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1876–2024
Rock County, Wisconsin
Rock County·Wisconsin

Rock County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

A mid-size manufacturing county that has trended closer each cycle

18762024·38 elections
Rock County, Wisconsin · Michael Barera · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+7
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
164,350
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lucas County
OH · similarity 0.99
99 precincts · 88,310 votes cast
Harris · D+7
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+7.3%
46,64240,21888,310
2020D
+11.2%
46,65837,13885,360
2016D
+10.3%
39,33931,49376,074
2012D
+23.2%
49,21930,51780,690
2008D
+29.3%
50,52927,36479,169
2004D
+16.7%
46,59833,15180,479
2000D
+18.5%
40,47227,46770,404
1996D
+20.5%
32,45020,09660,320
1992D
+13.3%
31,15421,94269,025
1988D
+2.4%
29,57628,17858,188
1984R
−10.2%
26,43332,49159,334
1980R
−10.2%
24,74030,96061,182
1976R
−0.5%
28,04828,32557,762
1972R
−17.8%
21,03330,36152,319
1968R
−9.4%
20,56725,22949,493
1964D
+16.2%
28,25720,37248,684
1960R
−21.4%
19,19429,67548,945
1956R
−35.2%
13,83428,98042,987
1952R
−29.4%
15,18327,83743,065
1948R
−2.7%
16,15017,06833,692
1944R
−4.8%
16,76618,47735,376
1940R
−6.9%
17,54320,14137,898
1936D
+9.8%
17,99114,69333,729
1932R
−14.0%
12,61216,82530,008
1928R
−42.0%
8,72621,49730,384
1924R
−54.9%
1,45314,81524,320
1920R
−70.9%
2,44716,15219,337
1916R
−26.1%
4,0157,01111,477
1912R
−12.6%
3,0324,2769,895
1908R
−39.3%
3,2277,83911,734
1904R
−50.5%
2,3487,97211,127
1900R
−43.7%
3,0948,24911,790
1896R
−37.7%
3,6558,28212,277
1892R
−16.6%
4,2316,05210,956
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
3.8%
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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
12.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.3%
Other Christian
9.3%
Methodist
1.9%
Non-Christian
1.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Baptist
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rock County anchors south-central Wisconsin around Janesville, a former GM factory town whose blue-collar workforce has made it a consistent but narrowing Democratic margin county in statewide races.

The Democratic margin in Rock County reached its widest at twenty-nine points in 2008. The margin in 2024 was seven points — still decisive.

Rock County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,673, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 164,350 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lucas County and Iowa County.