50  Pepin

Pepin (pop. 7,400) is a small, irregularly-shaped county in west central Wisconsin, along the border with Minnesota. It is perhaps best known as the location of the Little House in the Big Woods (the first book written by Laura Ingalls Wilder). Pepin’s population is 95% white, slightly older than the state average, and with a median income typical for the state. College degrees are less common here than in the state as a whole. The county leaned Democratic during the 2000s, then flipped to Republican leaning around 2010.

50.1 Demographics

50.2 county election results

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50.3 municipality election results

All municipalities in Pepin County are quite small. The largest, Durand city, has a population of about 1,700. The smallest is the Village of Stockholm with a population of about 100. Stockholm village is also the most Democratic-leaning municipality, followed by the Village of Pepin (pop. 800) and the Town of Stockholm (pop. 200). The most Republican-leaning communities include the towns of Waterville, Waubeek, and Durand.

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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50.4 Appendix

50.4.1 detailed county results

50.4.2 detailed municipality results