Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

2024 results by precinct

511 precincts · 464,107 votes cast

Harris · D+38

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+38.4%	316,292	138,022	464,107
2020	D	+39.8%	317,527	134,482	459,723
2016	D	+36.9%	288,822	126,069	441,053
2012	D	+36.0%	332,438	154,924	492,576
2008	D	+35.9%	319,819	149,445	475,192
2004	D	+24.3%	297,653	180,287	482,236
2000	D	+20.5%	252,329	163,491	433,537
1996	D	+26.2%	216,620	119,407	371,380
1992	D	+18.1%	235,521	151,314	465,496
1988	D	+22.7%	268,287	168,363	439,545
1984	D	+13.7%	259,144	196,290	458,017
1980	D	+12.2%	240,174	183,450	464,008
1976	D	+12.7%	249,739	192,008	456,160
1972	D	+4.5%	210,802	191,874	416,677
1968	D	+11.4%	206,027	160,022	401,936
1964	D	+31.5%	288,577	149,962	439,459
1960	D	+15.8%	257,707	187,067	445,807
1956	R	−12.3%	177,286	227,253	407,318
1952	R	−3.5%	204,474	219,477	426,006
1948	D	+14.3%	187,637	138,672	342,910
1944	D	+17.7%	205,282	142,448	354,830
1940	D	+22.4%	209,861	131,120	351,197
1936	D	+56.1%	221,512	54,811	296,958
1932	D	+44.5%	170,202	54,693	259,388
1928	D	+13.9%	110,668	82,025	206,237
1924	R	−24.5%	14,510	50,730	148,029
1920	R	−33.7%	25,464	73,410	142,311
1916	D	+8.7%	34,812	27,831	80,011
1912	D	+13.7%	27,628	17,877	71,302
1908	R	−3.6%	26,000	28,625	73,456
1904	R	−19.9%	18,560	32,587	70,512
1900	R	−13.9%	25,596	34,790	66,243
1896	R	−14.6%	26,536	35,939	64,344
1892	D	+0.0%	24,607	24,602	51,008
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%

Polish

0.5%

African American

20.7%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 35.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.2%

1.7%

75–84

2.2%

4.2%

65–74

4.8%

5.5%

55–64

5.9%

5.4%

45–54

5.7%

6.5%

35–44

6.9%

7.9%

25–34

8.3%

4.7%

18–24

4.7%

8.8%

5–17

8.4%

3.3%

3.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$64,435

Milwaukee County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Milwaukee County$64,435

Wisconsin$77,485

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.2%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

21.3%

Other Christian

9.5%

Mainline Protestant

6.8%

Non-Christian

5.6%

Baptist

4.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.5%

Methodist

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Milwaukee County delivers the largest raw Democratic vote totals in Wisconsin, but turnout variation within the city itself has repeatedly determined how much of that margin actually offsets Republican strength in the WOW counties surrounding it.

The Democratic margin in Milwaukee County peaked at fifty-six points in 1936. By 1960 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-eight points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Milwaukee County's median household income of $64,435 sits well below state and national norms, and 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ramsey County and Denver County.

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Milwaukee County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.