Marquette County, Michigan: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted D+9%. Republican peak: R+71 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 67,1122024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,4292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+36 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- St. Clair County, IL · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Marquette CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Marquette 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 | −14.0% |
| 1896 | −42.9% |
| 1900 | −54.3% |
| 1904 | −71.4% |
| 1908 | −57.8% |
| 1912 | −20.5% |
| 1916 | −31.7% |
| 1920 | −47.5% |
| 1924 | −64.6% |
| 1928 | −39.0% |
| 1932 | −14.7% |
| 1936 | +22.1% |
| 1940 | +17.4% |
| 1944 | +17.8% |
| 1948 | +7.4% |
| 1952 | −7.7% |
| 1956 | −13.4% |
| 1960 | +2.2% |
| 1964 | +35.9% |
| 1968 | +10.7% |
| 1972 | −6.7% |
| 1976 | −0.6% |
| 1980 | +0.4% |
| 1984 | −0.4% |
| 1988 | +13.6% |
| 1992 | +20.1% |
| 1996 | +23.8% |
| 2000 | +10.0% |
| 2004 | +8.4% |
| 2008 | +20.3% |
| 2012 | +13.9% |
| 2016 | +4.2% |
| 2020 | +11.2% |
| 2024 | +8.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 20,866 | 17,459 | 39,009 | ||
| D | 20,465 | 16,286 | 37,462 | ||
| D | 16,042 | 14,646 | 33,218 | ||
| D | 18,115 | 13,606 | 32,346 | ||
| D | 19,635 | 12,906 | 33,185 | ||
| D | 17,412 | 14,690 | 32,488 | ||
| D | 15,503 | 12,577 | 29,179 | ||
| D | 15,168 | 8,805 | 26,758 | ||
| D | 16,038 | 9,665 | 31,629 | ||
| D | 15,418 | 11,704 | 27,267 | ||
| R | 14,074 | 14,196 | 28,402 | ||
| D | 13,312 | 13,181 | 29,479 | ||
| R | 12,837 | 12,984 | 26,315 | ||
| R | 11,555 | 13,249 | 25,157 | ||
| D | 11,199 | 8,960 | 20,995 | ||
| D | 14,045 | 6,615 | 20,696 | ||
| D | 11,177 | 10,690 | 21,917 | ||
| R | 9,543 | 12,504 | 22,084 | ||
| R | 9,949 | 11,618 | 21,655 | ||
| D | 10,003 | 8,591 | 19,064 | ||
| D | 11,707 | 8,163 | 19,944 | ||
| D | 12,854 | 9,034 | 21,982 | ||
| D | 11,994 | 7,607 | 19,844 | ||
| R | 7,221 | 9,810 | 17,629 | ||
| R | 4,716 | 10,879 | 15,811 | ||
| R | 845 | 9,771 | 13,820 | ||
| R | 3,012 | 9,233 | 13,103 | ||
| R | 2,625 | 5,263 | 8,330 | ||
| O | 997 | 2,603 | 7,822 | ||
| R | 1,275 | 5,613 | 7,506 | ||
| R | 785 | 5,654 | 6,817 | ||
| R | 1,471 | 5,235 | 6,932 | ||
| R | 1,980 | 5,111 | 7,290 | ||
| R | 2,850 | 3,874 | 7,305 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.6%
English
14.4%
Irish
10.1%
French
7.9%
Italian
7.2%
Polish
6.4%
Scottish
2.5%
African American
1.1%
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: 39.3 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
$65,429
Marquette County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Marquette County$65,429
Michigan$72,875
United States$80,734
Marquette 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
14.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.3%
Working age (18–64)14.9%
Seniors (65+)10.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.1%
Spanish0.9%
Other languages0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Marquette County anchors Michigan's Upper Peninsula with a university town at its core — Northern Michigan University's enrollment shapes a younger, more educated electorate that has kept the county reliably center-left even as surrounding U.P. counties moved sharply rightward.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-one points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was nine points.
A population of 67,112, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,429 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Clair County and Clatsop County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Marquette County, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Marquette County, Michigan voted Democratic by 8.7 points (D+9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 39,009 votes cast, 20,866 went Democratic and 17,459 went Republican.
What is Marquette County, Michigan's political typology?
Akashic places Marquette 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 18 times, Republican 15 times, and other 1 times.
When did Marquette County, Michigan last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Marquette County, Michigan voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Marquette County, Michigan?
Marquette County, Michigan has a population of 67,112 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Marquette County, Michigan?
Median household income in Marquette County, Michigan is $65,429 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Marquette County, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Marquette County, Michigan from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.