Marquette County, Michigan

2024 results by precinct

65 precincts · 39,009 votes cast

Harris · D+9

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+8.7%	20,866	17,459	39,009
2020	D	+11.2%	20,465	16,286	37,462
2016	D	+4.2%	16,042	14,646	33,218
2012	D	+13.9%	18,115	13,606	32,346
2008	D	+20.3%	19,635	12,906	33,185
2004	D	+8.4%	17,412	14,690	32,488
2000	D	+10.0%	15,503	12,577	29,179
1996	D	+23.8%	15,168	8,805	26,758
1992	D	+20.1%	16,038	9,665	31,629
1988	D	+13.6%	15,418	11,704	27,267
1984	R	−0.4%	14,074	14,196	28,402
1980	D	+0.4%	13,312	13,181	29,479
1976	R	−0.6%	12,837	12,984	26,315
1972	R	−6.7%	11,555	13,249	25,157
1968	D	+10.7%	11,199	8,960	20,995
1964	D	+35.9%	14,045	6,615	20,696
1960	D	+2.2%	11,177	10,690	21,917
1956	R	−13.4%	9,543	12,504	22,084
1952	R	−7.7%	9,949	11,618	21,655
1948	D	+7.4%	10,003	8,591	19,064
1944	D	+17.8%	11,707	8,163	19,944
1940	D	+17.4%	12,854	9,034	21,982
1936	D	+22.1%	11,994	7,607	19,844
1932	R	−14.7%	7,221	9,810	17,629
1928	R	−39.0%	4,716	10,879	15,811
1924	R	−64.6%	845	9,771	13,820
1920	R	−47.5%	3,012	9,233	13,103
1916	R	−31.7%	2,625	5,263	8,330
1912	R	−20.5%	997	2,603	7,822
1908	R	−57.8%	1,275	5,613	7,506
1904	R	−71.4%	785	5,654	6,817
1900	R	−54.3%	1,471	5,235	6,932
1896	R	−42.9%	1,980	5,111	7,290
1892	R	−14.0%	2,850	3,874	7,305
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

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 39.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.3%

2.8%

75–84

2.8%

6.3%

65–74

6.2%

6.3%

55–64

6.2%

5.3%

45–54

5.0%

6.2%

35–44

5.5%

6.4%

25–34

5.4%

7.7%

18–24

8.1%

6.7%

5–17

6.3%

2.1%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 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

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.0%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

20.0%

Mainline Protestant

14.3%

Other Christian

4.1%

Methodist

2.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.8%

Baptist

0.4%

Non-Christian

0.2%

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 Democratic margin in Marquette County reached its widest at thirty-six points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was nine points — still decisive.

Marquette County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,429, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 67,112 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. 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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Marquette County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.