† 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
1 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
GroupKenosha, WIWisconsinUnited States
German27.5%35.8%12.5%
Irish10.7%10.4%9.4%
Italian9.4%2.7%4.8%
English7.6%6.7%9.5%
Polish7.5%7.6%2.2%
American3.3%3.4%5.3%
Norwegian3.1%6.1%—
French2.1%2.2%1.6%
Mexican10.9%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.7%1.1%1.8%
Dominican0.3%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%—0.5%
Colombian0.3%—0.4%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Spaniard0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
African American†5.2%5.3%9.9%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
African0.2%0.2%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Asian Indian0.6%0.6%1.4%
Filipino0.5%0.2%0.9%
Chinese0.2%0.4%1.3%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Hmong0.2%1.0%—
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
Kenosha, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
39.4
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.9%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kenosha, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$81,239
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.5%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.2%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kenosha, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.1%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
8.8%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
0.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kenosha, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
21.1%
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.5%
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
64.7%
52.0%
51.5%
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.
Kenosha, WI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+8.2%
1896
−23.4%
1900
−18.5%
1904
−31.4%
1908
−22.4%
1912
+8.9%
1916
−10.4%
1920
−64.1%
1924
−47.3%
1928
−3.1%
1932
+29.6%
1936
+39.9%
1940
+16.8%
1944
+18.9%
1948
+16.2%
1952
+2.2%
1956
−11.0%
1960
+6.9%
1964
+34.7%
1968
+10.3%
1972
−10.3%
1976
+10.2%
1980
+4.0%
1984
+5.6%
1988
+16.2%
1992
+12.1%
1996
+18.0%
2000
+5.6%
2004
+5.9%
2008
+18.1%
2012
+12.2%
2016
−0.3%
2020
−3.1%
2024
−6.2%
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
46.1%Harris41,826
52.4%Trump47,478
0.5%Kennedy446 +7
R+6.2
R+3.1
R+4.8
90,680
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican52.4%47,478
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic46.1%41,826
Robert F KennedyNonpartisan0.5%446
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%302
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%208
OtherAll other candidates0.2%199
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%99
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.1%69
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.0%44
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%9
R
47.5%Biden42,193
50.7%Trump44,972
1.8%
R+3.1
R+2.8
R+7.6
88,738
R
46.9%Clinton35,799
47.2%Trump36,037
5.9%
R+0.3
R+12.5
R+2.4
76,304
D
55.5%Obama44,867
43.2%Romney34,977
1.3%
D+12.2
R+5.8
D+8.4
80,897
D
58.2%Obama45,836
40.1%McCain31,609
1.7%
D+18.1
D+12.1
D+10.8
78,789
D
52.5%Kerry40,107
46.6%Bush35,587
1.0%
D+5.9
D+0.4
D+8.4
76,428
D
50.9%Gore32,429
45.3%Bush28,891
3.7%
D+5.6
R+12.4
D+5.0
63,709
D
52.1%Clinton27,964
34.1%Dole18,296
13.9%
D+18.0
D+5.9
D+9.5
53,717
D
44.2%Clinton27,341
32.1%Bush19,854
23.7%
D+12.1
R+4.1
D+6.5
61,837
D
57.7%Dukakis30,089
41.6%Bush21,661
0.7%
D+16.2
D+10.6
D+23.9
52,129
D
52.5%Mondale29,233
46.9%Reagan26,118
0.6%
D+5.6
D+1.6
D+23.8
55,695
D
47.9%Carter26,738
43.8%Reagan24,481
8.3%
D+4.0
R+6.2
D+13.8
55,863
D
53.8%Carter27,585
43.6%Ford22,349
2.6%
D+10.2
D+20.5
D+8.2
51,250
R
43.6%McGovern19,441
53.9%Nixon24,041
2.5%
R+10.3
R+20.6
D+12.8
44,576
D
50.9%Humphrey21,427
40.6%Nixon17,089
8.6%
D+10.3
R+24.4
D+11.0
42,126
D
67.3%Johnson30,522
32.6%Goldwater14,764
0.2%
D+34.7
D+27.8
D+12.2
45,356
D
53.4%Kennedy22,956
46.4%Nixon19,969
0.2%
D+6.9
D+18.0
D+6.8
43,011
R
44.1%Stevenson17,094
55.1%Eisenhower21,367
0.9%
R+11.0
R+13.2
D+4.4
38,796
D
50.9%Stevenson19,768
48.7%Eisenhower18,917
0.4%
D+2.2
R+14.0
D+12.9
38,827
D
56.0%Truman17,987
39.8%Dewey12,780
4.2%
D+16.2
R+2.7
D+11.7
32,109
D
58.9%Roosevelt18,325
40.0%Dewey12,436
1.2%
D+18.9
D+2.2
D+11.4
31,121
D
57.7%Roosevelt17,174
40.9%Willkie12,182
1.4%
D+16.8
R+23.1
D+6.8
29,777
D
66.6%Roosevelt18,137
26.7%Landon7,268
6.8%
D+39.9
D+10.3
D+15.6
27,245
D
60.1%Roosevelt14,373
30.6%Hoover7,307
9.3%
D+29.6
D+32.7
D+11.8
23,903
R
47.6%Smith10,638
50.7%Hoover11,330
1.8%
R+3.1
D+44.2
D+14.4
22,363
R
8.1%Davis1,517
55.5%Coolidge10,341
36.4%
R+47.3
D+16.8
R+22.1
18,649
R
13.7%Cox1,724
77.8%Harding9,791
8.5%
R+64.1
R+53.7
R+37.9
12,584
R
40.6%Wilson2,813
51.0%Hughes3,537
8.5%
R+10.4
R+19.3
R+13.6
6,937
O
36.1%Wilson2,216
27.2%Taft1,671
36.7%
Roosevelt +0.6
D+31.3
R+10.7
6,141
R
32.1%Bryan2,006
54.5%Taft3,409
13.4%
R+22.4
D+9.0
R+12.9
6,255
R
29.4%Parker1,592
60.9%Roosevelt3,293
9.7%
R+31.4
R+12.9
R+11.8
5,411
R
39.8%Bryan2,101
58.4%McKinley3,078
1.8%
R+18.5
D+4.9
R+11.0
5,273
R
37.1%Bryan1,732
60.5%McKinley2,827
2.4%
R+23.4
R+31.7
R+17.4
4,670
D
53.0%Cleveland1,928
44.7%Harrison1,628
2.3%
D+8.2
—
D+6.6
3,641
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
46.8%41,946
50.4%45,165
89,598
2022
R
47.6%31,371
52.2%34,393
65,923
2018
D
56.7%38,296
43.2%29,181
67,589
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−125 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −4,452 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Kenosha, WI in Kenosha, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−516
2012
−199
2013
−548
2014
−106
2015
−504
2016
−657
2017
+9
2018
+47
2019
+227
2021
−851
2022
−833
2023
−547
2024
+151
2025
−125
Kenosha sits at Wisconsin's southeastern tip, where blue-collar manufacturing heritage and fast-growing exurban subdivisions have produced some of the sharpest vote-share swings in the state over the past three presidential elections.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 64.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.2 points.
A population of 168,438, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,239 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI and Erie, PA.
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In 2024, Kenosha, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican by 6.2 points (R+6.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 90,680 votes cast, 41,826 went Democratic and 47,478 went Republican.
When did Kenosha, WI, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kenosha, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Kenosha, WI, Wisconsin?
Kenosha, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 168,438 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kenosha, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Kenosha, WI, Wisconsin is $81,239 — above the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Kenosha, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Kenosha, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
