† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupKenoshaWisconsinUnited States
German26.2%35.8%12.5%
Irish10.2%10.4%9.4%
Italian8.9%2.7%4.8%
English7.2%6.7%9.5%
Polish7.1%7.6%2.2%
American3.1%3.4%5.3%
Norwegian2.9%6.1%—
French2.0%2.2%1.6%
Mexican13.8%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.1%1.1%1.8%
Dominican0.4%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%—0.5%
Colombian0.4%—0.4%
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Spaniard0.3%——
Spanish0.3%——
African American†8.2%5.3%9.9%
Nigerian0.5%—0.2%
African0.3%0.2%0.5%
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
Asian Indian0.7%0.6%1.4%
Filipino0.6%0.2%0.9%
Chinese0.2%0.4%1.3%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Hmong0.2%1.0%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Kenosha
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
37.1
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
10.5%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.8%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kenosha
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$71,239
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.7%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.0%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kenosha
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
16.0%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
11.9%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.7%
0.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kenosha
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
—
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.0%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+20.5%
2008
+32.1%
2012
+28.8%
2016
+16.9%
2020
+14.0%
2024
+10.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
54.5%Harris25,539
44.2%Trump20,721
1.4%
D+10.3
R+3.7
D+11.7
46,901
D
56.1%Biden26,248
42.1%Trump19,693
1.9%
D+14.0
R+2.9
D+9.5
46,825
D
55.4%Clinton22,963
38.5%Trump15,967
6.0%
D+16.9
R+12.0
D+14.8
41,436
D
63.8%Obama28,807
34.9%Romney15,777
1.3%
D+28.8
R+3.3
D+25.0
45,172
D
65.3%Obama29,194
33.2%McCain14,842
1.5%
D+32.1
D+11.6
D+24.8
44,713
D
59.6%Kerry25,569
39.1%Bush16,767
1.3%
D+20.5
—
D+23.0
42,902
Kenosha's blue-collar manufacturing base and fast-growing Latino population pull its electorate in competing directions, making it one of Wisconsin's most closely watched municipal results on any statewide election night.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.1 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.3 points.
A population of 99,372, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,239 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Toledo and Erie.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Kenosha, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 10.3 points (D+10.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 46,901 votes cast, 25,539 went Democratic and 20,721 went Republican.
How many people live in Kenosha, Wisconsin?
Kenosha, Wisconsin has a population of 99,372 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kenosha, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Kenosha, Wisconsin is $71,239 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Kenosha, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Kenosha, Wisconsin from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
