† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupDetroitMichiganUnited States
African American†71.6%12.2%9.9%
African2.5%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.6%—0.2%
German2.2%17.7%12.5%
Irish1.6%9.9%9.4%
Polish1.5%7.2%2.2%
English1.3%10.5%9.5%
American1.1%4.2%5.3%
Italian0.9%4.2%4.8%
Lebanese0.6%——
French0.5%3.0%1.6%
Mexican5.7%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Asian Indian0.7%1.2%1.4%
Bangladeshi0.2%0.2%—
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
Michigan
United States
Median age
35.2
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.2%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Detroit
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$39,938
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
32.7%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.1%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Detroit
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.0%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
7.0%
3.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
1.8%
2.0%
Arabic
2.5%
1.8%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Detroit
Michigan
United States
Catholic
—
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
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.
Detroit, Michigan
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+93.0%
2008
+94.0%
2012
+95.6%
2016
+92.2%
2020
+89.0%
2024
+81.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
89.7%Harris221,157
8.0%Trump19,638
2.3%
D+81.7
R+7.3
D+83.2
246,552
D
94.1%Biden241,113
5.0%Trump12,939
0.9%
D+89.0
R+3.2
D+84.6
256,277
D
95.3%Clinton234,882
3.1%Trump7,684
1.5%
D+92.2
R+3.3
D+90.1
246,363
D
97.3%Obama283,139
1.7%Romney4,943
1.0%
D+95.6
D+1.5
D+91.7
291,098
D
96.7%Obama325,704
2.6%McCain8,903
0.7%
D+94.0
D+1.1
D+86.8
336,889
D
96.1%Kerry296,078
3.1%Bush9,694
0.7%
D+93.0
—
D+95.4
307,987
Detroit delivers some of the largest Democratic margins in Michigan, driven by a majority Black electorate and dense urban precincts where turnout operations can shift statewide outcomes by tens of thousands of votes.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.6 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 81.7 points.
A population of 638,530, a 10% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $39,938 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Baltimore and Birmingham.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Detroit, Michigan voted Democratic by 81.7 points (D+81.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 246,552 votes cast, 221,157 went Democratic and 19,638 went Republican.
How many people live in Detroit, Michigan?
Detroit, Michigan has a population of 638,530 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Detroit, Michigan?
Median household income in Detroit, Michigan is $39,938 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Detroit, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Detroit, Michigan from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
