Iron County, Michigan: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+29%. Republican peak: R+83 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 11,6672024 5-year
- Median household income
- $55,9402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+83 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Braxton County, WV · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Iron CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Iron County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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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 | −21.4% |
| 1896 | −61.7% |
| 1900 | −70.9% |
| 1904 | −82.7% |
| 1908 | −74.8% |
| 1912 | −35.7% |
| 1916 | −39.8% |
| 1920 | −71.1% |
| 1924 | −59.3% |
| 1928 | −28.7% |
| 1932 | −11.5% |
| 1936 | +15.1% |
| 1940 | +0.4% |
| 1944 | +6.9% |
| 1948 | +5.7% |
| 1952 | +0.4% |
| 1956 | −4.9% |
| 1960 | +14.3% |
| 1964 | +42.9% |
| 1968 | +10.8% |
| 1972 | −1.6% |
| 1976 | +15.3% |
| 1980 | +3.0% |
| 1984 | +1.3% |
| 1988 | +13.6% |
| 1992 | +24.0% |
| 1996 | +20.1% |
| 2000 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | −0.1% |
| 2008 | +2.2% |
| 2012 | −8.9% |
| 2016 | −28.0% |
| 2020 | −25.4% |
| 2024 | −29.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,441 | 4,501 | 7,033 | ||
| R | 2,493 | 4,216 | 6,789 | ||
| R | 2,004 | 3,675 | 5,960 | ||
| R | 2,687 | 3,224 | 6,012 | ||
| D | 3,080 | 2,947 | 6,162 | ||
| R | 3,215 | 3,224 | 6,511 | ||
| D | 3,014 | 2,967 | 6,188 | ||
| D | 3,232 | 2,014 | 6,059 | ||
| D | 3,648 | 1,971 | 7,000 | ||
| D | 3,774 | 2,866 | 6,674 | ||
| D | 3,559 | 3,468 | 7,056 | ||
| D | 3,742 | 3,507 | 7,732 | ||
| D | 4,401 | 3,224 | 7,718 | ||
| R | 3,512 | 3,630 | 7,376 | ||
| D | 4,130 | 3,292 | 7,772 | ||
| D | 6,011 | 2,399 | 8,423 | ||
| D | 5,232 | 3,919 | 9,165 | ||
| R | 4,490 | 4,955 | 9,458 | ||
| D | 4,597 | 4,564 | 9,216 | ||
| D | 4,125 | 3,659 | 8,212 | ||
| D | 4,537 | 3,945 | 8,546 | ||
| D | 4,808 | 4,766 | 9,661 | ||
| D | 5,216 | 3,834 | 9,130 | ||
| R | 3,416 | 4,347 | 8,116 | ||
| R | 2,262 | 4,103 | 6,415 | ||
| R | 247 | 2,802 | 4,307 | ||
| R | 497 | 3,515 | 4,245 | ||
| R | 877 | 2,139 | 3,167 | ||
| R | 218 | 1,031 | 2,279 | ||
| R | 260 | 2,055 | 2,400 | ||
| R | 139 | 1,620 | 1,790 | ||
| R | 257 | 1,561 | 1,839 | ||
| R | 236 | 1,048 | 1,315 | ||
| R | 587 | 918 | 1,549 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.9%
Italian
14.2%
Irish
10.6%
Polish
9.7%
English
8.5%
French
4.5%
American
4.5%
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: 53.1 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
$55,940
Iron County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Iron County$55,940
Michigan$72,875
United States$80,734
Iron 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
17.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.6%
Working age (18–64)15.9%
Seniors (65+)17.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.6%
speak English only
Spanish2.2%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Iron County sits in Michigan's sparsely populated Upper Peninsula, where the logging and mining economy that once drew immigrant labor has given way to an aging, rural electorate that has shifted decisively rightward over the past four presidential elections.
The Republican margin here reached eighty-three points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.
A population of 11,667, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,940 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Braxton County and Brooke County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Iron County, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Iron County, Michigan voted Republican by 29.3 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,033 votes cast, 2,441 went Democratic and 4,501 went Republican.
What is Iron County, Michigan's political typology?
Akashic places Iron 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 16 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did Iron County, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Iron County, Michigan voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Iron County, Michigan?
Iron County, Michigan has a population of 11,667 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Iron County, Michigan?
Median household income in Iron County, Michigan is $55,940 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Iron County, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Iron County, Michigan from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 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.