† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 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
GroupMarquette, MIMichiganUnited States
German19.6%17.7%12.5%
Finnish15.8%——
English14.4%10.5%9.5%
Irish10.1%9.9%9.4%
French7.9%3.0%1.6%
Italian7.2%4.2%4.8%
Swedish7.0%——
Polish6.4%7.2%2.2%
Mexican1.1%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Panamanian0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
African American†1.2%12.2%9.9%
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
Marquette, MI
Michigan
United States
Median age
39.3
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
15.8%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.3%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Marquette, MI
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$65,429
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.0%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.8%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Marquette, MI
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.6%
10.4%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Marquette, MI
Michigan
United States
Catholic
19.8%
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.6%
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.8%
60.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
12.1%
4.7%
5.2%
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.
Marquette, MI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−14.0%
1896
−42.9%
1900
−54.3%
1904
−71.4%
1908
−57.8%
1912
−20.5%
1916
−31.7%
1920
−47.5%
1924
−64.6%
1928
−39.0%
1932
−14.7%
1936
+22.1%
1940
+17.4%
1944
+17.8%
1948
+7.4%
1952
−7.7%
1956
−13.4%
1960
+2.2%
1964
+35.9%
1968
+10.7%
1972
−6.7%
1976
−0.6%
1980
+0.4%
1984
−0.4%
1988
+13.6%
1992
+20.1%
1996
+23.8%
2000
+10.0%
2004
+8.4%
2008
+20.3%
2012
+13.9%
2016
+4.2%
2020
+11.2%
2024
+8.7%
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
53.5%Harris20,866
44.8%Trump17,459
0.7%Kennedy258 +7
D+8.7
R+2.4
D+10.2
39,009
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic53.5%20,866
Donald J TrumpRepublican44.8%17,459
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.7%258
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%167
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%139
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%58
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%30
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%15
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%9
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%8
D
54.6%Biden20,465
43.5%Trump16,286
1.9%
D+11.2
D+7.0
D+6.7
37,462
D
48.3%Clinton16,042
44.1%Trump14,646
7.6%
D+4.2
R+9.7
D+2.1
33,218
D
56.0%Obama18,115
42.1%Romney13,606
1.9%
D+13.9
R+6.3
D+10.1
32,346
D
59.2%Obama19,635
38.9%McCain12,906
1.9%
D+20.3
D+11.9
D+13.0
33,185
D
53.6%Kerry17,412
45.2%Bush14,690
1.2%
D+8.4
R+1.6
D+10.8
32,488
D
53.1%Gore15,503
43.1%Bush12,577
3.8%
D+10.0
R+13.8
D+9.5
29,179
D
56.7%Clinton15,168
32.9%Dole8,805
10.4%
D+23.8
D+3.6
D+15.3
26,758
D
50.7%Clinton16,038
30.6%Bush9,665
18.7%
D+20.1
D+6.5
D+14.6
31,629
D
56.5%Dukakis15,418
42.9%Bush11,704
0.5%
D+13.6
D+14.1
D+21.3
27,267
R
49.6%Mondale14,074
50.0%Reagan14,196
0.5%
R+0.4
R+0.9
D+17.8
28,402
D
45.2%Carter13,312
44.7%Reagan13,181
10.1%
D+0.4
D+1.0
D+10.2
29,479
R
48.8%Carter12,837
49.3%Ford12,984
1.9%
R+0.6
D+6.2
R+2.6
26,315
R
45.9%McGovern11,555
52.7%Nixon13,249
1.4%
R+6.7
R+17.4
D+16.4
25,157
D
53.3%Humphrey11,199
42.7%Nixon8,960
4.0%
D+10.7
R+25.2
D+11.4
20,995
D
67.9%Johnson14,045
32.0%Goldwater6,615
0.2%
D+35.9
D+33.7
D+13.3
20,696
D
51.0%Kennedy11,177
48.8%Nixon10,690
0.2%
D+2.2
D+15.6
D+2.1
21,917
R
43.2%Stevenson9,543
56.6%Eisenhower12,504
0.2%
R+13.4
R+5.7
D+2.0
22,084
R
45.9%Stevenson9,949
53.7%Eisenhower11,618
0.4%
R+7.7
R+15.1
D+3.1
21,655
D
52.5%Truman10,003
45.1%Dewey8,591
2.5%
D+7.4
R+10.4
D+2.9
19,064
D
58.7%Roosevelt11,707
40.9%Dewey8,163
0.4%
D+17.8
D+0.4
D+10.3
19,944
D
58.5%Roosevelt12,854
41.1%Willkie9,034
0.4%
D+17.4
R+4.7
D+7.4
21,982
D
60.4%Roosevelt11,994
38.3%Landon7,607
1.2%
D+22.1
D+36.8
R+2.2
19,844
R
41.0%Roosevelt7,221
55.6%Hoover9,810
3.4%
R+14.7
D+24.3
R+32.5
17,629
R
29.8%Smith4,716
68.8%Hoover10,879
1.4%
R+39.0
D+25.6
R+21.5
15,811
R
6.1%Davis845
70.7%Coolidge9,771
23.2%
R+64.6
R+17.1
R+39.4
13,820
R
23.0%Cox3,012
70.5%Harding9,233
6.5%
R+47.5
R+15.8
R+21.3
13,103
R
31.5%Wilson2,625
63.2%Hughes5,263
5.3%
R+31.7
R+11.1
R+34.8
8,330
O
12.7%Wilson997
33.3%Taft2,603
54.0%
Roosevelt +20.7
D+37.3
R+40.1
7,822
R
17.0%Bryan1,275
74.8%Taft5,613
8.2%
R+57.8
D+13.6
R+48.2
7,506
R
11.5%Parker785
82.9%Roosevelt5,654
5.5%
R+71.4
R+17.1
R+51.8
6,817
R
21.2%Bryan1,471
75.5%McKinley5,235
3.3%
R+54.3
R+11.3
R+46.8
6,932
R
27.2%Bryan1,980
70.1%McKinley5,111
2.7%
R+42.9
R+28.9
R+36.9
7,290
R
39.0%Cleveland2,850
53.0%Harrison3,874
8.0%
R+14.0
—
R+15.7
7,305
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
53.5%20,548
44.1%16,915
38,389
2020
D
54.9%20,408
43.7%16,247
37,178
2018
D
56.6%16,977
41.2%12,348
29,985
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Marquette, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
51,204
2018
50,760
2020
54,962
2022
55,155
2024
56,798
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+372 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,773 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Marquette, MI in Marquette, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+380
2012
+239
2013
−105
2014
+5
2015
−433
2016
−829
2017
+29
2018
−61
2019
+397
2021
−39
2022
+876
2023
+579
2024
+363
2025
+372
Marquette's political character is shaped by the presence of Northern Michigan University alongside a working-class mining and forestry heritage, producing a competitive mix unusual for such a geographically isolated Upper Peninsula community.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 71.4 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.7 points.
A population of 67,112, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,429 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pittsfield, MA and Burlington-South Burlington, VT.
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In 2024, Marquette, MI, Michigan voted Democratic by 8.7 points (D+8.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 39,009 votes cast, 20,866 went Democratic and 17,459 went Republican.
When did Marquette, MI, Michigan last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Marquette, MI, Michigan voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Marquette, MI, Michigan?
Marquette, MI, Michigan has a population of 67,112 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Marquette, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Marquette, MI, Michigan is $65,429 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Marquette, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Marquette, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
