Keweenaw County, Michigan: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+13%. Republican peak: R+90 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+13MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,1332024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,5832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+39 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+90 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Greene County, GA · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Keweenaw CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Keweenaw County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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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 | −32.4% |
| 1896 | −79.2% |
| 1900 | −85.9% |
| 1904 | −90.4% |
| 1908 | −85.0% |
| 1912 | −39.5% |
| 1916 | −60.4% |
| 1920 | −83.8% |
| 1924 | −87.9% |
| 1928 | −55.5% |
| 1932 | −46.2% |
| 1936 | −0.5% |
| 1940 | −5.5% |
| 1944 | +5.4% |
| 1948 | −10.3% |
| 1952 | −3.5% |
| 1956 | −9.5% |
| 1960 | −2.2% |
| 1964 | +39.4% |
| 1968 | +6.4% |
| 1972 | −21.9% |
| 1976 | +4.1% |
| 1980 | −1.0% |
| 1984 | +2.4% |
| 1988 | +8.1% |
| 1992 | +17.4% |
| 1996 | +6.5% |
| 2000 | −14.9% |
| 2004 | −10.5% |
| 2008 | −10.4% |
| 2012 | −13.8% |
| 2016 | −20.0% |
| 2020 | −12.2% |
| 2024 | −12.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 690 | 896 | 1,614 | ||
| R | 672 | 862 | 1,557 | ||
| R | 527 | 814 | 1,434 | ||
| R | 582 | 774 | 1,392 | ||
| R | 610 | 756 | 1,410 | ||
| R | 630 | 781 | 1,439 | ||
| R | 540 | 740 | 1,343 | ||
| D | 572 | 491 | 1,242 | ||
| D | 582 | 378 | 1,173 | ||
| D | 631 | 536 | 1,170 | ||
| D | 628 | 599 | 1,227 | ||
| R | 570 | 583 | 1,260 | ||
| D | 658 | 606 | 1,271 | ||
| R | 456 | 715 | 1,182 | ||
| D | 602 | 525 | 1,194 | ||
| D | 860 | 374 | 1,235 | ||
| R | 655 | 684 | 1,343 | ||
| R | 689 | 834 | 1,523 | ||
| R | 747 | 801 | 1,559 | ||
| R | 647 | 814 | 1,625 | ||
| D | 965 | 866 | 1,837 | ||
| R | 967 | 1,080 | 2,060 | ||
| R | 1,060 | 1,070 | 2,154 | ||
| R | 527 | 1,454 | 2,007 | ||
| R | 360 | 1,305 | 1,704 | ||
| R | 50 | 1,421 | 1,559 | ||
| R | 89 | 1,272 | 1,411 | ||
| R | 194 | 860 | 1,103 | ||
| O | 59 | 495 | 1,105 | ||
| R | 63 | 1,026 | 1,133 | ||
| R | 29 | 659 | 697 | ||
| R | 31 | 452 | 490 | ||
| R | 45 | 411 | 462 | ||
| R | 202 | 400 | 612 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
14.5%
English
14.2%
Italian
10.6%
French
6.5%
Irish
5.5%
Polish
5.4%
American
2.1%
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: 57.1 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
$52,583
Keweenaw County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Keweenaw County$52,583
Michigan$72,875
United States$80,734
Keweenaw 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
15.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1834.8%
Working age (18–64)13.0%
Seniors (65+)6.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.0%
speak English only
Spanish2.1%
Other Indo-European0.7%
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 74.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Keweenaw's tiny, geographically isolated population — spread across a former copper-mining peninsula jutting into Lake Superior — has shifted steadily toward Republican margins over the past decade, reaching R+12.8 in 2024.
The Republican margin here reached ninety points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirteen points.
A population of 2,133, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,583 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greene County and Caldwell County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Keweenaw County, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Keweenaw County, Michigan voted Republican by 12.8 points (R+13), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,614 votes cast, 690 went Democratic and 896 went Republican.
What is Keweenaw County, Michigan's political typology?
Akashic places Keweenaw County, Michigan in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did Keweenaw County, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Keweenaw County, Michigan voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Keweenaw County, Michigan?
Keweenaw County, Michigan has a population of 2,133 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Keweenaw County, Michigan?
Median household income in Keweenaw County, Michigan is $52,583 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Keweenaw County, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Keweenaw County, Michigan from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.