Electorate of São José · SC

What is the profile of the electorate of São José/SC in 2026?

São José has 194,697 voters in 2026: 54% are women; the age group with the most voters is 45 to 59 years old (26.6%); 30.8% reached higher education (complete or incomplete; in Santa Catarina, 22.9%).

Source: Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE), 2026 electorate profile. Percentages among those who reported each item.

Who votes in São José in 2026 and the municipality's economy, compared with the state. Want to see this data by neighborhood and by school (polling place)? Explore the full Mapa do Voto analysis.

2026 electorate

194,697voters in São josé · 2026

Gender

Male46%state 47.7%

Female54%state 52.3%

Age group

16 to 170.5%state 0.8%

18 to 249.6%state 10%

25 to 3419.4%state 18.9%

35 to 4422%state 20.6%

45 to 5926.6%state 25.8%

60 to 6912.7%state 13.7%

70 or older9.3%state 10.3%

Education

Illiterate0.4%state 1.1%

Reads and writes0.9%state 2.7%

Elementary school20.3%state 29.7%

High school47.6%state 43.5%

Higher education30.8%state 22.9%

Marital status

Single58.3%state 54.6%

Married31.5%state 36.4%

Divorced7.6%state 6.4%

Widowed2.6%state 2.7%

Color or race

White62.1%state 71.3%

Black9.5%state 5.4%

Pardo (mixed race)27.3%state 22.6%

Asian descent0.8%state 0.5%

Indigenous0.3%state 0.3%

80.1% did not report color or race; the percentages are among those who did.

Who votes in São josé in 2026 and how the municipality compares with SC and with Brazil (the marks on the bar are the state and national percentages). Percentages calculated among those who reported each item. Source: Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE).

Municipality profile

Population (2025)295,658

GDP per capita (2023)R$ 52,681

Income per capita in the stateNo. 134 of 295

Total GDP (2023)R$ 15.6 billion

The municipality's economy. Source: IBGE/SIDRA (GDP 2023, population 2025).

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