† 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
6 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
GroupMadison-Janesville-Beloit, WIWisconsinUnited States
German33.6%35.8%12.5%
Irish12.9%10.4%9.4%
English10.0%6.7%9.5%
Norwegian8.8%6.1%—
Polish4.5%7.6%2.2%
Italian3.4%2.7%4.8%
American3.2%3.4%5.3%
French1.9%2.2%1.6%
Mexican4.9%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.1%1.8%
Colombian0.3%—0.4%
Nicaraguan0.2%——
Spaniard0.2%——
African American†3.1%5.3%9.9%
African0.6%0.2%0.5%
Chinese1.1%0.4%1.3%
Asian Indian1.1%0.6%1.4%
Hmong0.5%1.0%—
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
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
Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
38
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
11.4%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$85,899
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.8%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
44.4%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.8%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.9%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
0.7%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
14.1%
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.3%
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
61.7%
52.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.7%
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.
Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−4.4%
1896
−24.6%
1900
−29.7%
1904
−37.9%
1908
−20.4%
1912
+6.8%
1916
−6.9%
1920
−67.6%
1924
−34.9%
1928
−23.5%
1932
+11.0%
1936
+24.8%
1940
+6.1%
1944
+2.7%
1948
+6.8%
1952
−19.8%
1956
−19.5%
1960
−10.4%
1964
+29.3%
1968
+3.5%
1972
+1.2%
1976
+6.0%
1980
+5.5%
1984
+0.6%
1988
+11.3%
1992
+18.3%
1996
+22.1%
2000
+22.2%
2004
+24.2%
2008
+39.0%
2012
+35.1%
2016
+32.6%
2020
+36.1%
2024
+34.4%
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
D
66.3%Harris373,850
31.9%Trump179,932
0.5%Kennedy2,614 +8
D+34.4
R+1.7
D+35.9
563,490
All 11 candidates in 2024 · 9 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic66.3%373,850
Donald J TrumpRepublican31.9%179,932
Robert F KennedyNonpartisan0.5%2,614
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%2,353
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%1,784
OtherAll other candidates0.2%1,292
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%557
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.1%493
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.1%460
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%143
Doug Jenkins Kimberly LalondeNonpartisan0.0%12
D
67.2%Biden359,976
31.1%Trump166,430
1.7%
D+36.1
D+3.5
D+31.7
535,558
D
63.0%Clinton301,045
30.4%Trump145,232
6.6%
D+32.6
R+2.5
D+30.5
477,743
D
66.9%Obama320,512
31.8%Romney152,169
1.4%
D+35.1
R+3.8
D+31.3
479,200
D
68.8%Obama310,830
29.8%McCain134,743
1.4%
D+39.0
D+14.8
D+31.7
452,059
D
61.6%Kerry274,355
37.4%Bush166,736
1.0%
D+24.2
D+2.0
D+26.6
445,490
D
58.4%Gore222,165
36.3%Bush137,841
5.3%
D+22.2
D+0.1
D+21.7
380,200
D
54.7%Clinton172,848
32.6%Dole102,971
12.7%
D+22.1
D+3.8
D+13.6
315,960
D
49.7%Clinton174,288
31.4%Bush110,059
19.0%
D+18.3
D+7.1
D+12.7
350,887
D
55.2%Dukakis161,867
44.0%Bush128,897
0.8%
D+11.3
D+10.7
D+19.0
292,995
D
50.0%Mondale144,585
49.4%Reagan142,855
0.7%
D+0.6
R+4.9
D+18.8
289,452
D
46.6%Carter137,010
41.1%Reagan120,757
12.3%
D+5.5
R+0.4
D+15.3
294,047
D
51.2%Carter138,914
45.3%Ford122,723
3.5%
D+6.0
D+4.8
D+3.9
271,130
D
49.9%McGovern121,428
48.8%Nixon118,597
1.3%
D+1.2
R+2.3
D+24.3
243,133
D
49.0%Humphrey100,020
45.5%Nixon92,894
5.5%
D+3.5
R+25.8
D+4.2
204,083
D
64.6%Johnson125,924
35.3%Goldwater68,733
0.2%
D+29.3
D+39.7
D+6.7
194,972
R
44.7%Kennedy86,569
55.1%Nixon106,687
0.2%
R+10.4
D+9.1
R+10.6
193,592
R
40.0%Stevenson67,965
59.5%Eisenhower101,014
0.4%
R+19.5
D+0.3
R+4.1
169,742
R
40.0%Stevenson69,757
59.8%Eisenhower104,201
0.2%
R+19.8
R+26.5
R+9.0
174,316
D
52.1%Truman70,880
45.4%Dewey61,696
2.5%
D+6.8
D+4.0
D+2.3
136,024
D
51.0%Roosevelt73,215
48.3%Dewey69,280
0.6%
D+2.7
R+3.4
R+4.7
143,424
D
52.6%Roosevelt79,591
46.5%Willkie70,298
0.9%
D+6.1
R+18.7
R+3.8
151,283
D
60.6%Roosevelt82,067
35.8%Landon48,482
3.6%
D+24.8
D+13.8
D+0.5
135,456
D
54.2%Roosevelt65,573
43.2%Hoover52,244
2.6%
D+11.0
D+34.5
R+6.8
120,953
R
37.9%Smith43,763
61.4%Hoover70,924
0.7%
R+23.5
D+11.4
R+6.0
115,524
O
5.9%Davis6,108
40.8%Coolidge41,967
53.2%
La Follette +12.4
D+32.7
R+9.7
102,814
R
13.7%Cox11,048
81.3%Harding65,356
4.9%
R+67.6
R+60.7
R+41.4
80,351
R
44.7%Wilson22,347
51.6%Hughes25,809
3.7%
R+6.9
R+13.7
R+10.1
49,985
D
44.8%Wilson20,805
38.0%Taft17,641
17.3%
D+6.8
D+27.2
R+12.7
46,468
R
37.3%Bryan19,912
57.7%Taft30,809
5.0%
R+20.4
D+17.4
R+10.9
53,389
R
28.4%Parker14,953
66.3%Roosevelt34,868
5.3%
R+37.9
R+8.1
R+18.2
52,607
R
33.2%Bryan17,414
62.9%McKinley33,003
3.9%
R+29.7
R+5.1
R+22.2
52,443
R
35.7%Bryan19,566
60.3%McKinley33,038
3.9%
R+24.6
R+20.2
R+18.5
54,747
R
44.0%Cleveland21,548
48.4%Harrison23,691
7.6%
R+4.4
—
R+6.0
48,945
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
67.1%375,092
31.2%174,477
559,176
2022
D
69.1%311,481
30.7%138,606
451,051
2018
D
71.9%320,420
28.0%124,944
445,907
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,240 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +19,663 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI in Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,154
2012
+1,366
2013
+1,896
2014
+1,472
2015
+881
2016
+3,022
2017
+2,402
2018
+1,525
2019
+1,446
2021
−3,472
2022
+2,345
2023
+2,297
2024
+2,089
2025
+1,240
Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.0 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 67.6 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.4 points.
A population of 922,189, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,899 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA and Ithaca-Cortland, NY.
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How did Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 34.4 points (D+34.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 563,490 votes cast, 373,850 went Democratic and 179,932 went Republican.
When did Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI, Wisconsin last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican was 1960.
How many people live in Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI, Wisconsin?
Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 922,189 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI, Wisconsin is $85,899 — above the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
