Muskegon County, Michigan

2024 results by precinct

120 precincts · 95,181 votes cast

Trump · R+2

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−1.8%	46,028	47,733	95,181
2020	D	+0.6%	45,643	45,133	92,444
2016	D	+1.5%	37,304	36,127	78,723
2012	D	+17.7%	44,436	30,884	76,397
2008	D	+29.3%	53,821	29,145	84,271
2004	D	+11.2%	44,282	35,302	80,313
2000	D	+11.3%	37,865	30,028	69,270
1996	D	+21.2%	35,328	21,873	63,438
1992	D	+12.2%	32,515	23,769	71,948
1988	R	−7.3%	28,977	33,567	62,907
1984	R	−21.8%	25,247	39,355	64,863
1980	R	−14.5%	26,645	36,512	67,954
1976	R	−13.5%	27,013	35,548	63,407
1972	R	−22.3%	22,804	36,428	61,125
1968	R	−6.4%	24,492	28,233	58,683
1964	D	+24.8%	36,769	22,146	59,034
1960	R	−6.3%	28,755	32,667	61,661
1956	R	−8.4%	25,679	30,395	56,246
1952	R	−4.2%	23,826	25,967	50,446
1948	D	+14.1%	20,631	15,382	37,107
1944	D	+9.3%	19,963	16,536	36,786
1940	D	+12.5%	19,257	14,957	34,424
1936	D	+29.1%	17,252	9,366	27,133
1932	D	+5.8%	13,497	11,971	26,265
1928	R	−53.1%	5,158	16,997	22,281
1924	R	−71.2%	1,462	14,422	18,206
1920	R	−51.9%	3,468	11,702	15,877
1916	R	−11.2%	4,465	5,692	10,913
1912	D	+1.9%	1,678	1,523	8,246
1908	R	−44.7%	1,794	5,070	7,321
1904	R	−59.9%	1,181	5,453	7,132
1900	R	−29.7%	2,796	5,250	8,255
1896	R	−19.7%	3,110	4,682	7,964
1892	R	−6.9%	3,301	3,830	7,697
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

9.7%

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: 40.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.3%

2.3%

75–84

2.8%

5.4%

65–74

5.9%

6.6%

55–64

6.9%

6.0%

45–54

5.7%

6.4%

35–44

6.2%

6.8%

25–34

6.4%

4.2%

18–24

3.8%

8.6%

5–17

8.2%

2.9%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$65,024

Muskegon County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Muskegon County$65,024

Michigan$72,875

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.1%

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

8.6%

Other Christian

7.2%

Mainline Protestant

5.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.7%

Methodist

1.7%

Baptist

1.6%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Muskegon shifted from a reliably Democratic stronghold to near-even territory over the past decade, with its mix of industrial workers, mid-sized city voters, and rural townships producing some of Michigan's tightest county-level results.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached twenty-nine points in 2008; the Republican margin reached seventy-one points in 1924. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Muskegon County's demographics — a population of 175,961, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,024 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Winona County and Green County.

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Muskegon County delivered a near-tie in 2024.