green Bay and Milwaukee. [[Nielsen Corporation|Nielsen]]'s television division places Sheboygan within the Milwaukee market, although Green Bay stations also report news, events, and weather warnings pertaining to Sheboygan and target the city with advertising.

[[Nielsen Audio]] places Sheboygan and Sheboygan County within one radio market, and several stations serve the area. [[Midwest Communications]] owns four stations within the county, including [[talk radio|talk]] station [[WHBL]] (1330, with a [[broadcast translator|translator station]] at 101.5 FM serving Sheboygan, Kohler and Sheboygan Falls); [[country music|country]] station [[WBFM]] (93.7); [[contemporary hit radio|CHR/Top 40]] [[WXER]] (104.5 from Plymouth, with a translator at 96.1 FM in Sheboygan); and [[active rock]] Sheboygan Falls-licensed [[WHBZ]] (106.5). Another CHR station, [[WCLB]] (950, translated on 107.3) also serves the city, along with the Sheboygan Area School District's [[WSHS (FM)|WSHS]] (91.7), a member of the [[Wisconsin Public Radio]] Ideas Network, and Plymouth's [[WGXI]] (1420, translated on 98.5), a [[classic country]] station.

Various [[Christian radio|religious]] stations originating from Milwaukee and north of Green Bay and a translator for Kiel's [[WSTM (FM)|WSTM]] (91.3), and [[NOAA Weather Radio]] station [[WWG91]] broadcast from several towers in the city. [[WRVM|WYVM]] acts as a full-power relay of [[Suring, Wisconsin|Suring]]'s WRVN (102.7), which has a religious teaching format.

The city is served by [[Spectrum (cable service)|Spectrum]] and [[U-verse]], with [[public-access television]] [[cable TV]] programming provided to both systems from "WSCS", and "SASD-TV" features school board meetings, with both channels featuring meetings and other content through their websites and [[YouTube]]. The city at one time had a television station, [[WPVS-LD|WPVS-LP]], which went off the air following the [[Digital television transition|digital switchover]] and has since moved to Milwaukee; WHBL also attempted to establish a television sister station several times, without success.<ref>{{cite web|author=FCC Internet Services Staff |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=60044&Callsign=DWHBL-TV |title=FCC record of deleted station WHBL-TV |publisher=Licensing.fcc.gov |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
{{More citations needed section|date=April 2024}}

===Transportation===
[[File:Sheboygan Transit.jpg|thumb|[[Shoreline Metro]] transfer point]]
[[File:Sheboygan County Airport US Customs Building.jpg|thumb|[[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]] facility at [[Sheboygan County Memorial Airport]]]]

====Roads====
[[Interstate 43]] is the primary north-south transportation route into Sheboygan, and forms the west boundary of the city. [[U.S. Route 141]] was the primary north-south route into Sheboygan before Interstate 43 was built, and its former route is a major north-south route through the center of the city that is referred to as Calumet Drive coming into the city from the north, and South Business Drive/Sauk Trail Road from the south; between Superior and Georgia Avenues within the city's original [[plat]], the highway is known as 14th Street. Four-lane [[Wisconsin Highway 23|Highway 23]] is the primary west route into the city, and leads into the city up to North 25th Street as a freeway as Kohler Memorial Drive. Other state highways in the city include [[Wisconsin Highway 42|Highway 42]], [[Wisconsin Highway 28|Highway 28]], which both run mostly along the former inner-city routing of U.S. 141. Secondary county highways include County Trunk Highway DL (CTH-DL) and the decommissioned CTH-LS to the north; CTH-J, CTH-O, CTH-PP, and CTH-EE to the west; and CTH-KK to the south.

For [[House numbering#North America|addressing]] purposes, the city's north-south zero point is Pennsylvania Avenue (increasing from 500 past that line in both directions), while west addressing zeroes out at the extreme eastern point of Superior Avenue at Lake Michigan (Sheboygan and Sheboygan County have no east addresses, and the little land existing northeast of that point stretches out the six '100 blocks' eastward with x50-x90 numbers not otherwise used in most other addresses in Sheboygan).

====Public transit====
[[Shoreline Metro]] provides public bus transit throughout the city, as well as in [[Kohler, Wisconsin|Kohler]] and [[Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin|Sheboygan Falls]]. All routes depart from the Metro Center, more commonly known as the "Transfer Point" located in the downtown.

[[Jefferson Lines]] and [[Indian Trails]] serve Sheboygan at the Metro Center, providing transportation to [[Milwaukee]] (and an [[Amtrak Thruway]] connection to the [[Milwaukee Intermodal Station]]) and [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]].

====Rail====
Historically the city was connected to Milwaukee, Chicago and Green Bay via the [[The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company|Milwaukee Interurban Lines]], the [[Chicago & North Western|Chicago & North Western Railroad]] and the [[Milwaukee Road]]. These railroads' passenger services were abandoned during the mid-20th century but in 2008 the Wisconsin Department of Transportation proposed to reestablish passenger service to Milwaukee and Green Bay via Fond du Lac and the cities along Lake Winnebago's west shore, though political complications in the 2010s have since mothballed rail expansion in Wisconsin.<ref>[http://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/projects/multimodal/conn2030/maps/titletown.pdf Titletown Corridor – Milwaukee to Green Bay]</ref>

====Airport====
Sheboygan is served by the county-owned non-commercial [[Sheboygan County Memorial Airport]] (KSBM) three miles northwest of the city.

====Water====
Sheboygan is bounded on the east by [[Lake Michigan]]. The city has no active port in the 21st century. [[Blue Harbor Resort]] is located on a [[peninsula]] between the lake and the Sheboygan River's last bend. This site was formerly used as the headquarters of the C. Reiss Coal Company (now a [[Koch Industries]] division). It was their base of operations for ships to load and unload [[coal]] for delivery along the peninsula.

The [[Sheboygan River]] passes through the city, but dams in [[Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin|Sheboygan Falls]] prevent navigation upriver. Tall-masted boats are confined to the river downstream of the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge. Commercial charter fishing boats dock near the mouth of the river.

===Hospitals===
Two hospitals serve the city. Aurora Medical Center - Sheboygan County opened in July 2022 under [[Aurora Health Care]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Aurora Begins Process to Build Replacement Hospital, Outpatient Surgery Center and Medical Office Building in Eastern Sheboygan County|publisher=Aurora Health Care|date=April 11, 2017|url=https://www.aurorahealthcare.org/media-center/news-releases/aurora-begins-process-to-build-replacement-hospital-in-eastern-sheboygan-county|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419040354/https://www.aurorahealthcare.org/media-center/news-releases/aurora-begins-process-to-build-replacement-hospital-in-eastern-sheboygan-county|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 19, 2017|access-date=December 20, 2017}}</ref> St. Nicholas Hospital operates as part of the [[Hospital Sisters Health System]].

==Notable people==
{{div col}}
* [[Peter Bartzen]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[James Baumgart]], Wisconsin state senator
* [[Theodore Benfey]], Wisconsin state senator
* [[Thomas M. Blackstock]], politician and businessman
* [[Archie Bleyer]], music director<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/21/obituaries/archie-bleyer-79-musical-director-dies.html Archie Bleyer, 79, Music Director, Dies]". ''The New York Times'', March 21, 1989.</ref>
* [[Helen Boatwright]], opera singer and [[educator]]
* [[Vernon R. Boeckmann]], Wisconsin State Representative and sheriff
* [[Ray Buivid]], [[American football|football]] player
* [[Charles Burhop]], politician
* [[Elijah Fox Cook]], Wisconsin state senator
* [[The Chordettes]], singing quartet
* [[Valentine Detling]], Wisconsin State Representative and businessman
* [[Sam Dekker]], professional basketball player
* [[Ambrose Delos DeLand]], Wisconsin legislator
* [[Fred A. Dennett]], Wisconsin state senator
* [[John M. Detling]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Theodore Dieckmann]], Wisconsin legislator
* [[John Dittrich]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DittJo20.htm |title=John Dittrich NFL & AFL Football Statistics |publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com |date=May 7, 1933 |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Jerry Donohue]], major contributor toward [[DNA]] identification
* [[Bill Dwyre]], editor and columnist, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
* [[John W. Eber]], Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
* [[Simon Gillen]], Wisconsin State Representative and jurist
* [[Bernard O. Gruenke]], artist
* [[Fred C. Haack]], one of two first Socialist candidates (with August Mohr) elected to office in America
* [[Lorenzo D. Harvey]], Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
* [[Timothy Hasenstein]], painter
* [[Joe Hauser]], [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hausejo01.shtml |title=Joe Hauser Statistics and History |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Herman Heinecke]], Wisconsin state assembly
* [[Henry A. Hillemann]], Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer
* [[Harrison Carroll Hobart]], [[Union Army]] general
* [[William E. Hoehle]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Curt W. Janke]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Marvin John Jensen]], [[U.S. Navy]] admiral
* [[John H. Jones (legislator)|John H. Jones]], Wisconsin state senator
* [[Jacob Jung]], Wisconsin State Representative and businessman
* [[William G. Kaufmann]], politician and businessman
* [[Edward J. Kempf]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Ernest Keppler]], politician and jurist
* [[John J. Koepsell]], Wisconsin State Representative and businessman
* [[John Michael Kohler]], industrialist, founder of [[Kohler Company]] and mayor of Sheboygan
* [[Terry Jodok Kohler]], industrialist
* [[Walter J. Kohler Jr.]], [[Governor of Wisconsin]]
* [[Walter J. Kohler Sr.]], Governor of Wisconsin
* [[Conrad Krez]], Union Army general, Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Frederick W. Krez]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Eloise Kummer]], actress
* [[Imogen LaChance]], social reformer 
* [[Wesley Lau]], actor
* [[Joe Leibham]], lobbyist and former Wisconsin State Senator
* [[Debbie Lesko]], U.S. Representative from [[Arizona]]
* [[Frank J. Lingelbach]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Rick Majerus]], NCAA and NBA basketball coach
* [[Anthony Martin (Escape Artist)|Anthony Martin]], [[escape artist]]
* [[Jackie Mason]], [[comedian]] and actor
* [[Pat Matzdorf]], high jump world record holder
* [[Don McNeill (performer)|Don McNeill]], radio host of "[[Don McNeill's Breakfast Club|The Breakfast Club]]"<ref>{{cite news |last=Knot |first=Eldon |agency=Associated Press |title= Breakfast Club' host Don McNeill dies Radio legend, who grew up in Sheboygan, once was fired for seeking $3 raise at Milwaukee station |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=August 5, 1996 }}</ref>
* [[Doxie Moore]], former [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] head coach for the [[Sheboygan Red Skins]]
* [[Charles E. Morris]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Martha Nause]], golfer
* [[Otto C. Neumeister]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Fred E. Nuernberg]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[William J. Nuss]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Carl Otte]], Wisconsin legislator
* [[Benjamin Hoskins Paddock]], father of [[Stephen Paddock]], perpetrator of the [[2017 Las Vegas shooting]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2017/10/02/las-vegas-gunmans-father-born-sheboygan-fbi-most-wanted-list-60-s/724108001/ |title=Las Vegas gunman's father born in Sheboygan, on FBI Most Wanted List in '60s |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |access-date=October 3, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Dennis T. Phalen]], Wisconsin state senator
* [[Roy Pirrung]], marathon runner and motivational speaker
* [[Cora Scott Pond Pope]], teacher, scriptwriter, real estate developer
* [[Calvin Potter]], Wisconsin state senator
* [[Valentine P. Rath]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Henry Otto Reinnoldt]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Wilbur M. Root]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[George Sauer Jr.]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SaueGe00.htm?redir |title=George Sauer NFL & AFL Football Statistics |publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com |date=November 10, 1943 |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref>
* [[John Schneider Jr.]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Bill Schroeder (wide receiver)|Bill Schroeder]], football player (wide receiver)
* [[Bill Schroeder (halfback)|Bill Schroeder]], professional football player (halfback)
* [[Carl Schuette]], NFL player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SchuCa20.htm |title=Carl Schuette NFL Football Statistics |publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref>
* [[David N. Senty]], [[U.S. Air Force]] Major General
* [[James McMillan Shafter]], jurist and legislator
* [[E. E. Smith]], science fiction author
* [[Horatio N. Smith]], Wisconsin state senator
* [[Ernest A. Sonnemann]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Adolphus Frederic St. Sure]], judge
* [[David Taylor (Wisconsin judge)|David Taylor]], judge
* [[Joseph M. Theisen]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Michelle Tuzee]], ABC news anchor, Los Angeles
* [[Edward Voigt]], U.S. Representative
* [[Jacob Vollrath]], industrialist
* [[Joseph Wedig]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[Gustavis A. Willard]], Wisconsin State Representative
* [[William Te Winkle]], Wisconsin state senator
* [[George W. Wolff]], Wisconsin State Representative and senator
* [[Helen Sumner Woodbury]] Economist, academic, historian and public official
* [[Carl Zillier]], Wisconsin State Representative
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== In popular culture ==
* ''[[The Creature That Ate Sheboygan]]'' is a science fiction board game released in 1979 by [[Simulations Publications]].
* In the movie [[Home Alone]], the Kenosha Kickers (a polka band) takes Kate McCallister back home, mentioning that "they're real big up in Sheboygan."
* In the movie ''[[Surf's Up (film)|Surf's Up]]'', Chicken Joe is shown to be from Sheboygan, referencing Great Lake surfing culture.

==Sister cities==
Sheboygan's [[sister cities]] are:

* {{flagdeco|Germany}} [[Esslingen am Neckar]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], Germany
* {{flagdeco|Japan}} [[Tsubame, Niigata|Tsubame]], [[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]], Japan

Sheboygan has student exchanges with Esslingen and has had student exchanges with Tsubame in the past.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070305/SHE0101/703050441 | title=Hungry still get their fill at Taste of Sheboygan | publisher=Sheboygan Press | date=March 5, 2007 | access-date=April 11, 2007 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of sundown towns in the United States]]
* [[Sheboygan Red Skins]], an early professional basketball franchise of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]
* ''[[The Creature That Ate Sheboygan]]''

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* ''Legacies of Firefighting: A History of the Sheboygan Fire Department, 1846–1998''. Sheboygan, Wis.: Sheboygan Fire Department History Book Committee, 1998.
* ''Sheboygan''. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Pub, 2012.

==External links==
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{{Collier's Poster|Sheboygan}}
* [http://www.sheboyganwi.gov City of Sheboygan]
* [http://www.sheboygan.org Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce]
* Sanborn fire insurance maps: [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/10240 1884] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/10190 1887] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/10229 1891] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/11281 1903]
{{Adjacent communities|title=Control Cities adjacent to Sheboygan|Northwest=[[File:WIS 42.svg|25px|link=WIS 42]] [[Howards Grove, Wisconsin|Howards Grove]], [[Manitowoc, Wisconsin|Manitowoc]]|North=[[File:I-43.svg|25px|link=Interstate 43 in Wisconsin]] [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]], [[Manitowoc, Wisconsin|Manitowoc]]|West=[[File:WIS 23.svg|25px|link=WIS 23]] [[Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin|Fond Du Lac]], [[Plymouth, Wisconsin|Plymouth]]|Southwest=[[File:WIS 28.svg|25px|link=WIS 28]] [[Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin|Sheboygan Falls]], [[Waldo, Wisconsin|Waldo]]|South=[[File:I-43.svg|25px|link=Interstate 43 in Wisconsin]] [[Milwaukee]], [[Port Washington, Wisconsin|Port Washington]]|Center=Sheboygan}}

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