† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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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
GroupSturgis, MIMichiganUnited States
German23.9%17.7%12.5%
English11.8%10.5%9.5%
Irish8.3%9.9%9.4%
American4.4%4.2%5.3%
Dutch3.3%3.0%—
Polish3.1%7.2%2.2%
Italian2.6%4.2%4.8%
Scottish2.2%—1.3%
Mexican8.7%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
African American†2.1%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
Sturgis, MI
Michigan
United States
Median age
39.9
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.7%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sturgis, MI
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$66,425
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.4%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.9%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sturgis, MI
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.5%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
7.0%
3.1%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
4.4%
0.5%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sturgis, MI
Michigan
United States
Catholic
6.2%
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
25.1%
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.9%
60.3%
51.5%
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.
Sturgis, MI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−6.0%
1896
+10.8%
1900
+1.6%
1904
−24.1%
1908
−10.6%
1912
+18.1%
1916
+6.3%
1920
−39.9%
1924
−50.1%
1928
−52.7%
1932
+10.0%
1936
−8.1%
1940
−32.9%
1944
−39.4%
1948
−34.1%
1952
−45.5%
1956
−48.6%
1960
−38.6%
1964
+11.9%
1968
−28.5%
1972
−40.7%
1976
−23.2%
1980
−33.9%
1984
−45.1%
1988
−30.0%
1992
−8.4%
1996
−5.9%
2000
−19.7%
2004
−22.6%
2008
−2.2%
2012
−12.2%
2016
−30.7%
2020
−31.7%
2024
−34.0%
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
R
32.3%Harris9,452
66.2%Trump19,403
0.7%Kennedy197 +5
R+34.0
R+2.2
R+32.5
29,307
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican66.2%19,403
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic32.3%9,452
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.7%197
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%138
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%62
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%26
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%20
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%9
R
33.2%Biden9,262
64.9%Trump18,127
2.0%
R+31.7
R+1.0
R+36.2
27,936
R
31.4%Clinton7,526
62.1%Trump14,884
6.5%
R+30.7
R+18.5
R+32.8
23,967
R
43.1%Obama10,112
55.4%Romney12,978
1.5%
R+12.2
R+10.0
R+16.1
23,445
R
47.9%Obama12,322
50.1%McCain12,886
1.9%
R+2.2
D+20.4
R+9.5
25,702
R
38.2%Kerry9,648
60.8%Bush15,340
1.0%
R+22.6
R+2.9
R+20.1
25,239
R
38.9%Gore8,574
58.6%Bush12,906
2.5%
R+19.7
R+13.7
R+20.2
22,024
R
41.0%Clinton8,529
47.0%Dole9,764
12.0%
R+5.9
D+2.5
R+14.5
20,794
R
32.6%Clinton7,817
41.0%Bush9,836
26.4%
R+8.4
D+21.6
R+14.0
23,971
R
34.7%Dukakis7,017
64.8%Bush13,084
0.5%
R+30.0
D+15.1
R+22.3
20,196
R
27.2%Mondale5,795
72.3%Reagan15,405
0.5%
R+45.1
R+11.2
R+26.9
21,296
R
29.3%Carter6,318
63.2%Reagan13,631
7.5%
R+33.9
R+10.7
R+24.2
21,570
R
37.9%Carter7,306
61.1%Ford11,784
1.1%
R+23.2
D+17.5
R+25.3
19,295
R
28.5%McGovern5,119
69.1%Nixon12,438
2.4%
R+40.7
R+12.2
R+17.5
17,988
R
30.7%Humphrey5,413
59.2%Nixon10,445
10.1%
R+28.5
R+40.4
R+27.8
17,645
D
55.9%Johnson9,284
44.0%Goldwater7,307
0.2%
D+11.9
D+50.5
R+10.7
16,623
R
30.5%Kennedy5,445
69.1%Nixon12,337
0.4%
R+38.6
D+10.0
R+38.8
17,847
R
25.5%Stevenson4,242
74.1%Eisenhower12,328
0.4%
R+48.6
R+3.1
R+33.2
16,634
R
26.7%Stevenson4,509
72.2%Eisenhower12,191
1.1%
R+45.5
R+11.4
R+34.7
16,887
R
31.6%Truman3,928
65.7%Dewey8,166
2.8%
R+34.1
D+5.3
R+38.6
12,436
R
30.1%Roosevelt4,235
69.5%Dewey9,785
0.5%
R+39.4
R+6.4
R+46.9
14,089
R
33.4%Roosevelt5,045
66.3%Willkie10,025
0.3%
R+32.9
R+24.9
R+42.9
15,115
R
43.8%Roosevelt6,048
51.9%Landon7,160
4.4%
R+8.1
R+18.1
R+32.3
13,809
D
53.8%Roosevelt6,917
43.8%Hoover5,626
2.4%
D+10.0
D+62.7
R+7.7
12,852
R
23.4%Smith2,698
76.1%Hoover8,781
0.6%
R+52.7
R+2.6
R+35.2
11,546
R
17.9%Davis6,206
68.0%Coolidge23,618
14.1%
R+50.1
R+10.3
R+24.9
34,738
R
28.4%Cox8,494
68.2%Harding20,425
3.4%
R+39.9
R+46.1
R+13.7
29,932
D
51.3%Wilson3,567
45.0%Hughes3,132
3.7%
D+6.3
R+11.8
D+3.1
6,959
O
37.1%Wilson2,388
19.0%Taft1,224
43.8%
Roosevelt +6.7
D+28.7
R+1.4
6,432
R
42.3%Bryan2,770
52.9%Taft3,466
4.8%
R+10.6
D+13.5
R+1.1
6,548
R
35.7%Parker2,176
59.8%Roosevelt3,649
4.5%
R+24.1
R+25.7
R+4.5
6,102
D
49.8%Bryan3,283
48.2%McKinley3,178
2.0%
D+1.6
R+9.2
D+9.1
6,595
D
54.5%Bryan3,968
43.8%McKinley3,184
1.7%
D+10.8
D+16.7
D+16.9
7,276
R
38.0%Cleveland2,441
43.9%Harrison2,824
18.1%
R+6.0
—
R+7.6
6,428
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
32.0%9,195
64.5%18,545
28,762
2020
R
32.0%8,824
65.3%18,018
27,581
2018
R
35.7%7,278
61.2%12,489
20,403
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Sturgis, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
43,970
2018
43,625
2020
47,498
2022
48,715
2024
50,269
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−74 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,074 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Sturgis, MI in Sturgis, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−485
2012
−415
2013
−203
2014
−136
2015
−393
2016
−175
2017
−137
2018
+33
2019
−113
2021
−79
2022
+40
2023
+133
2024
−70
2025
−74
Sturgis anchors St. Joseph County, a historically blue-collar corner of southwest Michigan that has shifted toward Republican margins over the past two decades as durable-goods manufacturing employment declined and rural voters realigned.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 52.7 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.0 points.
A population of 60,969, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,425 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New Castle, IN and Coldwater, MI.
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In 2024, Sturgis, MI, Michigan voted Republican by 34.0 points (R+34.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 29,307 votes cast, 9,452 went Democratic and 19,403 went Republican.
When did Sturgis, MI, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sturgis, MI, Michigan voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Sturgis, MI, Michigan?
Sturgis, MI, Michigan has a population of 60,969 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sturgis, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Sturgis, MI, Michigan is $66,425 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Sturgis, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Sturgis, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
