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1876–2024
Burnett County, Wisconsin
Burnett County·Wisconsin

Burnett County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A sparsely settled north woods county that swings hard in presidential years

18762024·38 elections
Burnett County, Wisconsin · Dramsey57 at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+31
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
16,916
2024 ACS
Most similar
Polk County
WI · similarity 0.99
24 precincts · 10,810 votes cast
Trump · R+31
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−30.9%
3,6657,00810,810
2020R
−28.5%
3,5696,46210,141
2016R
−28.2%
2,9495,4108,738
2012R
−6.5%
3,9864,5508,677
2008D
+1.6%
4,3374,2008,688
2004R
−2.6%
4,4994,7439,321
2000R
−4.2%
3,6263,9678,151
1996D
+16.4%
3,6252,4527,169
1992D
+11.2%
3,1722,3407,436
1988D
+10.1%
3,5372,8846,465
1984R
−2.8%
3,3313,5286,916
1980D
+2.6%
3,2003,0276,755
1976D
+17.8%
3,7202,5736,443
1972R
−10.7%
2,3892,9725,466
1968R
−1.0%
2,0102,0564,488
1964D
+31.0%
2,9211,5364,463
1960R
−8.4%
2,0952,4834,596
1956R
−5.1%
1,9862,1984,198
1952R
−21.2%
1,7412,6834,440
1948D
+15.1%
2,1771,5903,899
1944R
−6.2%
1,8682,1194,019
1940D
+0.1%
2,5132,5105,105
1936D
+30.9%
2,8011,4224,460
1932D
+30.2%
2,4371,2813,833
1928R
−50.7%
8802,7423,670
1924R
−27.9%
769583,158
1920R
−72.2%
1872,0252,545
1916R
−19.8%
6381,0071,866
1912R
−6.5%
3054031,507
1908R
−54.1%
2961,1811,636
1904R
−80.9%
821,2621,459
1900R
−64.5%
2181,1121,386
1896R
−38.1%
3498001,185
1892R
−49.0%
55406716
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Mainline Protestant
10.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.1%
Methodist
2.1%
Other Christian
1.8%
Baptist
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 77.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Burnett County's lakes-and-timber landscape anchors a population of roughly 15,000, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+30.9 reflects a rural realignment pattern common across Wisconsin's northernmost tier.

The Republican margin in Burnett County reached its widest at eighty-one points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was thirty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Burnett County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,819, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,916 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Polk County and Delta County.