Dunn County, Wisconsin: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+16%. Republican peak: R+80 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 45,5272024 5-year
- Median household income
- $74,8242024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+24 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gogebic County, MI · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Dunn CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Dunn County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −21.4% |
| 1896 | −39.4% |
| 1900 | −45.0% |
| 1904 | −67.8% |
| 1908 | −53.8% |
| 1912 | −15.2% |
| 1916 | −26.1% |
| 1920 | −80.1% |
| 1924 | −36.5% |
| 1928 | −54.5% |
| 1932 | +11.4% |
| 1936 | +9.6% |
| 1940 | −20.8% |
| 1944 | −21.5% |
| 1948 | +6.1% |
| 1952 | −35.0% |
| 1956 | −20.9% |
| 1960 | −19.9% |
| 1964 | +24.0% |
| 1968 | −9.7% |
| 1972 | −7.8% |
| 1976 | +7.5% |
| 1980 | +1.8% |
| 1984 | −4.7% |
| 1988 | +11.6% |
| 1992 | +14.7% |
| 1996 | +17.0% |
| 2000 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | +5.0% |
| 2008 | +14.9% |
| 2012 | +5.0% |
| 2016 | −11.1% |
| 2020 | −13.9% |
| 2024 | −15.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 10,643 | 14,726 | 25,678 | ||
| R | 9,897 | 13,173 | 23,524 | ||
| R | 9,034 | 11,486 | 22,106 | ||
| D | 11,316 | 10,224 | 21,992 | ||
| D | 13,002 | 9,566 | 22,989 | ||
| D | 12,039 | 10,879 | 23,172 | ||
| D | 9,172 | 8,911 | 19,330 | ||
| D | 7,536 | 4,917 | 15,415 | ||
| D | 7,965 | 5,283 | 18,218 | ||
| D | 9,205 | 7,273 | 16,594 | ||
| R | 7,712 | 8,473 | 16,358 | ||
| D | 7,743 | 7,428 | 17,088 | ||
| D | 7,882 | 6,751 | 15,004 | ||
| R | 5,681 | 6,660 | 12,556 | ||
| R | 4,392 | 5,415 | 10,526 | ||
| D | 6,475 | 3,964 | 10,458 | ||
| R | 4,487 | 6,723 | 11,239 | ||
| R | 4,189 | 6,401 | 10,604 | ||
| R | 3,593 | 7,475 | 11,094 | ||
| D | 4,894 | 4,319 | 9,382 | ||
| R | 3,853 | 5,980 | 9,905 | ||
| R | 4,545 | 6,968 | 11,639 | ||
| D | 5,619 | 4,570 | 10,975 | ||
| D | 4,936 | 3,898 | 9,108 | ||
| R | 2,045 | 7,096 | 9,274 | ||
| O | 284 | 3,177 | 7,916 | ||
| R | 491 | 5,596 | 6,370 | ||
| R | 1,447 | 2,556 | 4,257 | ||
| O | 833 | 1,403 | 3,746 | ||
| R | 914 | 3,297 | 4,432 | ||
| R | 546 | 3,303 | 4,065 | ||
| R | 1,110 | 3,046 | 4,303 | ||
| R | 1,418 | 3,370 | 4,960 | ||
| R | 1,257 | 2,169 | 4,259 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
37.7%
Irish
10.2%
English
7.4%
American
4.5%
Polish
3.9%
French
3.1%
Italian
2.2%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$74,824
Dunn County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Dunn County$74,824
Wisconsin$77,485
United States$80,734
Dunn County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.5%
Working age (18–64)11.2%
Seniors (65+)10.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.6%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander2.3%
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Dunn County's economy anchors on agriculture and the University of Wisconsin–Stout campus in Menomonie, a combination that once made it competitive but has trended Republican by double digits in recent presidential cycles.
The Republican margin here reached eighty points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixteen points.
A population of 45,527, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,824 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gogebic County and Cowlitz County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Dunn County, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dunn County, Wisconsin voted Republican by 15.9 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 25,678 votes cast, 10,643 went Democratic and 14,726 went Republican.
What is Dunn County, Wisconsin's political typology?
Akashic places Dunn County, Wisconsin in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 13 times, Republican 19 times, and other 2 times.
When did Dunn County, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Dunn County, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Dunn County, Wisconsin?
Dunn County, Wisconsin has a population of 45,527 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dunn County, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Dunn County, Wisconsin is $74,824 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Dunn County, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dunn County, Wisconsin from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.