Ontonagon County, Michigan
Precinct data
Results by precinct
23 precincts · 3,841 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -Ontonagon Township, Precinct 1Ontonagon Township, Precinct 1 | 495 | 915 | 20 | 1,430 | 34.6% | 64.0% | R+29.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -Stannard Township, Precinct 1Stannard Township, Precinct 1 | 135 | 290 | 3 | 428 | 31.5% | 67.8% | R+36.2 |
| Precinct -Greenland Township, Precinct 1Greenland Township, Precinct 1 | 130 | 283 | 8 | 421 | 30.9% | 67.2% | R+36.3 |
| Precinct -Carp Lake Township, Precinct 1Carp Lake Township, Precinct 1 | 152 | 230 | 5 | 387 | 39.3% | 59.4% | R+20.2 |
| Precinct -Bergland Township, Precinct 1Bergland Township, Precinct 1 | 102 | 215 | 5 | 322 | 31.7% | 66.8% | R+35.1 |
| Precinct -McMillan Township, Precinct 1McMillan Township, Precinct 1 | 105 | 176 | 1 | 282 | 37.2% | 62.4% | R+25.2 |
| Precinct -Interior Township, Precinct 1Interior Township, Precinct 1 | 60 | 130 | 2 | 192 | 31.3% | 67.7% | R+36.5 |
| Precinct -Rockland Township, Precinct 1Rockland Township, Precinct 1 | 37 | 97 | 1 | 135 | 27.4% | 71.9% | R+44.4 |
| Precinct -Haight Township, Precinct 1Haight Township, Precinct 1 | 54 | 78 | 0 | 132 | 40.9% | 59.1% | R+18.2 |
| Precinct -Matchwood Township, Precinct 1Matchwood Township, Precinct 1 | 24 | 38 | 0 | 62 | 38.7% | 61.3% | R+22.6 |
| Precinct -Bohemia Township, Precinct 1Bohemia Township, Precinct 1 | 19 | 27 | 4 | 50 | 38.0% | 54.0% | R+16.0 |
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Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +20.7% |
| 1896 | −28.3% |
| 1900 | −38.8% |
| 1904 | −56.7% |
| 1908 | −47.1% |
| 1912 | −20.6% |
| 1916 | −15.3% |
| 1920 | −45.2% |
| 1924 | −58.2% |
| 1928 | −25.9% |
| 1932 | +1.0% |
| 1936 | +19.3% |
| 1940 | +3.6% |
| 1944 | +3.5% |
| 1948 | −7.8% |
| 1952 | −16.0% |
| 1956 | −15.5% |
| 1960 | −1.3% |
| 1964 | +35.5% |
| 1968 | +3.4% |
| 1972 | −17.0% |
| 1976 | +11.4% |
| 1980 | −3.7% |
| 1984 | −2.4% |
| 1988 | +10.8% |
| 1992 | +20.8% |
| 1996 | +13.1% |
| 2000 | −23.1% |
| 2004 | −9.5% |
| 2008 | +3.7% |
| 2012 | −9.0% |
| 2016 | −25.9% |
| 2020 | −25.4% |
| 2024 | −30.4% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 5,661 |
| 2018 | 5,555 |
| 2020 | 5,763 |
| 2022 | 5,688 |
| 2024 | 5,794 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+26 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −41 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $56,983 in average income, against $56,438 for residents who stayed — 1% higher. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −85 |
| 2012 | −162 |
| 2013 | −44 |
| 2014 | −67 |
| 2015 | −73 |
| 2016 | −32 |
| 2017 | +23 |
| 2018 | −3 |
| 2019 | −5 |
| 2021 | +168 |
| 2022 | +113 |
| 2023 | +51 |
| 2024 | +49 |
| 2025 | +26 |
Ontonagon's population has fallen by more than half since 1960, and its heavily rural, resource-economy roots correlate with some of the widest Republican presidential margins in Michigan, reaching R+30 in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 58.2 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.4 points.
A population of 5,850, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,398 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sawyer County and Burnett County.
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Ontonagon County, Michigan. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/26131/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.