[1] Located in southeastern Wisconsin, the district comprises part of southwest Milwaukee County, including the villages of Greendale and Hales Corners, most of the city of Greenfield, and parts of southwest Milwaukee and northeast Franklin.

Act 304) which first established the numbered district system, replacing the previous system which allocated districts to specific counties.

[5] The 61st district was drawn roughly in line with the boundaries of the previous Racine County 2nd district (the northern part of the city of Racine).

This was part of a larger gerrymandering plan for the Racine and Kenosha County districts to convert one Assembly seat and one Senate seat from tossups to safely Republican.

Act 94) again dramatically reshaped the 21st Senate district, moving the 61st district from Kenosha County to southwest Milwaukee County.