2024 presidential election
Alpena County
TrumpR+28.6
2024 precinct map of Alpena CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Alpena County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin, and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the precinct.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 63.6% | 10,967 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 35.0% | 6,038 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.4% | 236 |
Harris +50Trump +50
34 precincts · 17,241 votes. Hover any precinct for its result.
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the county’s overall result across 1876–2024.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +0.3% |
| 1896 | −3.2% |
| 1900 | −22.0% |
| 1904 | −44.2% |
| 1908 | −40.7% |
| 1912 | +11.2% |
| 1916 | −18.0% |
| 1920 | −28.8% |
| 1924 | −60.3% |
| 1928 | −27.1% |
| 1932 | +4.9% |
| 1936 | −4.3% |
| 1940 | −14.5% |
| 1944 | −21.8% |
| 1948 | −22.0% |
| 1952 | −33.1% |
| 1956 | −40.4% |
| 1960 | −12.9% |
| 1964 | +31.0% |
| 1968 | −8.2% |
| 1972 | −11.9% |
| 1976 | −0.5% |
| 1980 | −7.7% |
| 1984 | −23.0% |
| 1988 | −2.5% |
| 1992 | +13.4% |
| 1996 | +19.2% |
| 2000 | +2.0% |
| 2004 | −1.7% |
| 2008 | +3.8% |
| 2012 | −5.3% |
| 2016 | −28.5% |
| 2020 | −27.6% |
| 2024 | −28.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 35.0%Harris6,038 | 63.6%Trump10,967 | 1.4% | 17,241 | ||
| R | 35.4%Biden6,000 | 63.0%Trump10,686 | 1.7%incl. Jorgensen | 16,969 | ||
| R | 33.0%Clinton4,877 | 61.6%Trump9,090 | 5.4%incl. Johnson | 14,768 | ||
| R | 46.5%Obama6,549 | 51.8%Romney7,298 | 1.7% | 14,091 | ||
| D | 51.1%Obama7,705 | 47.2%McCain7,125 | 1.7% | 15,085 | ||
| R | 48.7%Kerry7,407 | 50.4%Bush7,665 | 0.9% | 15,211 | ||
| D | 49.9%Gore7,053 | 47.9%Bush6,769 | 2.2%Nader 262 | 14,132 | ||
| D | 52.7%Clinton7,114 | 33.5%Dole4,525 | 13.7%Perot 1,730 | 13,492 | ||
| D | 45.7%Clinton6,894 | 32.4%Bush4,878 | 21.9%Perot 3,236 | 15,069 | ||
| R | 48.6%Dukakis6,341 | 51.0%Bush6,664 | 0.4% | 13,054 | ||
| R | 38.3%Mondale5,136 | 61.3%Reagan8,212 | 0.4% | 13,397 | ||
| R | 42.2%Carter5,834 | 49.9%Reagan6,901 | 7.9%incl. Anderson | 13,832 | ||
| R | 49.0%Carter6,310 | 49.6%Ford6,380 | 1.4% | 12,866 | ||
| R | 43.1%McGovern5,104 | 55.1%Nixon6,513 | 1.8% | 11,831 | ||
| R | 42.5%Humphrey4,788 | 50.8%Nixon5,717 | 6.7%incl. Wallace | 11,261 | ||
| D | 65.4%Johnson7,508 | 34.5%Goldwater3,954 | 0.1% | 11,472 | ||
| R | 43.5%Kennedy5,071 | 56.4%Nixon6,573 | 0.1% | 11,653 | ||
| R | 29.8%Stevenson3,033 | 70.2%Eisenhower7,142 | 0.0% | 10,177 | ||
| R | 33.3%Stevenson3,134 | 66.3%Eisenhower6,248 | 0.4% | 9,421 | ||
| R | 38.4%Truman2,743 | 60.3%Dewey4,313 | 1.3%incl. Thurmond | 7,152 | ||
| R | 39.0%Roosevelt2,856 | 60.8%Dewey4,453 | 0.2% | 7,327 | ||
| R | 42.7%Roosevelt3,597 | 57.2%Willkie4,822 | 0.2% | 8,432 | ||
| R | 45.7%Roosevelt3,231 | 50.0%Landon3,536 | 4.4% | 7,076 | ||
| D | 50.8%Roosevelt3,562 | 46.0%Hoover3,222 | 3.2% | 7,006 | ||
| R | 36.3%Smith1,984 | 63.4%Hoover3,467 | 0.3% | 5,466 | ||
| R | 15.5%Davis948 | 75.8%Coolidge4,628 | 8.7%incl. La Follette | 6,107 | ||
| R | 34.6%Cox1,893 | 63.4%Harding3,467 | 2.0% | 5,470 | ||
| R | 39.9%Wilson1,392 | 57.9%Hughes2,020 | 2.2% | 3,487 | ||
| O | 31.2%Wilson1,105 | 20.0%Taft709 | 48.9%incl. Roosevelt | 3,547 | ||
| R | 27.4%Bryan949 | 68.1%Taft2,358 | 4.5% | 3,464 | ||
| R | 25.2%Parker907 | 69.4%Roosevelt2,498 | 5.4% | 3,601 | ||
| R | 37.3%Bryan1,435 | 59.3%McKinley2,283 | 3.4% | 3,847 | ||
| R | 47.8%Bryan1,665 | 51.0%McKinley1,777 | 1.1% | 3,482 | ||
| D | 49.4%Cleveland1,536 | 49.1%Harrison1,526 | 1.4%incl. Weaver | 3,107 | ||
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Demographics
Demographic profile
Demographic Profile
Key indicators compared across containing geographies
| Indicator | Alpena CountyCounty | MichiganState | United StatesNation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race & Ethnicity | |||
| White | 92.6% | 73.7% | 61.0% |
| Black | 1.0% | 13.3% | 12.2% |
| Asian | 0.2% | 3.4% | 6.0% |
| Two or more races | 5.5% | 7.1% | 12.6% |
| Other race | 0.7% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1.7% | 5.9% | 19.3% |
| Income & Age | |||
| Median household income | $53,950 | $72,875 | $84,427 |
| Poverty rate | 18.0% | 13.2% | 12.5% |
| Median age | 47.8 | 40.3 | 39.1 |
| Age 18–24 | 6.4% | 9.2% | 9.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 25.2% | 18.5% | 17.2% |
| Education & Language | |||
| Bachelor's degree or higher (25+) | 18.3% | 32.6% | 35.6% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 2.5% | 10.4% | 22.3% |
| German or other West Germanic | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Ancestry | |||
| Largest ancestry | German 24.6% | German 17.7% | German 12.5% |
| 2nd-largest ancestry | Polish 18.8% | English 10.5% | Mexican 11.3% |
| 3rd-largest ancestry | English 11.6% | Irish 9.9% | English 9.5% |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 11.9% | 14.8% | 18.6% |
| Evangelical Protestant | 14.0% | 12.1% | 16.5% |
| Unaffiliated or unclaimed | 64.7% | 60.3% | 51.5% |
| Mainline Protestant | 7.7% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.
Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
German
24.6%
Polish
18.8%
English
11.6%
Irish
9.7%
French
7.6%
American
4.7%
French Canadian
3.2%
Scottish
3.0%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
1.1%
Puerto Rican
0.4%
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries, none of which clears the display floor here.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 47.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$53,950
Alpena County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Alpena County$53,950
Michigan$72,875
United States$80,734
Alpena County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.5%
Working age (18–64)17.1%
Seniors (65+)14.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
German or other West Germanic1.1%
Spanish0.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Unaffiliated or not counted64.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.
Alpena's economy has long centered on cement manufacturing and the Thunder Bay watershed, drawing a working-class rural electorate that shifted decisively rightward over the past decade and delivered a 28-point Republican margin in 2024.
The Republican margin here reached 60.3 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.6 points.
A population of 28,880, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,950 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clare County and Ogemaw County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Alpena County, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Alpena County, Michigan voted Republican by 28.6 points (R+28.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,241 votes cast, 6,038 went Democratic and 10,967 went Republican.
When did Alpena County, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Alpena County, Michigan voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Alpena County, Michigan?
Alpena County, Michigan has a population of 28,880 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alpena County, Michigan?
Median household income in Alpena County, Michigan is $53,950 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Alpena County, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Alpena County, Michigan from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.