† 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
GroupPlatteville, WIWisconsinUnited States
German40.5%35.8%12.5%
Irish13.4%10.4%9.4%
English10.7%6.7%9.5%
Norwegian5.6%6.1%—
American3.6%3.4%5.3%
Polish2.8%7.6%2.2%
French2.0%2.2%1.6%
Dutch1.8%——
Mexican1.8%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.1%1.8%
African American†1.2%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
Platteville, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
36.8
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
15.7%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.6%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Platteville, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$66,858
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.0%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.6%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Platteville, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.7%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.2%
5.0%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
2.4%
0.7%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Platteville, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
35.1%
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.8%
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.5%
52.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
11.8%
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.
Platteville, WI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−6.3%
1896
−17.6%
1900
−25.7%
1904
−32.4%
1908
−14.3%
1912
+4.2%
1916
−15.0%
1920
−64.4%
1924
−29.6%
1928
−20.4%
1932
+23.3%
1936
+11.3%
1940
−19.6%
1944
−25.3%
1948
−11.4%
1952
−54.6%
1956
−38.0%
1960
−20.2%
1964
+8.3%
1968
−31.1%
1972
−26.0%
1976
−10.7%
1980
−20.5%
1984
−25.8%
1988
−3.2%
1992
+5.3%
1996
+11.4%
2000
+2.1%
2004
+2.6%
2008
+23.9%
2012
+13.8%
2016
−9.4%
2020
−12.3%
2024
−18.1%
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
40.2%Harris10,966
58.3%Trump15,922
0.7%Kennedy187 +7
R+18.1
R+5.9
R+16.7
27,306
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican58.3%15,922
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic40.2%10,966
Robert F KennedyNonpartisan0.7%187
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%76
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%52
OtherAll other candidates0.2%49
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%35
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.0%9
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.0%7
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%3
R
42.9%Biden10,998
55.2%Trump14,142
1.8%
R+12.3
R+2.8
R+16.7
25,608
R
41.2%Clinton10,051
50.7%Trump12,350
8.1%
R+9.4
R+23.2
R+11.5
24,368
D
56.1%Obama13,594
42.3%Romney10,255
1.6%
D+13.8
R+10.1
D+9.9
24,248
D
61.2%Obama14,875
37.3%McCain9,068
1.6%
D+23.9
D+21.3
D+16.6
24,320
D
50.9%Kerry12,864
48.3%Bush12,208
0.8%
D+2.6
D+0.5
D+5.1
25,264
D
48.7%Gore10,691
46.6%Bush10,240
4.7%
D+2.1
R+9.3
D+1.5
21,956
D
47.9%Clinton9,203
36.5%Dole7,021
15.6%
D+11.4
D+6.0
D+2.8
19,215
D
38.5%Clinton8,914
33.2%Bush7,678
28.3%
D+5.3
D+8.5
R+0.2
23,157
R
48.1%Dukakis9,421
51.3%Bush10,049
0.6%
R+3.2
D+22.6
D+4.5
19,580
R
36.8%Mondale7,892
62.6%Reagan13,430
0.6%
R+25.8
R+5.3
R+7.6
21,460
R
35.3%Carter8,406
55.8%Reagan13,298
8.9%
R+20.5
R+9.8
R+10.8
23,824
R
43.4%Carter9,639
54.1%Ford12,016
2.5%
R+10.7
D+15.3
R+12.8
22,207
R
36.3%McGovern6,915
62.3%Nixon11,873
1.4%
R+26.0
D+5.1
R+2.9
19,061
R
31.4%Humphrey5,414
62.5%Nixon10,789
6.1%
R+31.1
R+39.5
R+30.4
17,264
D
54.1%Johnson9,309
45.7%Goldwater7,872
0.2%
D+8.3
D+28.5
R+14.2
17,211
R
39.9%Kennedy7,678
60.0%Nixon11,564
0.1%
R+20.2
D+17.8
R+20.3
19,258
R
30.7%Stevenson5,208
68.7%Eisenhower11,648
0.6%
R+38.0
D+16.6
R+22.6
16,958
R
22.6%Stevenson4,197
77.2%Eisenhower14,327
0.2%
R+54.6
R+43.2
R+43.8
18,556
R
43.6%Truman6,575
55.0%Dewey8,299
1.4%
R+11.4
D+13.9
R+15.9
15,089
R
37.3%Roosevelt6,091
62.6%Dewey10,226
0.2%
R+25.3
R+5.7
R+32.8
16,345
R
39.8%Roosevelt7,458
59.4%Willkie11,143
0.8%
R+19.6
R+30.9
R+29.6
18,759
D
52.4%Roosevelt9,170
41.1%Landon7,196
6.5%
D+11.3
R+12.1
R+13.0
17,503
D
60.9%Roosevelt9,701
37.6%Hoover5,986
1.5%
D+23.3
D+43.7
D+5.5
15,919
R
39.5%Smith6,630
59.9%Hoover10,052
0.7%
R+20.4
D+9.2
R+2.9
16,794
O
10.7%Davis1,518
40.3%Coolidge5,714
49.0%
La Follette +8.6
D+34.8
R+4.4
14,169
R
16.5%Cox1,971
80.9%Harding9,638
2.5%
R+64.4
R+49.3
R+38.2
11,911
R
41.3%Wilson3,459
56.3%Hughes4,718
2.4%
R+15.0
R+19.2
R+18.2
8,382
D
45.8%Wilson3,615
41.6%Taft3,283
12.5%
D+4.2
D+18.5
R+15.3
7,886
R
40.8%Bryan3,696
55.1%Taft4,989
4.1%
R+14.3
D+18.2
R+4.7
9,056
R
32.1%Parker2,886
64.5%Roosevelt5,804
3.4%
R+32.4
R+6.8
R+12.8
8,995
R
35.5%Bryan3,254
61.2%McKinley5,609
3.4%
R+25.7
R+8.1
R+18.1
9,172
R
39.8%Bryan3,683
57.4%McKinley5,315
2.8%
R+17.6
R+11.3
R+11.5
9,260
R
43.9%Cleveland3,685
50.2%Harrison4,217
5.9%
R+6.3
—
R+8.0
8,396
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
42.0%11,300
55.7%14,995
26,910
2022
R
43.1%8,671
56.7%11,397
20,109
2018
D
54.3%10,554
45.6%8,860
19,420
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−78 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −494 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Platteville, WI in Platteville, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−96
2012
−407
2013
+36
2014
+591
2015
+327
2016
−204
2017
−346
2018
−394
2019
−103
2021
−647
2022
+41
2023
+455
2024
+331
2025
−78
Platteville, WI sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.9 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 64.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.1 points.
A population of 51,770, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,858 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sterling, IL and Baraboo, WI.
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In 2024, Platteville, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican by 18.1 points (R+18.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 27,306 votes cast, 10,966 went Democratic and 15,922 went Republican.
When did Platteville, WI, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Platteville, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Platteville, WI, Wisconsin?
Platteville, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 51,770 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Platteville, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Platteville, WI, Wisconsin is $66,858 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Platteville, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Platteville, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
