Lenawee County, Michigan: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+23%. Republican peak: R+54 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+23MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 98,4152024 5-year
- Median household income
- $70,5182024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+19 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Chenango County, NY · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lenawee CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lenawee 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 | −1.9% |
| 1896 | −4.2% |
| 1900 | −6.7% |
| 1904 | −38.9% |
| 1908 | −16.2% |
| 1912 | +11.2% |
| 1916 | −6.1% |
| 1920 | −39.6% |
| 1924 | −51.2% |
| 1928 | −54.5% |
| 1932 | −2.3% |
| 1936 | −18.0% |
| 1940 | −40.7% |
| 1944 | −41.4% |
| 1948 | −36.8% |
| 1952 | −45.9% |
| 1956 | −45.6% |
| 1960 | −29.5% |
| 1964 | +19.2% |
| 1968 | −19.7% |
| 1972 | −26.4% |
| 1976 | −11.3% |
| 1980 | −20.6% |
| 1984 | −33.9% |
| 1988 | −16.4% |
| 1992 | +2.8% |
| 1996 | +7.7% |
| 2000 | −5.8% |
| 2004 | −10.4% |
| 2008 | +5.1% |
| 2012 | −1.3% |
| 2016 | −20.9% |
| 2020 | −19.9% |
| 2024 | −23.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 20,787 | 33,463 | 55,093 | ||
| R | 20,918 | 31,541 | 53,375 | ||
| R | 16,750 | 26,430 | 46,298 | ||
| R | 21,776 | 22,351 | 44,928 | ||
| D | 24,640 | 22,225 | 47,734 | ||
| R | 20,787 | 25,675 | 47,012 | ||
| R | 18,365 | 20,681 | 40,093 | ||
| D | 16,924 | 14,168 | 35,619 | ||
| D | 15,399 | 14,297 | 39,365 | ||
| R | 13,690 | 19,115 | 33,048 | ||
| R | 11,012 | 22,409 | 33,597 | ||
| R | 12,935 | 20,366 | 36,085 | ||
| R | 14,610 | 18,397 | 33,435 | ||
| R | 11,018 | 19,125 | 30,654 | ||
| R | 10,552 | 16,280 | 29,147 | ||
| D | 16,815 | 11,385 | 28,260 | ||
| R | 10,785 | 19,859 | 30,719 | ||
| R | 7,857 | 21,100 | 29,031 | ||
| R | 7,397 | 20,035 | 27,549 | ||
| R | 6,529 | 14,369 | 21,291 | ||
| R | 6,750 | 16,382 | 23,243 | ||
| R | 7,132 | 16,963 | 24,166 | ||
| R | 8,299 | 12,154 | 21,435 | ||
| R | 10,420 | 10,912 | 21,607 | ||
| R | 4,321 | 14,794 | 19,227 | ||
| R | 3,950 | 13,358 | 18,388 | ||
| R | 5,095 | 11,973 | 17,379 | ||
| R | 5,519 | 6,247 | 12,012 | ||
| D | 4,239 | 2,996 | 11,089 | ||
| R | 4,704 | 6,607 | 11,752 | ||
| R | 3,334 | 7,891 | 11,707 | ||
| R | 5,966 | 6,847 | 13,232 | ||
| R | 6,300 | 6,863 | 13,486 | ||
| R | 5,592 | 5,833 | 12,449 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
24.1%
English
16.1%
American
11.8%
Irish
10.9%
Polish
4.6%
Italian
3.1%
French
2.7%
African American
1.9%
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: 42.4 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
$70,518
Lenawee County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lenawee County$70,518
Michigan$72,875
United States$80,734
Lenawee 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
10.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.6%
Working age (18–64)10.2%
Seniors (65+)8.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.2%
speak English only
Spanish3.4%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lenawee sits in Michigan's southeastern corner, blending small manufacturing towns with agricultural townships. Its R+23 presidential margin in 2024 reflects a decade-long rightward shift driven by working-class rural voters moving away from their ancestral Democratic leanings.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-four points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-three points.
A population of 98,415, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,518 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chenango County and Bureau County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lenawee County, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lenawee County, Michigan voted Republican by 23.0 points (R+23), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 55,093 votes cast, 20,787 went Democratic and 33,463 went Republican.
What is Lenawee County, Michigan's political typology?
Akashic places Lenawee 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 5 times, Republican 29 times, and other 0 times.
When did Lenawee County, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lenawee County, Michigan voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Lenawee County, Michigan?
Lenawee County, Michigan has a population of 98,415 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lenawee County, Michigan?
Median household income in Lenawee County, Michigan is $70,518 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Lenawee County, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lenawee County, Michigan from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.