A Lake Erie corridor metro where blue-collar heritage meets shifting margins
Monroe County sits between Detroit and Toledo, and its working-class manufacturing base has produced some of the sharpest partisan swings in southeastern Michigan over the past three election cycles.
| Group | Monroe, MI | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 91.8% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(14) | 3.2% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.1% | 4.0% |
▶Black / African American(8) | 2.1% | 12.2% |
▶Asian(6) | 0.5% | 6.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(9) | 0.5% | 0.9% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(3) | 0.3% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: +12.2pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Catholic-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Democratic-leaning urban and suburban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23.1% | 50.8% | — | — | |
| 15.5% | 34.1% | — | — | |
| 4.8% | 10.6% | — | — | |
| 1.1% | 2.5% | — | — | |
| 0.7% | 1.5% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.3% | 0.7% | — | — |
| 0.2% | 0.5% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 54.6% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Monroe, MI metro area? 604,294 residents across 4 counties.
18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 15pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+15 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+27.1 | R+24.3 | 2.8pp |