† 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
GroupWausauWisconsinUnited States
German43.2%35.8%12.5%
Polish13.4%7.6%2.2%
Irish7.3%10.4%9.4%
English5.3%6.7%9.5%
Norwegian4.0%6.1%—
American2.8%3.4%5.3%
French2.1%2.2%1.6%
Swedish2.0%——
Hmong8.0%1.0%—
Asian Indian0.5%0.6%1.4%
Chinese0.5%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.5%0.2%0.9%
Afghan0.4%——
Mexican3.7%5.4%11.3%
Nicaraguan0.5%——
Puerto Rican0.3%1.1%1.8%
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
Wausau
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
38.2
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.4%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wausau
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$64,389
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.6%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.9%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wausau
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.2%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.0%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
0.7%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
6.5%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wausau
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.
Wausau, Wisconsin
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+3.4%
2008
+20.4%
2012
+11.4%
2016
+4.0%
2020
+7.8%
2024
+7.4%
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
53.0%Harris10,244
45.6%Trump8,818
1.4%
D+7.4
R+0.4
D+8.9
19,326
D
52.8%Biden10,242
45.0%Trump8,729
2.2%
D+7.8
D+3.8
D+3.3
19,396
D
48.4%Clinton8,660
44.5%Trump7,953
7.1%
D+4.0
R+7.5
D+1.9
17,880
D
55.1%Obama10,250
43.6%Romney8,121
1.3%
D+11.4
R+8.9
D+7.6
18,606
D
59.3%Obama11,125
38.9%McCain7,299
1.8%
D+20.4
D+17.0
D+13.1
18,766
D
50.9%Kerry9,434
47.5%Bush8,804
1.7%
D+3.4
—
D+5.9
18,550
Wausau anchors Marathon County, a bellwether corridor in central Wisconsin where a shrinking manufacturing base and a sizable Hmong community have reshaped the electorate over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.4 points in 2008. The 2024 margin was 7.4 points.
A population of 39,996, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,389 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Neenah and Oshkosh.
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, Wausau, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 7.4 points (D+7.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 19,326 votes cast, 10,244 went Democratic and 8,818 went Republican.
How many people live in Wausau, Wisconsin?
Wausau, Wisconsin has a population of 39,996 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wausau, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Wausau, Wisconsin is $64,389 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Wausau, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Wausau, Wisconsin from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
