Otsego County, Michigan

2024 results by precinct

26 precincts · 15,999 votes cast

Trump · R+35

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−35.3%	5,052	10,693	15,999
2020	R	−34.1%	4,743	9,779	14,757
2016	R	−37.4%	3,556	8,266	12,610
2012	R	−19.6%	4,681	7,011	11,891
2008	R	−8.9%	5,634	6,752	12,616
2004	R	−22.7%	4,674	7,470	12,307
2000	R	−19.7%	4,034	6,108	10,505
1996	R	−3.4%	3,351	3,638	8,320
1992	R	−2.9%	3,129	3,393	9,207
1988	R	−27.2%	2,635	4,620	7,298
1984	R	−37.1%	2,117	4,639	6,795
1980	R	−15.7%	2,666	3,771	7,023
1976	R	−7.2%	2,724	3,155	5,952
1972	R	−19.5%	1,912	2,854	4,843
1968	R	−5.5%	1,661	1,871	3,793
1964	D	+29.8%	2,245	1,214	3,462
1960	R	−12.2%	1,521	1,944	3,469
1956	R	−27.6%	1,095	1,930	3,028
1952	R	−38.2%	865	1,941	2,818
1948	R	−21.7%	888	1,392	2,320
1944	R	−15.9%	912	1,259	2,182
1940	R	−9.4%	1,119	1,353	2,480
1936	D	+7.3%	1,280	1,102	2,447
1932	D	+14.9%	1,377	1,006	2,493
1928	R	−37.4%	476	1,049	1,531
1924	R	−57.7%	249	1,144	1,550
1920	R	−29.9%	466	874	1,365
1916	R	−1.1%	519	531	1,080
1912	R	−24.3%	194	448	1,047
1908	R	−49.3%	276	864	1,192
1904	R	−61.9%	266	1,239	1,572
1900	R	−38.9%	436	1,020	1,501
1896	R	−20.7%	560	859	1,446
1892	D	+0.5%	531	525	1,103
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%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 44.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.0%

3.2%

75–84

3.5%

6.9%

65–74

6.8%

7.6%

55–64

7.7%

5.9%

45–54

5.7%

6.2%

35–44

5.8%

25–34

5.4%

3.8%

18–24

3.2%

8.3%

5–17

7.8%

2.3%

2.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$68,183

Otsego County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Otsego County$68,183

Michigan$72,875

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.0%

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

15.4%

Other Christian

6.6%

Methodist

3.6%

Mainline Protestant

3.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.2%

Baptist

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Otsego's population of roughly 23,000 clusters around Gaylord in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, and the county has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 30 points in recent cycles, making it one of the state's most reliably one-sided rural counties.

The Republican margin in Otsego County reached its widest at sixty-two points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was thirty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Otsego County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,183, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 25,584 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 Nye County and Barry County.

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Otsego County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.