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1876–2024
Brown County, Wisconsin
Brown County·Wisconsin

Brown County votes the way the country votes.

Green Bay anchors a mid-size county that has shifted steadily rightward

18762024·38 elections
Brown County, Wisconsin · Chris Rand · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+7
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
270,892
2024 ACS
Most similar
Outagamie County
WI · similarity 0.95
96 precincts · 149,333 votes cast
Trump · R+7
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−7.5%
67,93779,132149,333
2020R
−7.2%
65,51175,871144,017
2016R
−10.7%
53,38267,210129,011
2012R
−1.8%
62,52664,836128,928
2008D
+9.2%
67,26955,854124,754
2004R
−9.9%
54,93567,173123,294
2000R
−4.8%
49,09654,258107,769
1996D
+4.7%
42,82338,56390,837
1992R
−4.7%
37,51342,352102,701
1988R
−2.1%
41,78843,62585,953
1984R
−25.6%
30,21851,20282,003
1980R
−20.8%
29,79647,06782,977
1976R
−4.2%
33,57236,57172,243
1972R
−16.1%
26,51137,10165,675
1968R
−15.2%
21,61530,13356,143
1964D
+18.7%
30,85121,13452,064
1960D
+0.5%
26,57726,32952,952
1956R
−41.1%
13,64232,87846,808
1952R
−35.8%
14,34230,40044,836
1948D
+2.0%
18,44917,72936,558
1944R
−0.5%
17,57617,76235,426
1940D
+8.7%
19,52616,37936,040
1936D
+41.8%
21,4178,43331,077
1932D
+46.5%
19,9907,15027,634
1928D
+27.3%
16,4659,37126,004
1924R
−26.3%
2,3287,61120,080
1920R
−34.6%
3,8778,84514,345
1916D
+15.9%
5,7714,13210,324
1912D
+9.4%
3,5572,7648,437
1908R
−17.8%
3,3544,9478,954
1904R
−36.7%
2,6676,0279,154
1900R
−15.5%
3,5884,9348,687
1896R
−16.9%
3,8415,4369,452
1892D
+11.9%
3,6532,8556,732
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
2.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
32.7%
Mainline Protestant
11.2%
Other Christian
7.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.4%
Methodist
1.4%
Non-Christian
0.5%
Baptist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Green Bay, Brown County backed Democrats as recently as 2008 but has moved toward Republican presidential candidates in each subsequent cycle, reflecting broader blue-collar realignment in the Fox River corridor.

The Democratic margin in Brown County has rarely exceeded forty-six points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty-one points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by seven points.

Brown County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 79% non-Hispanic-white share, a 9% poverty rate, and a median household income of $79,649 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Outagamie County and Delaware County.