Marquette County, Wisconsin: Heartland Swing county. In 2024, voted R+30%. Republican peak: R+60 in 1952.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+30MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Heartland SwingAkashic typology
- Population
- 15,7462024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,6812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 1952MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bureau County, IL · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Marquette CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Marquette 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 | +15.0% |
| 1896 | −27.6% |
| 1900 | −28.1% |
| 1904 | −34.8% |
| 1908 | −31.4% |
| 1912 | +1.9% |
| 1916 | −19.4% |
| 1920 | −54.7% |
| 1924 | −14.7% |
| 1928 | −31.8% |
| 1932 | +29.0% |
| 1936 | −3.7% |
| 1940 | −43.9% |
| 1944 | −47.3% |
| 1948 | −29.6% |
| 1952 | −60.3% |
| 1956 | −48.1% |
| 1960 | −40.4% |
| 1964 | +1.2% |
| 1968 | −29.5% |
| 1972 | −26.7% |
| 1976 | −1.7% |
| 1980 | −17.1% |
| 1984 | −24.9% |
| 1988 | −10.7% |
| 1992 | +3.1% |
| 1996 | +10.6% |
| 2000 | −1.2% |
| 2004 | −9.7% |
| 2008 | +5.3% |
| 2012 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | −24.1% |
| 2020 | −27.4% |
| 2024 | −29.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,252 | 6,041 | 9,427 | ||
| R | 3,239 | 5,719 | 9,065 | ||
| R | 2,808 | 4,709 | 7,891 | ||
| D | 4,014 | 3,992 | 8,105 | ||
| D | 4,068 | 3,654 | 7,846 | ||
| R | 3,785 | 4,604 | 8,477 | ||
| R | 3,437 | 3,522 | 7,194 | ||
| D | 2,859 | 2,208 | 6,119 | ||
| D | 2,533 | 2,322 | 6,720 | ||
| R | 2,463 | 3,059 | 5,567 | ||
| R | 2,032 | 3,406 | 5,512 | ||
| R | 2,180 | 3,166 | 5,779 | ||
| R | 2,516 | 2,607 | 5,209 | ||
| R | 1,537 | 2,682 | 4,284 | ||
| R | 1,228 | 2,374 | 3,882 | ||
| D | 1,927 | 1,881 | 3,816 | ||
| R | 1,249 | 2,947 | 4,203 | ||
| R | 975 | 2,796 | 3,785 | ||
| R | 835 | 3,379 | 4,218 | ||
| R | 1,095 | 2,033 | 3,166 | ||
| R | 1,016 | 2,853 | 3,883 | ||
| R | 1,195 | 3,086 | 4,312 | ||
| R | 1,812 | 1,957 | 3,917 | ||
| D | 2,504 | 1,365 | 3,922 | ||
| R | 1,313 | 2,554 | 3,903 | ||
| O | 587 | 1,109 | 3,556 | ||
| R | 687 | 2,436 | 3,196 | ||
| R | 923 | 1,377 | 2,344 | ||
| D | 923 | 881 | 2,235 | ||
| R | 798 | 1,555 | 2,414 | ||
| R | 752 | 1,604 | 2,450 | ||
| R | 866 | 1,560 | 2,473 | ||
| R | 827 | 1,476 | 2,349 | ||
| D | 1,198 | 877 | 2,134 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
45.9%
Irish
12.5%
English
9.1%
Polish
8.8%
American
7.2%
Italian
2.5%
French
1.6%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 50.7 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
$65,681
Marquette County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Marquette County$65,681
Wisconsin$77,485
United States$80,734
Marquette County ranks near the middle 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
13.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.2%
Working age (18–64)11.9%
Seniors (65+)12.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.4%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.7%
Spanish1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With roughly 15,800 residents spread across lakes and farmland, Marquette County delivered a nearly 30-point Republican margin in 2024, consistent with the rightward drift seen across rural central Wisconsin over the past decade.
The Democratic margin here peaked at twenty-nine points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty points.
A population of 15,746, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,681 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bureau County and Monroe County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Marquette County, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, Marquette County, Wisconsin voted Republican by 29.6 points (R+30), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,427 votes cast, 3,252 went Democratic and 6,041 went Republican.
What is Marquette County, Wisconsin's political typology?
Akashic places Marquette County, Wisconsin in the "Heartland Swing" typology — Industrial Midwest swing counties drifting steadily toward the Republican Party. 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 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did Marquette County, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Marquette County, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Marquette County, Wisconsin?
Marquette County, Wisconsin has a population of 15,746 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Marquette County, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Marquette County, Wisconsin is $65,681 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Marquette County, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Marquette County, Wisconsin from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Heartland Swing" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.