† 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
GroupStevens Point-Plover, WIWisconsinUnited States
German37.5%35.8%12.5%
Polish27.8%7.6%2.2%
Irish10.9%10.4%9.4%
English7.0%6.7%9.5%
Norwegian6.3%6.1%—
American5.0%3.4%5.3%
Italian2.6%2.7%4.8%
French2.2%2.2%1.6%
Mexican2.9%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.1%1.8%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Hmong1.9%1.0%—
Asian Indian0.2%0.6%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
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
Stevens Point-Plover, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
38
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
15.5%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.4%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Stevens Point-Plover, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$76,070
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.1%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.0%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Stevens Point-Plover, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.8%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.0%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.6%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Stevens Point-Plover, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
27.6%
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.1%
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.5%
52.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.4%
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.
Stevens Point-Plover, WI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+5.5%
1896
−9.8%
1900
−10.8%
1904
−24.6%
1908
−15.7%
1912
+6.9%
1916
+8.5%
1920
−34.0%
1924
−8.2%
1928
+13.4%
1932
+44.9%
1936
+44.5%
1940
+28.1%
1944
+23.2%
1948
+19.8%
1952
−6.0%
1956
−8.5%
1960
+24.0%
1964
+44.3%
1968
+22.4%
1972
+18.1%
1976
+24.4%
1980
+19.5%
1984
+2.8%
1988
+14.9%
1992
+13.8%
1996
+21.0%
2000
+14.0%
2004
+13.6%
2008
+27.9%
2012
+13.9%
2016
+3.2%
2020
+2.8%
2024
+1.2%
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
D
49.7%Harris21,503
48.5%Trump20,987
0.6%Kennedy244 +7
D+1.2
R+1.6
D+2.7
43,258
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic49.7%21,503
Donald J TrumpRepublican48.5%20,987
Robert F KennedyNonpartisan0.6%244
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%149
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%130
OtherAll other candidates0.2%87
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.2%69
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%51
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.1%25
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%13
D
50.3%Biden20,428
47.5%Trump19,299
2.2%
D+2.8
R+0.4
R+1.7
40,603
D
48.0%Clinton18,529
44.8%Trump17,305
7.1%
D+3.2
R+10.7
D+1.1
38,589
D
56.1%Obama22,075
42.2%Romney16,615
1.6%
D+13.9
R+14.0
D+10.0
39,337
D
63.0%Obama24,817
35.0%McCain13,810
2.0%
D+27.9
D+14.3
D+20.6
39,422
D
56.1%Kerry21,861
42.5%Bush16,546
1.4%
D+13.6
R+0.4
D+16.1
38,961
D
53.1%Gore17,942
39.1%Bush13,214
7.7%
D+14.0
R+6.9
D+13.5
33,760
D
53.1%Clinton15,901
32.2%Dole9,631
14.7%
D+21.0
D+7.2
D+12.4
29,928
D
46.1%Clinton15,553
32.4%Bush10,914
21.5%
D+13.8
R+1.2
D+8.2
33,716
D
57.2%Dukakis16,317
42.3%Bush12,057
0.6%
D+14.9
D+12.1
D+22.7
28,535
D
51.1%Mondale14,399
48.3%Reagan13,605
0.6%
D+2.8
R+16.7
D+21.0
28,179
D
53.6%Carter16,443
34.1%Reagan10,465
12.4%
D+19.5
R+4.9
D+29.2
30,702
D
60.6%Carter15,912
36.3%Ford9,520
3.1%
D+24.4
D+6.3
D+22.3
26,237
D
58.1%McGovern13,564
40.0%Nixon9,346
1.8%
D+18.1
R+4.3
D+41.2
23,341
D
58.5%Humphrey10,014
36.1%Nixon6,180
5.4%
D+22.4
R+21.9
D+23.1
17,121
D
72.1%Johnson11,887
27.8%Goldwater4,579
0.2%
D+44.3
D+20.3
D+21.7
16,498
D
62.0%Kennedy10,516
37.9%Nixon6,436
0.1%
D+24.0
D+32.6
D+23.9
16,972
R
45.6%Stevenson7,010
54.1%Eisenhower8,320
0.4%
R+8.5
R+2.5
D+6.9
15,386
R
46.9%Stevenson7,537
52.8%Eisenhower8,499
0.3%
R+6.0
R+25.8
D+4.8
16,087
D
59.1%Truman8,154
39.3%Dewey5,424
1.5%
D+19.8
R+3.4
D+15.3
13,791
D
61.4%Roosevelt8,678
38.3%Dewey5,405
0.3%
D+23.2
R+5.0
D+15.7
14,125
D
63.8%Roosevelt10,148
35.6%Willkie5,670
0.6%
D+28.1
R+16.4
D+18.2
15,912
D
71.2%Roosevelt10,576
26.7%Landon3,969
2.0%
D+44.5
R+0.4
D+20.2
14,844
D
71.7%Roosevelt9,195
26.8%Hoover3,434
1.5%
D+44.9
D+31.6
D+27.1
12,820
D
56.4%Smith6,764
43.0%Hoover5,161
0.6%
D+13.4
D+21.6
D+30.8
11,995
O
19.6%Davis2,010
27.8%Coolidge2,854
52.7%
La Follette +24.9
D+25.8
D+17.0
10,280
R
31.4%Cox2,656
65.4%Harding5,527
3.2%
R+34.0
R+42.4
R+7.8
8,452
D
53.0%Wilson3,000
44.5%Hughes2,520
2.5%
D+8.5
D+1.5
D+5.3
5,660
D
43.3%Wilson2,301
36.4%Taft1,932
20.3%
D+6.9
D+22.6
R+12.6
5,312
R
40.8%Bryan2,362
56.4%Taft3,269
2.8%
R+15.7
D+9.0
R+6.1
5,794
R
36.5%Parker2,168
61.1%Roosevelt3,633
2.5%
R+24.6
R+13.8
R+5.0
5,947
R
43.8%Bryan2,633
54.6%McKinley3,285
1.6%
R+10.8
R+1.0
R+3.3
6,016
R
44.0%Bryan2,890
53.8%McKinley3,537
2.2%
R+9.8
R+15.3
R+3.8
6,573
D
50.2%Cleveland2,570
44.8%Harrison2,291
5.0%
D+5.5
—
D+3.8
5,119
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
51.2%21,989
46.8%20,082
42,932
2022
D
51.2%17,186
48.7%16,339
33,575
2018
D
58.1%20,170
41.8%14,510
34,725
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+244 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −112 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Stevens Point-Plover, WI in Stevens Point-Plover, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−176
2012
+49
2013
−96
2014
−299
2015
−314
2016
−350
2017
−97
2018
+43
2019
−283
2021
−898
2022
+1,142
2023
+523
2024
+400
2025
+244
Home to UW–Stevens Point, this Portage County metro sits in Wisconsin's competitive central corridor, where a sizable student and paper-industry workforce population has historically kept countywide margins within single digits.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 34.0 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.2 points.
A population of 70,832, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,070 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Winona, MN and Oshkosh-Neenah, WI.
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How did Stevens Point-Plover, WI, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, Stevens Point-Plover, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 1.2 points (D+1.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 43,258 votes cast, 21,503 went Democratic and 20,987 went Republican.
When did Stevens Point-Plover, WI, Wisconsin last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Stevens Point-Plover, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in Stevens Point-Plover, WI, Wisconsin?
Stevens Point-Plover, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 70,832 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Stevens Point-Plover, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Stevens Point-Plover, WI, Wisconsin is $76,070 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Stevens Point-Plover, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Stevens Point-Plover, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 7 went Republican.
