1. Define the geographic question before reading the numbers
Waupaca is a municipality in Waupaca County. The available Census estimate is useful for describing the place, but it cannot tell you how many people will contact a law firm or which legal services they need. It also does not establish a market boundary for your practice. A firm may serve Waupaca city, other parts of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, or a different set of locations. Those are separate decisions. Lead Attribution is most useful when your reporting preserves those distinctions instead of treating every visit as one undifferentiated local lead.
Recommended approach
List the locations and practice areas your firm intentionally accepts before reviewing attribution. Ask whether a report should distinguish Waupaca city from Waupaca County and from other Wisconsin locations. Do not use the population estimate as a forecast. Use it only as geographic context, then test whether your records can identify the service area, matter type and disposition of each inquiry.
