67 Vilas
Vilas County (pop. 21,000) is located in the middle of Wisconsin’s border with Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. A popular tourist destination, its population has grown in recent years. With a median age of 55, it has the second oldest population among Wisconsin counties. The Lac du Flambeau Reservation is partly in Vilas County, and this is reflected in the 9% of the county’s population who identifies as Native American alone. Educational attainment in the county is similar to the state as a whole. Politically, the county is a Republican stronghold.
67.1 Demographics
67.2 county election results
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67.3 municipality election results
The county’s small population is spread across many towns. The largest is the Town of Lac du Flambeau (pop. 3,600), which is also the only community with a majority Native American population. Lac du Flambeau town consistently supports Democratic candidates while the remaining municipalities are all 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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