† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
6 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIMichiganUnited States
German14.1%17.7%12.5%
Irish9.1%9.9%9.4%
Polish8.6%7.2%2.2%
English8.1%10.5%9.5%
Italian5.8%4.2%4.8%
American4.1%4.2%5.3%
French2.7%3.0%1.6%
Scottish1.4%—1.3%
African American†20.1%12.2%9.9%
African0.7%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Mexican3.4%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.5%1.8%
Asian Indian2.3%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.6%0.5%1.3%
Bangladeshi0.4%0.2%—
Filipino0.4%0.2%0.9%
Pakistani0.2%——
Korean0.2%0.2%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Michigan
United States
Median age
40.2
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.7%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$77,535
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.6%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.6%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.8%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.1%
3.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.1%
1.8%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
0.8%
1.1%
Arabic
3.7%
1.8%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Michigan
United States
Catholic
18.7%
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.1%
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.2%
60.3%
51.5%
Black Protestant
5.0%
3.2%
2.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+1.6%
1896
−12.8%
1900
−13.6%
1904
−37.8%
1908
−29.2%
1912
−3.1%
1916
−8.4%
1920
−55.2%
1924
−70.4%
1928
−31.2%
1932
+15.2%
1936
+29.6%
1940
+17.6%
1944
+20.2%
1948
+13.7%
1952
+6.7%
1956
+6.6%
1960
+22.0%
1964
+45.1%
1968
+25.3%
1972
−7.6%
1976
+5.6%
1980
+3.1%
1984
−10.0%
1988
−3.0%
1992
+11.8%
1996
+22.4%
2000
+16.2%
2004
+14.1%
2008
+25.5%
2012
+19.9%
2016
+10.6%
2020
+13.5%
2024
+7.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
52.4%Harris1,268,213
45.2%Trump1,095,203
1.3%Stein32,132 +9
D+7.1
R+6.4
D+8.6
2,422,398
All 12 candidates in 2024 · 10 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic52.4%1,268,213
Donald J TrumpRepublican45.2%1,095,203
Jill SteinIndependent1.3%32,132
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.4%10,425
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%8,405
Cornel WestIndependent0.2%4,154
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%2,362
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%968
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%327
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%203
Cherunda Lynn FoxIndependent0.0%5
Jay J BowmanIndependent0.0%1
D
56.1%Biden1,351,220
42.6%Trump1,026,036
1.3%
D+13.5
D+2.9
D+9.0
2,408,987
D
52.9%Clinton1,110,502
42.3%Trump887,629
4.9%
D+10.6
R+9.3
D+8.5
2,100,631
D
59.4%Obama1,242,859
39.4%Romney825,329
1.2%
D+19.9
R+5.6
D+16.1
2,093,158
D
62.0%Obama1,360,918
36.5%McCain801,160
1.5%
D+25.5
D+11.4
D+18.2
2,194,510
D
56.6%Kerry1,203,845
42.5%Bush903,705
0.9%
D+14.1
R+2.1
D+16.6
2,126,747
D
56.9%Gore1,061,771
40.7%Bush760,164
2.3%
D+16.2
R+6.3
D+15.6
1,865,676
D
56.8%Clinton963,486
34.4%Dole582,819
8.9%
D+22.4
D+10.6
D+13.9
1,696,468
D
47.5%Clinton907,147
35.7%Bush681,330
16.9%
D+11.8
D+14.8
D+6.3
1,910,614
R
48.1%Dukakis783,217
51.0%Bush831,324
0.9%
R+3.0
D+7.1
D+4.8
1,628,660
R
44.7%Mondale780,252
54.8%Reagan954,923
0.5%
R+10.0
R+13.1
D+8.2
1,744,079
D
47.8%Carter849,725
44.7%Reagan794,927
7.4%
D+3.1
R+2.6
D+12.8
1,776,709
D
51.9%Carter878,861
46.3%Ford783,455
1.8%
D+5.6
D+13.2
D+3.6
1,692,388
R
45.3%McGovern755,536
52.8%Nixon882,209
1.9%
R+7.6
R+32.9
D+15.6
1,669,487
D
57.1%Humphrey951,841
31.8%Nixon530,227
11.0%
D+25.3
R+19.7
D+26.0
1,665,797
D
72.4%Johnson1,188,876
27.4%Goldwater449,356
0.2%
D+45.1
D+23.1
D+22.5
1,641,553
D
60.8%Kennedy1,043,578
38.8%Nixon666,656
0.3%
D+22.0
D+15.4
D+21.8
1,715,994
D
53.2%Stevenson847,846
46.6%Eisenhower743,068
0.2%
D+6.6
R+0.1
D+22.0
1,593,666
D
53.1%Stevenson751,649
46.4%Eisenhower656,972
0.4%
D+6.7
R+7.0
D+17.4
1,414,791
D
55.0%Truman584,538
41.3%Dewey439,103
3.7%
D+13.7
R+6.5
D+9.2
1,063,251
D
59.8%Roosevelt651,173
39.7%Dewey431,563
0.5%
D+20.2
D+2.6
D+12.7
1,088,376
D
58.4%Roosevelt537,840
40.9%Willkie376,241
0.7%
D+17.6
R+12.0
D+7.6
920,622
D
62.2%Roosevelt482,625
32.6%Landon253,144
5.2%
D+29.6
D+14.4
D+5.3
776,125
D
55.8%Roosevelt382,135
40.6%Hoover278,088
3.5%
D+15.2
D+46.4
R+2.6
684,323
R
34.0%Smith184,959
65.2%Hoover354,373
0.8%
R+31.2
D+39.2
R+13.7
543,642
R
8.9%Davis36,728
79.3%Coolidge326,219
11.8%
R+70.4
R+15.1
R+45.2
411,382
R
18.9%Cox67,677
74.1%Harding265,735
7.0%
R+55.2
R+46.8
R+29.0
358,650
R
44.3%Wilson79,553
52.7%Hughes94,681
3.0%
R+8.4
R+5.4
R+11.6
179,536
O
27.5%Wilson35,343
30.6%Taft39,284
41.8%
Roosevelt +11.2
D+26.1
R+22.6
128,306
R
32.8%Bryan39,034
62.0%Taft73,772
5.2%
R+29.2
D+8.6
R+19.6
118,984
R
29.6%Parker33,248
67.5%Roosevelt75,707
2.9%
R+37.8
R+24.2
R+18.2
112,211
R
42.0%Bryan46,132
55.6%McKinley61,081
2.5%
R+13.6
R+0.8
R+6.0
109,946
R
41.7%Bryan46,091
54.6%McKinley60,261
3.7%
R+12.8
R+14.4
R+6.8
110,428
D
48.6%Cleveland46,348
47.1%Harrison44,856
4.3%
D+1.6
—
R+0.1
95,332
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
53.2%1,267,146
43.4%1,034,310
2,381,376
2020
D
55.4%1,319,681
42.6%1,015,445
2,381,084
2018
D
57.7%1,053,523
40.6%740,825
1,825,586
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
3,264,665
2018
3,219,615
2020
3,503,779
2022
3,547,866
2024
3,634,050
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−5,850 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −249,395 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−22,644
2012
−14,853
2013
−18,143
2014
−18,414
2015
−22,420
2016
−18,923
2017
−14,918
2018
−14,470
2019
−16,655
2021
−18,924
2022
−28,418
2023
−22,883
2024
−11,880
2025
−5,850
The Detroit metro delivers lopsided Democratic margins in Wayne County while Macomb County swings between parties, making the combined suburban-urban balance a reliable bellwether for statewide outcomes.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 70.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.1 points.
A population of 4,376,828, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,535 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN and St. Louis, MO-IL.
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How did Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Michigan voted Democratic by 7.1 points (D+7.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,422,398 votes cast, 1,268,213 went Democratic and 1,095,203 went Republican.
When did Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Michigan last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Michigan voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Michigan?
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Michigan has a population of 4,376,828 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Michigan is $77,535 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
