58  Rusk

Rusk County (pop. 14,000) is located in northwestern Wicsonsin. The county is 94% white and has very low population density. Educational attainment is lower than the state average, and the median income is much lower. After a closely competitive series of elections in the 2000s, Republicans have won most recent elections by large margins.

58.1 Demographics

58.2 county election results

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58.3 municipality election results

The two most populous municipalities in Rusk County are the City of Ladysmith (pop. 3,200) and the Town of Flambeau (pop. 1,300). Both of these lean Republican, Flambeau much more so than Ladysmith.

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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58.4 Appendix

58.4.1 detailed county results

58.4.2 detailed municipality results