† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
4 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
GroupMilwaukee-Waukesha, WIWisconsinUnited States
German31.0%35.8%12.5%
Polish9.5%7.6%2.2%
Irish9.4%10.4%9.4%
English5.2%6.7%9.5%
Italian4.3%2.7%4.8%
American2.7%3.4%5.3%
Norwegian2.6%6.1%—
French2.0%2.2%1.6%
African American†14.8%5.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.2%0.5%
Mexican7.7%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.6%1.1%1.8%
Hmong1.1%1.0%—
Asian Indian1.1%0.6%1.4%
Burmese0.4%——
Chinese0.4%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
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
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
38.8
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$80,098
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.3%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.4%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.7%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
8.0%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
0.7%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.6%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
24.5%
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
16.4%
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
44.9%
52.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.4%
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.
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+3.7%
1896
−14.2%
1900
−12.8%
1904
−19.4%
1908
−3.9%
1912
+14.3%
1916
+7.4%
1920
−36.7%
1924
−24.2%
1928
+11.3%
1932
+43.8%
1936
+52.6%
1940
+17.3%
1944
+12.4%
1948
+10.7%
1952
−8.4%
1956
−17.0%
1960
+9.8%
1964
+26.4%
1968
+4.0%
1972
−3.2%
1976
+3.4%
1980
+0.2%
1984
−1.1%
1988
+7.3%
1992
+3.1%
1996
+7.3%
2000
−2.6%
2004
−1.3%
2008
+9.2%
2012
+5.2%
2016
+7.2%
2020
+9.8%
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
D
53.8%Harris481,148
44.4%Trump396,898
0.5%Stein4,576 +7
D+9.4
R+0.4
D+10.9
894,773
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic53.8%481,148
Donald J TrumpRepublican44.4%396,898
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%4,576
Robert F KennedyNonpartisan0.4%3,778
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%2,704
OtherAll other candidates0.3%2,698
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.1%1,213
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%905
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.1%750
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%103
D
54.1%Biden474,600
44.3%Trump388,280
1.6%
D+9.8
D+2.6
D+5.4
877,275
D
50.5%Clinton409,068
43.3%Trump350,816
6.2%
D+7.2
D+2.0
D+5.1
809,963
D
52.1%Obama453,542
46.9%Romney408,564
1.0%
D+5.2
R+4.0
D+1.3
870,991
D
54.0%Obama451,456
44.8%McCain374,498
1.2%
D+9.2
D+10.5
D+1.9
835,865
R
48.9%Kerry410,227
50.2%Bush420,758
0.8%
R+1.3
D+1.3
D+1.2
838,098
R
46.9%Gore349,793
49.4%Bush368,913
3.7%
R+2.6
R+9.8
R+3.1
746,434
D
48.7%Clinton304,397
41.5%Dole259,043
9.8%
D+7.3
D+4.2
R+1.3
624,580
D
42.2%Clinton311,009
39.1%Bush288,319
18.8%
D+3.1
R+4.2
R+2.5
737,661
D
53.3%Dukakis354,453
46.0%Bush306,057
0.6%
D+7.3
D+8.4
D+15.0
664,789
R
49.1%Mondale330,188
50.3%Reagan337,893
0.6%
R+1.1
R+1.4
D+17.1
672,146
D
45.8%Carter310,509
45.6%Reagan309,093
8.6%
D+0.2
R+3.2
D+9.9
677,660
D
50.2%Carter322,919
46.8%Ford301,041
3.0%
D+3.4
D+6.6
D+1.3
643,060
R
46.6%McGovern264,312
49.8%Nixon282,370
3.5%
R+3.2
R+7.2
D+20.0
566,766
D
47.6%Humphrey253,324
43.6%Nixon232,173
8.7%
D+4.0
R+22.4
D+4.7
531,990
D
63.1%Johnson349,453
36.7%Goldwater203,236
0.2%
D+26.4
D+16.6
D+3.8
553,802
D
54.8%Kennedy302,421
45.0%Nixon248,300
0.2%
D+9.8
D+26.8
D+9.6
551,874
R
41.2%Stevenson201,368
58.1%Eisenhower284,440
0.7%
R+17.0
R+8.6
R+1.6
489,171
R
45.6%Stevenson228,911
54.0%Eisenhower271,006
0.4%
R+8.4
R+19.1
D+2.4
502,156
D
53.1%Truman210,243
42.4%Dewey167,738
4.5%
D+10.7
R+1.7
D+6.3
395,633
D
55.3%Roosevelt225,739
42.9%Dewey175,019
1.9%
D+12.4
R+4.9
D+4.9
408,326
D
57.3%Roosevelt231,065
40.0%Willkie161,260
2.7%
D+17.3
R+35.3
D+7.4
403,243
D
72.8%Roosevelt249,217
20.2%Landon69,106
7.0%
D+52.6
D+8.9
D+28.4
342,162
D
66.0%Roosevelt198,029
22.2%Hoover66,622
11.8%
D+43.8
D+32.5
D+26.0
300,142
D
52.8%Smith128,205
41.5%Hoover100,744
5.8%
D+11.3
D+35.5
D+28.8
242,962
O
10.2%Davis18,047
34.4%Coolidge60,758
55.4%
La Follette +20.9
D+12.5
D+1.0
176,519
R
18.2%Cox30,386
54.9%Harding91,547
26.9%
R+36.7
R+44.1
R+10.5
166,816
D
44.5%Wilson43,313
37.1%Hughes36,101
18.4%
D+7.4
R+6.9
D+4.3
97,353
D
41.1%Wilson35,525
26.8%Taft23,139
32.1%
D+14.3
D+18.2
R+5.2
86,335
R
37.2%Bryan33,687
41.1%Taft37,187
21.6%
R+3.9
D+15.6
D+5.7
90,458
R
28.7%Parker24,997
48.2%Roosevelt41,891
23.1%
R+19.4
R+6.6
D+0.2
86,963
R
39.8%Bryan33,128
52.7%McKinley43,811
7.5%
R+12.8
D+1.4
R+5.3
83,196
R
41.4%Bryan34,079
55.7%McKinley45,762
2.9%
R+14.2
R+17.9
R+8.1
82,220
D
50.1%Cleveland32,960
46.5%Harrison30,554
3.4%
D+3.7
—
D+2.0
65,737
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
53.8%476,444
44.2%391,367
885,003
2022
D
53.1%370,566
46.7%326,432
698,392
2018
D
55.7%409,109
44.2%324,456
734,673
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−2,255 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −94,339 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−4,239
2012
−3,616
2013
−5,431
2014
−6,788
2015
−8,739
2016
−10,112
2017
−10,587
2018
−8,135
2019
−5,140
2021
−13,224
2022
−7,357
2023
−4,908
2024
−3,808
2025
−2,255
Milwaukee County's high-density wards regularly post some of the Midwest's largest Democratic vote shares, while Waukesha County anchors a suburban conservative belt that has consistently outpaced it in raw turnout—leaving statewide races to hinge on which side closes the gap.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 36.7 points in 1920. The 2024 margin was 9.4 points.
A population of 1,568,938, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,098 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN and Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI.
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How did Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 9.4 points (D+9.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 894,773 votes cast, 481,148 went Democratic and 396,898 went Republican.
When did Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, Wisconsin last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, Wisconsin?
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 1,568,938 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, Wisconsin is $80,098 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
