Ogemaw County, Michigan: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+42%. Republican peak: R+67 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+42MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 20,8852024 5-year
- Median household income
- $54,6662024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Arenac County, MI · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Ogemaw CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Ogemaw County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | −6.8% |
| 1896 | −16.6% |
| 1900 | −37.9% |
| 1904 | −56.7% |
| 1908 | −42.9% |
| 1912 | −13.0% |
| 1916 | −7.9% |
| 1920 | −55.7% |
| 1924 | −67.4% |
| 1928 | −47.3% |
| 1932 | +5.4% |
| 1936 | +4.0% |
| 1940 | −31.3% |
| 1944 | −39.6% |
| 1948 | −32.1% |
| 1952 | −48.4% |
| 1956 | −38.5% |
| 1960 | −17.5% |
| 1964 | +27.2% |
| 1968 | −19.0% |
| 1972 | −23.7% |
| 1976 | +4.9% |
| 1980 | −9.1% |
| 1984 | −21.9% |
| 1988 | −1.0% |
| 1992 | +11.8% |
| 1996 | +20.1% |
| 2000 | +1.9% |
| 2004 | −2.2% |
| 2008 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | −6.2% |
| 2016 | −36.4% |
| 2020 | −40.1% |
| 2024 | −41.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,578 | 8,879 | 12,642 | ||
| R | 3,475 | 8,253 | 11,907 | ||
| R | 3,030 | 6,827 | 10,440 | ||
| R | 4,791 | 5,437 | 10,394 | ||
| D | 5,391 | 5,133 | 10,768 | ||
| R | 5,215 | 5,454 | 10,796 | ||
| D | 4,896 | 4,706 | 9,855 | ||
| D | 4,725 | 2,904 | 9,064 | ||
| D | 4,016 | 2,936 | 9,126 | ||
| R | 4,012 | 4,091 | 8,150 | ||
| R | 3,132 | 4,901 | 8,060 | ||
| R | 3,426 | 4,169 | 8,128 | ||
| D | 3,545 | 3,212 | 6,824 | ||
| R | 2,056 | 3,367 | 5,541 | ||
| R | 1,647 | 2,526 | 4,630 | ||
| D | 2,812 | 1,609 | 4,425 | ||
| R | 1,867 | 2,664 | 4,542 | ||
| R | 1,300 | 2,931 | 4,237 | ||
| R | 1,030 | 2,983 | 4,036 | ||
| R | 1,038 | 2,062 | 3,187 | ||
| R | 1,006 | 2,339 | 3,363 | ||
| R | 1,278 | 2,447 | 3,739 | ||
| D | 1,774 | 1,631 | 3,605 | ||
| D | 1,645 | 1,472 | 3,204 | ||
| R | 579 | 1,630 | 2,221 | ||
| R | 258 | 1,714 | 2,161 | ||
| R | 444 | 1,687 | 2,233 | ||
| R | 743 | 878 | 1,715 | ||
| O | 319 | 541 | 1,710 | ||
| R | 454 | 1,218 | 1,779 | ||
| R | 329 | 1,320 | 1,749 | ||
| R | 518 | 1,186 | 1,762 | ||
| R | 560 | 793 | 1,400 | ||
| R | 514 | 594 | 1,173 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
27.1%
English
13.6%
Irish
11.6%
Polish
8.7%
American
5.1%
French
3.9%
Italian
2.9%
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
$54,666
Ogemaw County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Ogemaw County$54,666
Michigan$72,875
United States$80,734
Ogemaw 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
16.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.4%
Working age (18–64)15.5%
Seniors (65+)13.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.0%
speak English only
Spanish0.7%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
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 72.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Ogemaw, a lightly populated county in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, delivered a 42-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting the region's predominantly rural, non-college white demographic profile.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at twenty-seven points in 1964 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2012 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by six points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-two points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $54,666 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 17% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Arenac County and Gladwin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Ogemaw County, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ogemaw County, Michigan voted Republican by 41.9 points (R+42), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 12,642 votes cast, 3,578 went Democratic and 8,879 went Republican.
What is Ogemaw County, Michigan's political typology?
Akashic places Ogemaw County, Michigan in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. 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 Ogemaw County, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ogemaw County, Michigan voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Ogemaw County, Michigan?
Ogemaw County, Michigan has a population of 20,885 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ogemaw County, Michigan?
Median household income in Ogemaw County, Michigan is $54,666 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Ogemaw County, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ogemaw County, Michigan from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.