Gogebic County, Michigan: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+17%. Republican peak: R+68 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+17MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 14,3192024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,7322024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+41 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Columbia County, OR · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Gogebic CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Gogebic County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −17.8% |
| 1896 | −39.5% |
| 1900 | −50.3% |
| 1904 | −62.7% |
| 1908 | −53.1% |
| 1912 | −8.1% |
| 1916 | −16.6% |
| 1920 | −67.8% |
| 1924 | −60.2% |
| 1928 | −31.3% |
| 1932 | +1.3% |
| 1936 | +28.8% |
| 1940 | +17.0% |
| 1944 | +20.0% |
| 1948 | +12.1% |
| 1952 | +4.7% |
| 1956 | −5.5% |
| 1960 | +14.0% |
| 1964 | +40.6% |
| 1968 | +16.3% |
| 1972 | −6.0% |
| 1976 | +23.0% |
| 1980 | +8.4% |
| 1984 | +16.2% |
| 1988 | +18.9% |
| 1992 | +21.2% |
| 1996 | +20.4% |
| 2000 | +1.6% |
| 2004 | +5.8% |
| 2008 | +17.3% |
| 2012 | +8.1% |
| 2016 | −14.8% |
| 2020 | −12.5% |
| 2024 | −17.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,385 | 4,803 | 8,315 | ||
| R | 3,570 | 4,600 | 8,266 | ||
| R | 2,925 | 4,018 | 7,383 | ||
| D | 4,058 | 3,444 | 7,613 | ||
| D | 4,757 | 3,330 | 8,264 | ||
| D | 4,421 | 3,935 | 8,452 | ||
| D | 4,066 | 3,929 | 8,339 | ||
| D | 4,436 | 2,769 | 8,186 | ||
| D | 4,792 | 2,838 | 9,225 | ||
| D | 5,151 | 3,509 | 8,691 | ||
| D | 5,554 | 4,006 | 9,581 | ||
| D | 5,254 | 4,388 | 10,252 | ||
| D | 6,341 | 3,953 | 10,392 | ||
| R | 4,984 | 5,631 | 10,776 | ||
| D | 5,839 | 4,140 | 10,426 | ||
| D | 7,945 | 3,350 | 11,319 | ||
| D | 7,200 | 5,429 | 12,659 | ||
| R | 6,142 | 6,865 | 13,032 | ||
| D | 6,803 | 6,195 | 13,051 | ||
| D | 6,722 | 5,204 | 12,569 | ||
| D | 7,938 | 5,283 | 13,268 | ||
| D | 9,104 | 6,431 | 15,734 | ||
| D | 8,461 | 4,649 | 13,257 | ||
| D | 5,531 | 5,379 | 11,521 | ||
| R | 3,134 | 6,061 | 9,362 | ||
| R | 487 | 5,128 | 7,707 | ||
| R | 823 | 5,486 | 6,882 | ||
| R | 1,540 | 2,204 | 4,004 | ||
| O | 572 | 818 | 3,039 | ||
| R | 614 | 2,256 | 3,092 | ||
| R | 414 | 2,111 | 2,707 | ||
| R | 676 | 2,166 | 2,962 | ||
| R | 837 | 1,982 | 2,899 | ||
| R | 1,615 | 2,344 | 4,094 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.9%
Italian
13.6%
English
9.9%
Irish
8.6%
Polish
8.0%
American
4.4%
French
2.8%
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: 51.2 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
$52,732
Gogebic County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Gogebic County$52,732
Michigan$72,875
United States$80,734
Gogebic 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
14.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.4%
Working age (18–64)13.9%
Seniors (65+)11.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Other languages0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Gogebic, anchored by the old iron-mining town of Ironwood, was reliably competitive into the 2000s but has swung more than 30 points toward Republicans since 2008, tracking a broader blue-collar realignment across the Upper Peninsula.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-eight points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventeen points.
A population of 14,319, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,732 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Columbia County and Dunn County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Gogebic County, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Gogebic County, Michigan voted Republican by 17.1 points (R+17), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,315 votes cast, 3,385 went Democratic and 4,803 went Republican.
What is Gogebic County, Michigan's political typology?
Akashic places Gogebic 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 19 times, Republican 14 times, and other 1 times.
When did Gogebic County, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Gogebic County, Michigan voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Gogebic County, Michigan?
Gogebic County, Michigan has a population of 14,319 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gogebic County, Michigan?
Median household income in Gogebic County, Michigan is $52,732 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Gogebic County, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Gogebic County, Michigan from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.