72 Waupaca
Waupaca County (pop. 52,000) is located in central Wisconsin about 60 miles west of Green Bay. The county is 93% white and an unusually high share of adults have just a high school degree. The median household income is similar to the state average. Politically, the county leans firmly Republican. Trump improved his 2020 performance relative to 2016.
72.1 Demographics
72.2 county election results
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72.3 municipality election results
Only about 10% of the county lives in the largest municipality, Waupaca city (pop. 6,300). The remainder is spread across numerous other communities; there are 18 with between 1,000 and 5,600 residents. All of these municipalities lean Republican, though the City of Waupaca is the most competitive.
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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