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      Home›Wisconsin›WI-03

      Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District

      R+2.7
      ↑ D+1.0 vs 2022· Wisconsin · Latest: 2024

      Competitive — flipped 3 times in 25 elections

      Population740K

      Current Representative

      REPDerrick Van OrdenElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      Key Insights

      • Has flipped parties 1 time since 2008
      • Shifted 18.6 points toward Republicans over the last 4 elections

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      Who lives in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District? 739,573 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      WI-03 vs Wisconsin vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      740K
      State: 5.9M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.22%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      75.2%
      State: 76.3% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      5.9%
      State: 9.0% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      94.1%
      State: 91.0% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $72,409
      State: $78,421 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      11.7%
      State: 10.6% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      28.5%
      State: 33.5% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      69.7%
      State: 67.8% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      39.5 yrs
      State: 40.5 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      18.0%
      State: 15.6% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      19.3%
      State: 18.5% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      2.6%
      State: 5.2% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      WI-03 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 89.2%Hispanic 3.6%Multiracial 3.3%Asian 2.3%Black 1.2%Native American 0.5%
      GroupWI-03StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      89.2%78.6%57.4%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(18)
      3.6%8.0%19.3%
      Multiracial / Other
      3.3%3.6%4.0%
      ▶Asian(6)
      2.3%3.0%6.0%
      ▶Black(8)
      1.2%6.1%12.2%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(2)
      0.5%0.8%0.9%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(9)
      0.3%—0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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