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1876–2024
Iron County, Wisconsin
Iron County·Wisconsin

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

A north-woods county where mining heritage shapes a durable Republican lean

18762024·38 elections
Iron County, Wisconsin · Bobak Ha'Eri · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+26
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
6,210
2024 ACS
Most similar
Chippewa County
WI · similarity 0.99
15 precincts · 4,084 votes cast
Trump · R+26
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−26.2%
1,4872,5574,084
2020R
−22.6%
1,5332,4384,010
2016R
−22.9%
1,2752,0813,513
2012R
−0.2%
1,7841,7903,632
2008D
+13.1%
1,9141,4643,432
2004D
+1.9%
1,9561,8843,879
2000R
−3.3%
1,6201,7343,507
1996D
+13.2%
1,7251,2603,531
1992D
+12.6%
1,7621,2733,891
1988D
+13.2%
2,0901,5993,715
1984D
+8.2%
1,9671,6673,653
1980D
+3.2%
1,9411,8114,021
1976D
+27.9%
2,3991,3403,800
1972R
−2.2%
1,6481,7233,451
1968D
+23.4%
1,9131,1373,315
1964D
+44.6%
2,5149633,480
1960D
+38.0%
2,8731,2904,170
1956D
+7.1%
2,2261,9304,176
1952D
+21.0%
2,6621,7334,416
1948D
+32.9%
2,6651,2814,209
1944D
+36.3%
2,8941,3454,268
1940D
+35.2%
3,5251,6725,269
1936D
+55.7%
3,3199024,341
1932D
+41.1%
2,3388913,523
1928D
+14.4%
1,7241,2743,132
1924R
−37.0%
841,0582,634
1920R
−65.5%
2681,7142,206
1916R
−16.0%
4756721,230
1912R
−10.7%
3474731,183
1908R
−53.5%
3141,1341,534
1904R
−65.2%
2461,2501,541
1900R
−56.1%
3561,3181,716
1896R
−45.6%
4721,2881,788
1892
No data
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
Catholic & Orthodox
29.9%
Other Christian
9.0%
Mainline Protestant
3.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Methodist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Iron County's sparse population is anchored by logging and tourism along the Montreal River corridor, and its presidential margins have widened steadily rightward over the past three cycles, reaching R+26 in 2024.

The Republican margin in Iron County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was twenty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Iron County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $60,625, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,210 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 Chippewa County and Ste. Genevieve County.