22  Florence

Florence County (pop. under 5,000) is Wisconsin’s second least populous county. Located along the border with Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, it has no incorporated municipalities–only towns. The population is 95% white, the median age is 54, and relatively few residents have a college degree. The county has long leaned Republican, and that trend has only intensified in recent years.

22.1 Demographics

22.2 county election results

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22.3 municipality election results

About 1,640 people (36% of the county’s population) live in the Town of Florence, also the county seat. The remainder of the population is spread across the county’s 7 other towns, none of whose populations exceed 1,000. The smallest is Long Lake with a population of fewer than 200 residents. All of these towns are solidly Republican-leaning.

This map shows the location of each municipality in the county, as it existed in 2022.

These dot plots show the most recent election results in each municipality.

To more clearly illustrate recent changes in municipality voting trends, these scatterplots compare the most recent vote for president and senator with the shift from that office’s previous election.

These maps show show every election result since 2000 in each municipality.

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22.4 Appendix

22.4.1 detailed county results

22.4.2 detailed municipality results