† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
10 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
GroupMilwaukeeWisconsinUnited States
German32.9%35.8%12.5%
Irish9.7%10.4%9.4%
Polish8.7%7.6%2.2%
English5.7%6.7%9.5%
Italian4.5%2.7%4.8%
Norwegian3.1%6.1%—
American3.0%3.4%5.3%
French1.7%2.2%1.6%
African American†11.3%5.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.2%0.5%
Mexican8.2%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.1%1.1%1.8%
Hmong0.9%1.0%—
Asian Indian0.8%0.6%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Burmese0.2%——
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
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
39.5
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.4%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$79,652
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.4%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.9%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.3%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
7.6%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.7%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.3%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
22.6%
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
15.9%
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
48.7%
52.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.0%
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.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+7.6%
1896
−17.1%
1900
−12.9%
1904
−19.7%
1908
−5.1%
1912
+15.6%
1916
+1.5%
1920
−44.7%
1924
−28.5%
1928
+3.6%
1932
+40.0%
1936
+45.9%
1940
+11.6%
1944
+8.6%
1948
+8.4%
1952
−12.0%
1956
−19.5%
1960
+4.4%
1964
+26.0%
1968
+1.3%
1972
−6.9%
1976
+1.8%
1980
−2.6%
1984
−4.4%
1988
+5.1%
1992
+2.1%
1996
+7.1%
2000
−4.0%
2004
−3.5%
2008
+7.7%
2012
+2.9%
2016
+1.3%
2020
+2.7%
2024
+1.7%
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
50.0%Harris660,683
48.3%Trump637,927
0.5%Kennedy5,983 +7
D+1.7
R+1.0
D+3.2
1,321,744
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic50.0%660,683
Donald J TrumpRepublican48.3%637,927
Robert F KennedyNonpartisan0.5%5,983
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%5,715
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%3,939
OtherAll other candidates0.3%3,551
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.1%1,455
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%1,429
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.1%917
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%145
D
50.5%Biden653,102
47.8%Trump617,754
1.7%
D+2.7
D+1.5
R+1.7
1,292,490
D
47.5%Clinton559,755
46.3%Trump544,963
6.2%
D+1.3
R+1.6
R+0.8
1,177,913
D
50.9%Obama640,807
48.0%Romney604,694
1.1%
D+2.9
R+4.8
R+1.0
1,258,975
D
53.2%Obama645,903
45.5%McCain552,458
1.3%
D+7.7
D+11.2
D+0.4
1,213,814
R
47.8%Kerry579,963
51.3%Bush622,990
0.9%
R+3.5
D+0.5
R+1.1
1,213,617
R
46.1%Gore492,629
50.1%Bush535,336
3.8%
R+4.0
R+11.1
R+4.5
1,068,467
D
48.3%Clinton432,046
41.1%Dole368,183
10.6%
D+7.1
D+5.0
R+1.4
895,025
D
40.9%Clinton428,649
38.8%Bush406,779
20.2%
D+2.1
R+3.0
R+3.5
1,047,183
D
52.2%Dukakis484,284
47.1%Bush437,102
0.7%
D+5.1
D+9.5
D+12.8
927,680
R
47.5%Mondale449,205
51.9%Reagan491,281
0.6%
R+4.4
R+1.9
D+13.8
946,612
R
44.5%Carter426,431
47.0%Reagan451,096
8.5%
R+2.6
R+4.4
D+7.2
959,252
D
49.5%Carter450,108
47.7%Ford433,764
2.8%
D+1.8
D+8.7
R+0.3
909,139
R
44.9%McGovern360,444
51.8%Nixon415,913
3.2%
R+6.9
R+8.2
D+16.2
802,388
D
46.3%Humphrey347,135
45.1%Nixon337,481
8.6%
D+1.3
R+24.7
D+2.0
749,075
D
62.9%Johnson484,708
36.9%Goldwater284,140
0.2%
D+26.0
D+21.6
D+3.5
770,310
D
52.1%Kennedy401,254
47.7%Nixon367,187
0.2%
D+4.4
D+23.9
D+4.3
770,025
R
39.9%Stevenson273,726
59.4%Eisenhower407,474
0.7%
R+19.5
R+7.5
R+4.1
685,825
R
43.8%Stevenson308,301
55.8%Eisenhower392,723
0.4%
R+12.0
R+20.3
R+1.2
703,915
D
52.1%Truman287,680
43.8%Dewey241,590
4.1%
D+8.4
R+0.2
D+3.9
551,648
D
53.5%Roosevelt305,174
44.9%Dewey256,214
1.6%
D+8.6
R+3.0
D+1.1
570,593
D
54.6%Roosevelt309,810
43.0%Willkie243,923
2.3%
D+11.6
R+34.2
D+1.7
566,927
D
69.7%Roosevelt342,262
23.8%Landon116,979
6.5%
D+45.9
D+5.9
D+21.6
491,230
D
65.2%Roosevelt284,285
25.2%Hoover109,993
9.6%
D+40.0
D+36.4
D+22.2
436,251
D
49.6%Smith183,397
46.1%Hoover170,255
4.3%
D+3.6
D+32.0
D+21.0
369,495
O
9.5%Davis26,932
37.9%Coolidge108,014
52.6%
La Follette +14.7
D+16.2
R+3.3
284,980
R
17.2%Cox43,423
61.8%Harding156,394
21.0%
R+44.7
R+46.1
R+18.5
252,962
D
43.6%Wilson65,110
42.1%Hughes62,941
14.3%
D+1.5
R+14.1
R+1.7
149,404
D
43.3%Wilson57,370
27.7%Taft36,689
29.0%
D+15.6
D+20.7
R+3.9
132,568
R
39.2%Bryan56,121
44.3%Taft63,407
16.5%
R+5.1
D+14.6
D+4.5
143,196
R
31.2%Parker42,756
50.9%Roosevelt69,687
17.9%
R+19.7
R+6.7
±0.0
136,917
R
40.4%Bryan54,815
53.3%McKinley72,352
6.2%
R+12.9
D+4.2
R+5.4
135,629
R
39.7%Bryan53,411
56.8%McKinley76,383
3.4%
R+17.1
R+24.7
R+11.0
134,407
D
51.8%Cleveland57,388
44.2%Harrison48,979
4.1%
D+7.6
—
D+5.9
110,875
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−1,778 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −106,627 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Milwaukee in Milwaukee: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−7,045
2012
−5,681
2013
−7,256
2014
−7,649
2015
−11,140
2016
−12,235
2017
−9,451
2018
−7,124
2019
−5,616
2021
−16,062
2022
−7,766
2023
−4,918
2024
−2,906
2025
−1,778
The Milwaukee media market spans southeastern Wisconsin's dense urban core and surrounding exurbs, creating a battleground where the city's high-density wards and collar-county suburbs often pull in opposite directions on election night.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 44.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.7 points.
A population of 2,333,301, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,652 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Minneapolis-St. Paul and Chicago.
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In 2024, Milwaukee, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 1.7 points (D+1.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,321,744 votes cast, 660,683 went Democratic and 637,927 went Republican.
When did Milwaukee, Wisconsin last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Milwaukee, Wisconsin voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin?
Milwaukee, Wisconsin has a population of 2,333,301 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Milwaukee, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is $79,652 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Milwaukee, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
