† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
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
GroupSheboygan, WIWisconsinUnited States
German45.1%35.8%12.5%
Irish8.9%10.4%9.4%
Dutch6.0%——
Polish4.6%7.6%2.2%
English4.5%6.7%9.5%
American4.1%3.4%5.3%
Norwegian3.6%6.1%—
French2.4%2.2%1.6%
Mexican5.8%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%1.1%1.8%
Hmong3.9%1.0%—
Chinese0.7%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Asian Indian0.2%0.6%1.4%
Burmese0.2%——
African1.1%0.2%0.5%
African American†0.9%5.3%9.9%
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
Sheboygan, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
41.7
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.5%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sheboygan, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$73,094
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.5%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.5%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sheboygan, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.6%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.2%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.5%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sheboygan, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
21.0%
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
22.4%
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.2%
52.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.2%
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.
Sheboygan, WI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+16.5%
1896
−31.2%
1900
−17.0%
1904
−25.1%
1908
−13.6%
1912
+13.3%
1916
−16.0%
1920
−58.1%
1924
−27.9%
1928
−4.9%
1932
+39.7%
1936
+30.5%
1940
+1.6%
1944
−0.7%
1948
+10.0%
1952
−18.6%
1956
−20.5%
1960
−8.1%
1964
+34.1%
1968
+6.1%
1972
−0.9%
1976
+4.0%
1980
−4.2%
1984
−10.9%
1988
−0.1%
1992
−3.6%
1996
+4.2%
2000
−11.0%
2004
−10.9%
2008
−0.7%
2012
−9.8%
2016
−15.9%
2020
−15.9%
2024
−16.3%
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
41.1%Harris27,735
57.4%Trump38,763
0.5%Kennedy369 +7
R+16.3
R+0.4
R+14.9
67,562
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican57.4%38,763
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic41.1%27,735
Robert F KennedyNonpartisan0.5%369
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%226
OtherAll other candidates0.2%147
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%146
Randall TerryIndependent0.2%115
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.1%34
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.0%22
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%5
R
41.1%Biden27,101
57.0%Trump37,609
2.0%
R+15.9
±0.0
R+20.4
66,011
R
38.5%Clinton23,000
54.4%Trump32,514
7.1%
R+15.9
R+6.1
R+18.0
59,766
R
44.6%Obama27,918
54.4%Romney34,072
1.1%
R+9.8
R+9.2
R+13.7
62,651
R
48.9%Obama30,395
49.6%McCain30,801
1.5%
R+0.7
D+10.3
R+7.9
62,107
R
44.1%Kerry27,608
55.0%Bush34,458
0.9%
R+10.9
D+0.1
R+8.5
62,625
R
42.7%Gore23,569
53.7%Bush29,648
3.6%
R+11.0
R+15.2
R+11.5
55,201
D
46.9%Clinton22,022
42.7%Dole20,067
10.5%
D+4.2
D+7.7
R+4.4
47,003
R
37.7%Clinton20,568
41.3%Bush22,526
21.0%
R+3.6
R+3.5
R+9.1
54,559
R
49.7%Dukakis23,429
49.8%Bush23,471
0.6%
R+0.1
D+10.8
D+7.6
47,177
R
44.1%Mondale21,112
55.1%Reagan26,345
0.8%
R+10.9
R+6.7
D+7.3
47,853
R
43.2%Carter20,974
47.4%Reagan23,036
9.4%
R+4.2
R+8.2
D+5.5
48,575
D
51.1%Carter24,226
47.1%Ford22,332
1.7%
D+4.0
D+4.9
D+1.9
47,383
R
48.5%McGovern21,114
49.4%Nixon21,500
2.1%
R+0.9
R+7.0
D+22.3
43,519
D
50.9%Humphrey20,170
44.9%Nixon17,764
4.2%
D+6.1
R+28.0
D+6.8
39,602
D
67.0%Johnson26,410
32.9%Goldwater12,968
0.2%
D+34.1
D+42.2
D+11.5
39,445
R
45.8%Kennedy18,425
53.9%Nixon21,676
0.3%
R+8.1
D+12.4
R+8.2
40,221
R
39.5%Stevenson14,540
59.9%Eisenhower22,077
0.6%
R+20.5
R+1.9
R+5.1
36,852
R
40.4%Stevenson15,136
59.0%Eisenhower22,084
0.6%
R+18.6
R+28.5
R+7.8
37,432
D
53.0%Truman15,339
43.0%Dewey12,459
4.0%
D+10.0
D+10.7
D+5.5
28,942
R
48.7%Roosevelt15,062
49.4%Dewey15,291
1.9%
R+0.7
R+2.3
R+8.2
30,938
D
49.8%Roosevelt15,800
48.2%Willkie15,305
2.0%
D+1.6
R+28.9
R+8.4
31,747
D
62.1%Roosevelt17,415
31.6%Landon8,865
6.4%
D+30.5
R+9.2
D+6.2
28,063
D
67.6%Roosevelt18,029
28.0%Hoover7,454
4.4%
D+39.7
D+44.5
D+21.9
26,661
R
46.3%Smith11,439
51.2%Hoover12,640
2.5%
R+4.9
D+23.0
D+12.6
24,701
O
6.7%Davis1,350
34.6%Coolidge6,974
58.8%
La Follette +24.2
D+30.2
R+2.7
20,181
R
10.9%Cox1,895
68.9%Harding11,994
20.2%
R+58.1
R+42.1
R+31.9
17,396
R
37.0%Wilson3,885
52.9%Hughes5,562
10.1%
R+16.0
R+29.2
R+19.1
10,510
D
41.2%Wilson3,968
28.0%Taft2,692
30.8%
D+13.3
D+26.9
R+6.3
9,625
R
38.8%Bryan4,405
52.4%Taft5,948
8.8%
R+13.6
D+11.5
R+4.0
11,351
R
32.0%Parker3,430
57.2%Roosevelt6,121
10.8%
R+25.1
R+8.1
R+5.5
10,704
R
36.7%Bryan4,049
53.8%McKinley5,927
9.5%
R+17.0
D+14.2
R+9.5
11,023
R
31.3%Bryan3,327
62.5%McKinley6,644
6.2%
R+31.2
R+47.7
R+25.1
10,631
D
56.7%Cleveland5,126
40.3%Harrison3,638
3.0%
D+16.5
—
D+14.8
9,034
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
41.2%27,552
56.4%37,747
66,904
2022
R
39.9%21,350
59.9%32,058
53,537
2018
R
45.7%24,183
54.2%28,667
52,925
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−127 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,890 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Sheboygan, WI in Sheboygan, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−672
2012
−725
2013
−312
2014
+43
2015
−30
2016
−415
2017
−80
2018
−31
2019
−76
2021
−285
2022
+43
2023
−133
2024
−90
2025
−127
Sheboygan County anchors this compact metro and has flipped between presidential candidates in consecutive cycles, making it a reliable bellwether for statewide margins in a perennially competitive state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 58.1 points in 1920. The 2024 margin was 16.3 points.
A population of 117,991, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,094 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wausau, WI and Appleton, WI.
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In 2024, Sheboygan, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican by 16.3 points (R+16.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 67,562 votes cast, 27,735 went Democratic and 38,763 went Republican.
When did Sheboygan, WI, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sheboygan, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Sheboygan, WI, Wisconsin?
Sheboygan, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 117,991 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sheboygan, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Sheboygan, WI, Wisconsin is $73,094 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Sheboygan, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Sheboygan, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
