† 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
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupAppleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WIWisconsinUnited States
German43.1%35.8%12.5%
Irish9.9%10.4%9.4%
Polish6.5%7.6%2.2%
English5.9%6.7%9.5%
Dutch5.4%——
Norwegian4.0%6.1%—
American3.8%3.4%5.3%
French2.9%2.2%1.6%
Mexican3.7%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.1%1.8%
Hmong2.0%1.0%—
Asian Indian0.3%0.6%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.4%1.3%
African American†1.4%5.3%9.9%
African0.2%0.2%0.5%
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
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
39.2
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$81,370
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.3%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.1%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.7%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.9%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.7%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
25.7%
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
18.5%
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.8%
52.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.0%
8.4%
5.2%
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.
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+14.8%
1896
−14.4%
1900
−10.6%
1904
−28.2%
1908
−7.4%
1912
+21.8%
1916
−8.5%
1920
−53.5%
1924
−32.4%
1928
−8.0%
1932
+26.8%
1936
+24.6%
1940
−16.2%
1944
−27.0%
1948
−16.0%
1952
−43.1%
1956
−48.5%
1960
−19.2%
1964
+7.4%
1968
−19.9%
1972
−19.0%
1976
−10.7%
1980
−16.8%
1984
−28.1%
1988
−9.7%
1992
−8.9%
1996
+1.8%
2000
−8.0%
2004
−9.2%
2008
+10.4%
2012
−0.7%
2016
−11.5%
2020
−8.8%
2024
−9.4%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
44.6%Harris107,025
53.9%Trump129,494
0.5%Kennedy1,309 +7
R+9.4
R+0.6
R+7.9
240,219
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican53.9%129,494
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic44.6%107,025
Robert F KennedyNonpartisan0.5%1,309
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%929
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%656
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%295
OtherAll other candidates0.1%240
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.0%116
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.0%107
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%48
R
44.6%Biden103,843
53.4%Trump124,337
2.0%
R+8.8
D+2.7
R+13.3
232,828
R
40.8%Clinton84,757
52.3%Trump108,691
6.8%
R+11.5
R+10.8
R+13.6
207,663
R
48.8%Obama102,597
49.5%Romney104,033
1.7%
R+0.7
R+11.1
R+4.5
210,189
D
54.3%Obama111,756
43.9%McCain90,345
1.8%
D+10.4
D+19.6
D+3.1
205,714
R
44.8%Kerry91,402
54.0%Bush110,166
1.2%
R+9.2
R+1.2
R+6.7
203,922
R
43.6%Gore74,920
51.6%Bush88,627
4.8%
R+8.0
R+9.8
R+8.5
171,769
D
44.6%Clinton65,319
42.8%Dole62,687
12.6%
D+1.8
D+10.7
R+6.7
146,435
R
33.6%Clinton56,670
42.5%Bush71,620
24.0%
R+8.9
D+0.8
R+14.4
168,698
R
44.8%Dukakis62,760
54.5%Bush76,305
0.7%
R+9.7
D+18.5
R+1.9
139,989
R
35.6%Mondale47,317
63.7%Reagan84,757
0.7%
R+28.1
R+11.4
R+9.9
133,054
R
36.6%Carter50,523
53.4%Reagan73,671
10.1%
R+16.8
R+6.0
R+7.0
138,087
R
43.5%Carter53,805
54.2%Ford67,101
2.3%
R+10.7
D+8.3
R+12.8
123,721
R
39.2%McGovern42,701
58.2%Nixon63,467
2.6%
R+19.0
D+0.8
D+4.1
109,032
R
36.6%Humphrey36,438
56.5%Nixon56,233
7.0%
R+19.9
R+27.3
R+19.2
99,608
D
53.6%Johnson50,548
46.2%Goldwater43,584
0.2%
D+7.4
D+26.5
R+15.2
94,307
R
40.3%Kennedy39,255
59.5%Nixon57,910
0.2%
R+19.2
D+29.3
R+19.3
97,342
R
25.3%Stevenson20,939
73.8%Eisenhower61,015
0.8%
R+48.5
R+5.4
R+33.1
82,639
R
28.3%Stevenson24,359
71.4%Eisenhower61,415
0.2%
R+43.1
R+27.1
R+32.3
85,963
R
41.1%Truman27,011
57.1%Dewey37,511
1.8%
R+16.0
D+11.0
R+20.5
65,691
R
36.2%Roosevelt24,762
63.1%Dewey43,215
0.7%
R+27.0
R+10.8
R+34.5
68,435
R
41.6%Roosevelt30,062
57.7%Willkie41,757
0.7%
R+16.2
R+40.7
R+26.1
72,327
D
59.6%Roosevelt39,379
35.0%Landon23,136
5.4%
D+24.6
R+2.2
D+0.3
66,098
D
62.4%Roosevelt37,262
35.5%Hoover21,235
2.1%
D+26.8
D+34.8
D+9.0
59,755
R
45.6%Smith26,340
53.6%Hoover30,974
0.8%
R+8.0
D+24.3
D+9.4
57,788
O
7.8%Davis3,625
40.2%Coolidge18,603
52.0%
La Follette +11.8
D+21.2
R+7.2
46,284
R
19.2%Cox7,104
72.7%Harding26,905
8.1%
R+53.5
R+45.0
R+27.3
36,989
R
43.9%Wilson11,066
52.4%Hughes13,204
3.7%
R+8.5
R+30.3
R+11.6
25,201
D
45.2%Wilson10,136
23.4%Taft5,237
31.5%
D+21.8
D+29.3
D+2.3
22,427
R
44.1%Bryan11,508
51.5%Taft13,452
4.4%
R+7.4
D+20.7
D+2.1
26,117
R
33.9%Parker8,407
62.0%Roosevelt15,405
4.1%
R+28.2
R+17.6
R+8.5
24,830
R
43.4%Bryan11,523
54.0%McKinley14,343
2.5%
R+10.6
D+3.7
R+3.1
26,541
R
41.5%Bryan11,054
55.9%McKinley14,878
2.6%
R+14.4
R+29.1
R+8.3
26,612
D
55.0%Cleveland12,301
40.2%Harrison8,996
4.8%
D+14.8
—
D+13.1
22,374
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
44.8%106,767
52.6%125,417
238,281
2022
R
44.4%82,226
55.5%102,643
185,095
2018
D
50.8%92,544
49.1%89,458
182,122
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,471 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +4,646 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI in Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+31
2012
+97
2013
+23
2014
−176
2015
−389
2016
−387
2017
+655
2018
+270
2019
+556
2021
−1,277
2022
+799
2023
+1,600
2024
+1,373
2025
+1,471
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 53.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.4 points.
A population of 417,537, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,370 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Green Bay-Shawano, WI and Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI.
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How did Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican by 9.4 points (R+9.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 240,219 votes cast, 107,025 went Democratic and 129,494 went Republican.
When did Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, Wisconsin?
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 417,537 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, Wisconsin is $81,370 — above the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
