† 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
GroupSheboyganWisconsinUnited States
German40.7%35.8%12.5%
Irish8.0%10.4%9.4%
Dutch5.4%——
Polish4.2%7.6%2.2%
English4.1%6.7%9.5%
American3.7%3.4%5.3%
Norwegian3.2%6.1%—
French2.2%2.2%1.6%
Mexican9.6%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.5%1.1%1.8%
Hmong7.5%1.0%—
Chinese1.3%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.6%0.2%0.9%
Asian Indian0.4%0.6%1.4%
Burmese0.4%——
African1.6%0.2%0.5%
African American†1.3%5.3%9.9%
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
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
36.8
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.4%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$62,927
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.3%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.4%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.3%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
7.2%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
7.5%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sheboygan
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.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+12.3%
2008
+22.5%
2012
+16.8%
2016
+7.7%
2020
+8.1%
2024
+6.1%
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
52.3%Harris12,322
46.2%Trump10,875
1.5%
D+6.1
R+1.9
D+7.6
23,548
D
52.9%Biden12,239
44.9%Trump10,376
2.2%
D+8.1
D+0.3
D+3.6
23,132
D
49.9%Clinton10,578
42.2%Trump8,937
7.9%
D+7.7
R+9.0
D+5.7
21,193
D
57.9%Obama13,312
41.1%Romney9,452
1.1%
D+16.8
R+5.8
D+12.9
23,007
D
60.5%Obama14,099
38.0%McCain8,851
1.5%
D+22.5
D+10.2
D+15.3
23,293
D
55.5%Kerry12,760
43.2%Bush9,933
1.4%
D+12.3
—
D+14.7
23,005
Sheboygan's large Hmong and Latino communities have reshaped its electorate over the past two decades, making a once-predictable industrial city increasingly competitive in statewide races decided by narrow margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.5 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.1 points.
A population of 49,645, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,927 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oshkosh and Green Bay.
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, Sheboygan, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 6.1 points (D+6.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 23,548 votes cast, 12,322 went Democratic and 10,875 went Republican.
How many people live in Sheboygan, Wisconsin?
Sheboygan, Wisconsin has a population of 49,645 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sheboygan, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Sheboygan, Wisconsin is $62,927 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Sheboygan, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sheboygan, Wisconsin from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
