Delta County, Michigan: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+30%. Republican peak: R+64 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+30MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 36,8132024 5-year
- Median household income
- $57,8092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+39 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Burnett County, WI · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Delta CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Delta County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
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 | −11.0% |
| 1896 | −37.6% |
| 1900 | −43.1% |
| 1904 | −64.1% |
| 1908 | −47.4% |
| 1912 | −1.0% |
| 1916 | −25.3% |
| 1920 | −39.1% |
| 1924 | −45.0% |
| 1928 | −0.0% |
| 1932 | +24.2% |
| 1936 | +32.1% |
| 1940 | +17.1% |
| 1944 | +17.1% |
| 1948 | +12.1% |
| 1952 | −3.9% |
| 1956 | −8.9% |
| 1960 | +10.2% |
| 1964 | +38.7% |
| 1968 | +13.9% |
| 1972 | +2.2% |
| 1976 | +7.2% |
| 1980 | +1.9% |
| 1984 | −6.0% |
| 1988 | +11.1% |
| 1992 | +13.1% |
| 1996 | +16.3% |
| 2000 | −5.2% |
| 2004 | −1.6% |
| 2008 | +6.4% |
| 2012 | −6.6% |
| 2016 | −25.2% |
| 2020 | −26.5% |
| 2024 | −30.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 7,462 | 14,109 | 21,897 | ||
| R | 7,606 | 13,207 | 21,151 | ||
| R | 6,436 | 11,121 | 18,594 | ||
| R | 8,330 | 9,534 | 18,130 | ||
| D | 9,974 | 8,763 | 19,064 | ||
| R | 9,381 | 9,680 | 19,238 | ||
| R | 7,970 | 8,871 | 17,316 | ||
| D | 8,561 | 5,925 | 16,150 | ||
| D | 8,387 | 6,027 | 17,962 | ||
| D | 8,891 | 7,114 | 16,065 | ||
| R | 7,934 | 8,952 | 16,942 | ||
| D | 8,475 | 8,146 | 17,692 | ||
| D | 9,027 | 7,809 | 17,033 | ||
| D | 8,003 | 7,647 | 15,886 | ||
| D | 7,821 | 5,829 | 14,364 | ||
| D | 10,046 | 4,434 | 14,507 | ||
| D | 7,924 | 6,460 | 14,413 | ||
| R | 6,489 | 7,766 | 14,300 | ||
| R | 6,921 | 7,488 | 14,458 | ||
| D | 6,943 | 5,414 | 12,633 | ||
| D | 7,375 | 5,213 | 12,644 | ||
| D | 8,802 | 6,218 | 15,101 | ||
| D | 8,954 | 4,527 | 13,791 | ||
| D | 7,363 | 4,386 | 12,285 | ||
| R | 5,419 | 5,420 | 10,930 | ||
| R | 463 | 4,761 | 9,554 | ||
| R | 1,985 | 4,938 | 7,550 | ||
| R | 1,781 | 3,088 | 5,169 | ||
| O | 1,066 | 1,111 | 4,378 | ||
| R | 1,097 | 3,243 | 4,523 | ||
| R | 658 | 3,332 | 4,171 | ||
| R | 1,210 | 3,081 | 4,343 | ||
| R | 1,237 | 2,774 | 4,091 | ||
| R | 1,412 | 1,769 | 3,258 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.0%
French
12.1%
Irish
9.3%
English
8.0%
Polish
4.3%
American
3.7%
Italian
3.1%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 48.0 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
$57,809
Delta County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Delta County$57,809
Michigan$72,875
United States$80,734
Delta County ranks near the middle 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
12.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.8%
Working age (18–64)11.7%
Seniors (65+)15.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.5%
speak English only
Spanish0.6%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Delta County sits on Little Bay de Noc along Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where a predominantly rural, non-Hispanic white population has shifted sharply toward Republican margins over the past decade, reaching R+30.4 in 2024.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-four points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty points.
A population of 36,813, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,809 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Burnett County and Grant County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Delta County, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Delta County, Michigan voted Republican by 30.4 points (R+30), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 21,897 votes cast, 7,462 went Democratic and 14,109 went Republican.
What is Delta County, Michigan's political typology?
Akashic places Delta County, Michigan in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 18 times, and other 1 times.
When did Delta County, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Delta County, Michigan voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Delta County, Michigan?
Delta County, Michigan has a population of 36,813 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Delta County, Michigan?
Median household income in Delta County, Michigan is $57,809 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Delta County, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Delta County, Michigan from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.