Calhoun County, Michigan

2024 results by precinct

114 precincts · 68,590 votes cast

Trump · R+14

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−14.0%	28,988	38,606	68,590
2020	R	−11.1%	28,877	36,221	66,281
2016	R	−12.5%	24,157	31,494	58,902
2012	D	+1.6%	29,267	28,333	58,327
2008	D	+9.4%	34,561	28,553	64,196
2004	R	−3.5%	29,891	32,093	62,667
2000	D	+1.9%	27,312	26,291	55,080
1996	D	+10.2%	26,287	20,953	52,443
1992	D	+9.8%	25,542	19,791	58,702
1988	R	−8.1%	22,717	26,771	49,787
1984	R	−25.7%	20,313	34,470	55,067
1980	R	−13.3%	23,022	30,912	59,176
1976	R	−9.1%	25,229	30,390	56,520
1972	R	−18.6%	22,154	32,531	55,828
1968	R	−6.5%	22,633	26,181	54,960
1964	D	+26.8%	32,939	18,987	52,025
1960	R	−15.4%	23,511	32,080	55,793
1956	R	−23.0%	20,184	32,284	52,643
1952	R	−24.8%	19,171	31,941	51,447
1948	R	−12.0%	15,077	19,285	35,096
1944	R	−10.8%	16,611	20,664	37,693
1940	R	−7.3%	18,682	21,633	40,610
1936	D	+15.4%	20,231	14,667	36,153
1932	D	+0.1%	16,281	16,255	33,563
1928	R	−61.4%	5,769	24,379	30,321
1924	R	−56.0%	4,020	18,165	25,262
1920	R	−43.1%	6,291	16,722	24,193
1916	D	+10.1%	8,037	6,484	15,412
1912	D	+2.6%	3,781	3,447	13,045
1908	R	−21.3%	4,240	6,848	12,231
1904	R	−37.8%	3,102	7,506	11,639
1900	R	−5.3%	5,560	6,220	12,413
1896	D	+2.6%	6,202	5,874	12,494
1892	R	−8.8%	4,150	5,077	10,556
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

7.8%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.3%

2.4%

75–84

3.0%

5.4%

65–74

5.9%

6.5%

55–64

6.7%

6.0%

45–54

6.1%

6.0%

35–44

6.2%

6.1%

25–34

6.4%

4.4%

18–24

4.1%

9.0%

5–17

8.2%

3.0%

2.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$63,177

Calhoun County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Calhoun County$63,177

Michigan$72,875

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.9%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

9.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

8.6%

Baptist

4.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.8%

Mainline Protestant

3.3%

Methodist

2.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Battle Creek and a legacy of cereal and defense manufacturing, Calhoun County voted Democratic as recently as 2012 but has swung roughly 20 points toward Republicans over the past three presidential cycles.

The Democratic margin in Calhoun County has rarely exceeded twenty-seven points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded sixty-one points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by fourteen points.

Calhoun County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 76% non-Hispanic-white share, a 14% poverty rate, and a median household income of $63,177 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Manistee County and LaSalle County.

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