† 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
GroupSparta, WIWisconsinUnited States
German36.5%35.8%12.5%
Norwegian13.1%6.1%—
Irish10.6%10.4%9.4%
English7.0%6.7%9.5%
Polish3.6%7.6%2.2%
American3.1%3.4%5.3%
French1.9%2.2%1.6%
Italian1.8%2.7%4.8%
Mexican4.7%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.1%1.8%
African American†1.4%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
Sparta, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
39.7
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.0%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sparta, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$69,467
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.7%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.3%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sparta, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.0%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
5.0%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
4.2%
0.7%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sparta, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
13.6%
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
19.3%
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
57.7%
52.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.5%
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.
Sparta, WI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−1.3%
1896
−21.3%
1900
−23.8%
1904
−36.8%
1908
−20.2%
1912
+5.0%
1916
−19.5%
1920
−71.3%
1924
−22.4%
1928
−22.8%
1932
+37.5%
1936
+15.0%
1940
−26.2%
1944
−28.7%
1948
−3.6%
1952
−40.2%
1956
−26.7%
1960
−17.9%
1964
+10.9%
1968
−24.4%
1972
−34.8%
1976
−5.6%
1980
−10.3%
1984
−19.2%
1988
−4.7%
1992
+1.8%
1996
+11.1%
2000
−4.6%
2004
−7.2%
2008
+8.0%
2012
−0.8%
2016
−21.8%
2020
−23.6%
2024
−26.0%
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
36.3%Harris8,476
62.3%Trump14,563
0.6%Kennedy130 +7
R+26.0
R+2.4
R+24.6
23,369
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican62.3%14,563
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic36.3%8,476
Robert F KennedyNonpartisan0.6%130
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%59
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%47
OtherAll other candidates0.2%38
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%27
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.0%11
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%10
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.0%8
R
37.3%Biden8,433
60.9%Trump13,775
1.8%
R+23.6
R+1.8
R+28.1
22,611
R
35.8%Clinton7,052
57.6%Trump11,356
6.6%
R+21.8
R+21.0
R+23.9
19,699
R
48.8%Obama9,515
49.7%Romney9,675
1.5%
R+0.8
R+8.8
R+4.7
19,485
D
53.2%Obama10,198
45.2%McCain8,666
1.5%
D+8.0
D+15.2
D+0.7
19,152
R
45.9%Kerry8,973
53.1%Bush10,375
1.1%
R+7.2
R+2.5
R+4.7
19,554
R
45.7%Gore7,460
50.3%Bush8,217
4.0%
R+4.6
R+15.8
R+5.2
16,335
D
47.4%Clinton6,924
36.3%Dole5,299
16.3%
D+11.1
D+9.3
D+2.6
14,600
D
38.2%Clinton6,427
36.4%Bush6,118
25.3%
D+1.8
D+6.5
R+3.7
16,805
R
47.4%Dukakis6,437
52.1%Bush7,073
0.6%
R+4.7
D+14.5
D+3.0
13,585
R
40.1%Mondale5,567
59.3%Reagan8,227
0.6%
R+19.2
R+8.9
R+0.9
13,884
R
41.6%Carter6,521
51.9%Reagan8,136
6.5%
R+10.3
R+4.7
R+0.6
15,684
R
46.3%Carter6,465
51.8%Ford7,242
1.9%
R+5.6
D+29.3
R+7.6
13,968
R
31.8%McGovern3,640
66.7%Nixon7,625
1.5%
R+34.8
R+10.5
R+11.7
11,436
R
33.4%Humphrey4,012
57.7%Nixon6,938
8.9%
R+24.4
R+35.3
R+23.7
12,015
D
55.4%Johnson6,385
44.5%Goldwater5,126
0.1%
D+10.9
D+28.8
R+11.7
11,524
R
41.0%Kennedy5,161
58.9%Nixon7,410
0.1%
R+17.9
D+8.8
R+18.0
12,587
R
36.5%Stevenson4,311
63.2%Eisenhower7,460
0.3%
R+26.7
D+13.6
R+11.3
11,811
R
29.7%Stevenson3,717
70.0%Eisenhower8,744
0.3%
R+40.2
R+36.6
R+29.5
12,495
R
47.4%Truman4,970
51.0%Dewey5,347
1.6%
R+3.6
D+25.2
R+8.1
10,490
R
35.3%Roosevelt4,013
64.1%Dewey7,277
0.6%
R+28.7
R+2.6
R+36.2
11,354
R
36.3%Roosevelt4,673
62.5%Willkie8,042
1.2%
R+26.2
R+41.1
R+36.1
12,863
D
54.1%Roosevelt6,491
39.1%Landon4,695
6.8%
D+15.0
R+22.6
R+9.3
12,008
D
67.9%Roosevelt6,757
30.4%Hoover3,022
1.8%
D+37.5
D+60.3
D+19.7
9,954
R
38.0%Smith3,709
60.8%Hoover5,936
1.2%
R+22.8
R+0.4
R+5.4
9,759
O
4.3%Davis428
26.7%Coolidge2,661
69.0%
La Follette +42.3
D+48.9
D+2.8
9,965
R
12.0%Cox977
83.3%Harding6,784
4.7%
R+71.3
R+51.8
R+45.1
8,145
R
38.0%Wilson1,991
57.6%Hughes3,013
4.4%
R+19.5
R+24.6
R+22.7
5,233
D
43.2%Wilson2,084
38.1%Taft1,841
18.7%
D+5.0
D+25.2
R+14.5
4,828
R
37.9%Bryan2,155
58.1%Taft3,304
4.0%
R+20.2
D+16.6
R+10.7
5,686
R
30.0%Parker1,749
66.8%Roosevelt3,892
3.2%
R+36.8
R+13.0
R+17.1
5,829
R
36.5%Bryan2,247
60.3%McKinley3,709
3.2%
R+23.8
R+2.4
R+16.2
6,150
R
38.1%Bryan2,361
59.5%McKinley3,683
2.4%
R+21.3
R+20.0
R+15.3
6,194
R
45.8%Cleveland2,458
47.1%Harrison2,530
7.1%
R+1.3
—
R+3.0
5,367
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
37.3%8,647
59.8%13,860
23,163
2022
R
37.3%6,461
62.4%10,801
17,311
2018
R
48.7%8,151
51.2%8,559
16,731
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−35 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −691 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Sparta, WI in Sparta, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+38
2012
−322
2013
−29
2014
−189
2015
−102
2016
−140
2017
+71
2018
+289
2019
−21
2021
−151
2022
−235
2023
+74
2024
+61
2025
−35
Sparta, WI sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 71.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.0 points.
A population of 46,208, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,467 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rice Lake, WI and Mason City, IA.
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In 2024, Sparta, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican by 26.0 points (R+26.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 23,369 votes cast, 8,476 went Democratic and 14,563 went Republican.
When did Sparta, WI, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sparta, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Sparta, WI, Wisconsin?
Sparta, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 46,208 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sparta, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Sparta, WI, Wisconsin is $69,467 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Sparta, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Sparta, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
