combined metro areaWausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+1.2
2008D+15.1
2012D+0.1
2016R+12.7
2020R+13.0
2024R+13.7
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 75.0% of 219,169 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
69,631
92,197
2,472
164,300
219,169
75.0%
2020
67,601
88,231
2,820
158,652
214,763
73.9%
2016
59,235
77,817
8,873
145,925
214,087
68.2%
2012
73,019
72,936
2,144
148,099
210,104
70.5%
2008
82,894
60,736
2,784
146,414
205,487
71.3%
2004
71,710
73,532
1,849
147,091
200,870†
73.2%
† 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
GroupWausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WIWisconsinUnited States
German44.0%35.8%12.5%
Polish16.7%7.6%2.2%
Irish9.0%10.4%9.4%
English6.6%6.7%9.5%
Norwegian5.4%6.1%—
American4.1%3.4%5.3%
French2.5%2.2%1.6%
Italian1.4%2.7%4.8%
Hmong2.8%1.0%—
Asian Indian0.2%0.6%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Mexican2.6%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.1%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.2%——
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
Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
41.1
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.6%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$74,845
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.6%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.8%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.9%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.9%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.3%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
23.2%
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
15.4%
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
50.7%
52.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.3%
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.
Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+16.9%
1896
−9.0%
1900
−14.4%
1904
−31.0%
1908
−8.9%
1912
+10.9%
1916
−9.2%
1920
−50.4%
1924
−20.2%
1928
+3.6%
1932
+43.9%
1936
+38.5%
1940
+2.9%
1944
−3.4%
1948
+12.1%
1952
−20.4%
1956
−23.0%
1960
−4.4%
1964
+33.6%
1968
+5.2%
1972
−3.4%
1976
+8.2%
1980
−0.7%
1984
−13.3%
1988
+3.6%
1992
+3.6%
1996
+10.9%
2000
+0.4%
2004
−1.2%
2008
+15.1%
2012
+0.1%
2016
−12.7%
2020
−13.0%
2024
−13.7%
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
42.4%Harris69,631
56.1%Trump92,197
0.5%Kennedy831 +7
R+13.7
R+0.7
R+12.3
164,300
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican56.1%92,197
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic42.4%69,631
Robert F KennedyNonpartisan0.5%831
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%544
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%396
OtherAll other candidates0.2%291
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%212
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.1%109
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.0%62
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%27
R
42.6%Biden67,601
55.6%Trump88,231
1.8%
R+13.0
R+0.3
R+17.5
158,652
R
40.6%Clinton59,235
53.3%Trump77,817
6.1%
R+12.7
R+12.8
R+14.8
145,925
D
49.3%Obama73,019
49.2%Romney72,936
1.4%
D+0.1
R+15.1
R+3.8
148,099
D
56.6%Obama82,894
41.5%McCain60,736
1.9%
D+15.1
D+16.4
D+7.9
146,414
R
48.8%Kerry71,710
50.0%Bush73,532
1.3%
R+1.2
R+1.6
D+1.2
147,091
D
47.2%Gore60,424
46.8%Bush59,900
5.9%
D+0.4
R+10.5
R+0.1
127,895
D
47.9%Clinton54,563
37.0%Dole42,171
15.1%
D+10.9
D+7.3
D+2.4
113,877
D
39.4%Clinton50,243
35.8%Bush45,705
24.8%
D+3.6
±0.0
R+2.0
127,530
D
51.4%Dukakis57,049
47.9%Bush53,088
0.7%
D+3.6
D+16.8
D+11.3
110,904
R
42.5%Mondale46,645
55.8%Reagan61,210
1.7%
R+13.3
R+12.6
D+4.9
109,731
R
45.1%Carter53,528
45.8%Reagan54,320
9.1%
R+0.7
R+8.9
D+9.1
118,683
D
52.8%Carter55,574
44.6%Ford46,897
2.6%
D+8.2
D+11.6
D+6.2
105,195
R
46.1%McGovern42,479
49.5%Nixon45,606
4.4%
R+3.4
R+8.6
D+19.8
92,160
D
49.0%Humphrey38,998
43.8%Nixon34,882
7.2%
D+5.2
R+28.5
D+5.9
79,629
D
66.7%Johnson51,868
33.1%Goldwater25,733
0.1%
D+33.6
D+38.0
D+11.0
77,711
R
47.8%Kennedy39,144
52.2%Nixon42,730
0.1%
R+4.4
D+18.6
R+4.5
81,927
R
38.3%Stevenson28,723
61.3%Eisenhower45,997
0.4%
R+23.0
R+2.7
R+7.6
75,020
R
39.6%Stevenson28,992
60.0%Eisenhower43,908
0.4%
R+20.4
R+32.5
R+9.6
73,209
D
55.1%Truman32,051
43.0%Dewey24,991
1.8%
D+12.1
D+15.5
D+7.7
58,117
R
47.8%Roosevelt28,731
51.2%Dewey30,756
1.1%
R+3.4
R+6.3
R+10.9
60,122
D
50.9%Roosevelt32,446
48.0%Willkie30,588
1.2%
D+2.9
R+35.5
R+7.0
63,783
D
66.4%Roosevelt38,456
28.0%Landon16,199
5.6%
D+38.5
R+5.4
D+14.2
57,873
D
70.8%Roosevelt36,154
26.9%Hoover13,744
2.2%
D+43.9
D+40.3
D+26.1
51,042
D
51.2%Smith23,606
47.6%Hoover21,943
1.1%
D+3.6
D+23.8
D+21.1
46,074
O
9.0%Davis3,667
29.2%Coolidge11,900
61.9%
La Follette +32.7
D+30.3
D+5.0
40,810
R
16.4%Cox5,840
66.9%Harding23,746
16.7%
R+50.4
R+41.2
R+24.2
35,502
R
42.7%Wilson9,302
52.0%Hughes11,312
5.3%
R+9.2
R+20.2
R+12.4
21,762
D
44.8%Wilson8,867
33.9%Taft6,707
21.3%
D+10.9
D+19.8
R+8.6
19,783
R
43.4%Bryan9,582
52.2%Taft11,540
4.4%
R+8.9
D+22.2
D+0.7
22,099
R
32.7%Parker7,066
63.7%Roosevelt13,779
3.6%
R+31.0
R+16.6
R+11.4
21,634
R
41.7%Bryan8,279
56.2%McKinley11,137
2.1%
R+14.4
R+5.4
R+6.9
19,830
R
44.4%Bryan8,596
53.4%McKinley10,334
2.2%
R+9.0
R+25.8
R+2.9
19,363
D
56.7%Cleveland8,581
39.8%Harrison6,029
3.5%
D+16.9
—
D+15.2
15,137
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
43.5%71,006
54.3%88,523
163,075
2022
R
42.2%54,023
57.7%73,870
128,110
2018
D
50.4%65,246
49.5%64,070
129,457
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+153 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −4,839 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI in Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−719
2012
−879
2013
−584
2014
−991
2015
−953
2016
−1,228
2017
−296
2018
−536
2019
−479
2021
−1,236
2022
+1,462
2023
+1,232
2024
+215
2025
+153
Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 50.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.7 points.
A population of 283,239, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,845 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Green Bay-Shawano, WI and Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI.
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How did Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican by 13.7 points (R+13.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 164,300 votes cast, 69,631 went Democratic and 92,197 went Republican.
When did Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Wisconsin?
Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 283,239 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Wisconsin is $74,845 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
