Green County, Wisconsin: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted a near-tie. Republican peak: R+75 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- TiedMIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 37,0172024 5-year
- Median household income
- $82,8522024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+75 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Sauk County, WI · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Green CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Green County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
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 | −5.5% |
| 1896 | −13.3% |
| 1900 | −24.5% |
| 1904 | −31.6% |
| 1908 | −15.8% |
| 1912 | +2.8% |
| 1916 | −16.9% |
| 1920 | −74.9% |
| 1924 | −30.0% |
| 1928 | −29.2% |
| 1932 | +25.3% |
| 1936 | +22.7% |
| 1940 | −11.1% |
| 1944 | −15.0% |
| 1948 | −6.2% |
| 1952 | −41.0% |
| 1956 | −32.5% |
| 1960 | −35.6% |
| 1964 | +1.7% |
| 1968 | −28.2% |
| 1972 | −33.8% |
| 1976 | −11.1% |
| 1980 | −16.7% |
| 1984 | −28.1% |
| 1988 | −12.5% |
| 1992 | +4.1% |
| 1996 | +11.4% |
| 2000 | +7.0% |
| 2004 | +5.9% |
| 2008 | +25.7% |
| 2012 | +17.3% |
| 2016 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | +3.2% |
| 2024 | +0.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 10,903 | 10,843 | 22,076 | ||
| D | 10,851 | 10,169 | 21,406 | ||
| D | 9,122 | 8,693 | 18,985 | ||
| D | 11,206 | 7,857 | 19,322 | ||
| D | 11,502 | 6,730 | 18,534 | ||
| D | 9,575 | 8,497 | 18,248 | ||
| D | 7,863 | 6,790 | 15,276 | ||
| D | 6,136 | 4,697 | 12,616 | ||
| D | 5,467 | 4,887 | 14,183 | ||
| R | 5,153 | 6,636 | 11,908 | ||
| R | 4,367 | 7,827 | 12,296 | ||
| R | 5,336 | 7,714 | 14,277 | ||
| R | 5,632 | 7,085 | 13,046 | ||
| R | 3,634 | 7,422 | 11,222 | ||
| R | 3,501 | 6,502 | 10,654 | ||
| D | 5,548 | 5,364 | 10,929 | ||
| R | 3,766 | 7,939 | 11,711 | ||
| R | 3,614 | 7,114 | 10,779 | ||
| R | 3,326 | 7,949 | 11,281 | ||
| R | 3,881 | 4,403 | 8,398 | ||
| R | 4,101 | 5,556 | 9,699 | ||
| R | 4,565 | 5,711 | 10,364 | ||
| D | 5,941 | 3,700 | 9,859 | ||
| D | 5,406 | 3,190 | 8,758 | ||
| R | 2,812 | 5,152 | 8,027 | ||
| O | 423 | 2,922 | 8,331 | ||
| R | 633 | 5,466 | 6,455 | ||
| R | 1,687 | 2,422 | 4,343 | ||
| D | 1,716 | 1,601 | 4,124 | ||
| R | 1,856 | 2,617 | 4,804 | ||
| R | 1,466 | 2,992 | 4,822 | ||
| R | 1,776 | 2,996 | 4,976 | ||
| R | 2,339 | 3,093 | 5,652 | ||
| R | 2,052 | 2,329 | 5,058 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
39.1%
Irish
11.5%
English
9.1%
American
3.8%
Polish
3.1%
Italian
1.6%
French
1.5%
African American
0.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 43.6 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
$82,852
Green County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Green County$82,852
Wisconsin$77,485
United States$80,734
Green 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
7.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.3%
Working age (18–64)6.9%
Seniors (65+)10.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.4%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Green County sits in southwest Wisconsin's historic cheese-making belt, and its electorate has swung between parties by razor-thin margins in recent cycles, making it a reliable bellwether for statewide rural-to-small-town voter shifts.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-five points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was zero points.
A population of 37,017, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,852 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sauk County and Rutland County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Green County, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, Green County, Wisconsin voted a near-tie (Tied), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 22,076 votes cast, 10,903 went Democratic and 10,843 went Republican.
What is Green County, Wisconsin's political typology?
Akashic places Green 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 20 times, and other 1 times.
When did Green County, Wisconsin last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Green County, Wisconsin voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Green County, Wisconsin?
Green County, Wisconsin has a population of 37,017 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Green County, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Green County, Wisconsin is $82,852 — above the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Green County, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Green County, Wisconsin from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.