Marquette, Michigan: Populist market. In 2024, voted R+17%. Republican peak: R+69 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+17MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 216,9492024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,0692024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69 in 1904MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Marquette, MIOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 51,393 | 72,396 | 125,796 | ||
| R | 51,022 | 67,673 | 120,704 | ||
| R | 40,979 | 58,574 | 106,501 | ||
| R | 49,657 | 52,911 | 104,425 | ||
| D | 56,251 | 49,949 | 108,394 | ||
| R | 52,067 | 55,525 | 108,882 | ||
| R | 46,085 | 50,048 | 99,587 | ||
| D | 48,070 | 33,872 | 93,256 | ||
| D | 50,309 | 34,178 | 105,688 | ||
| D | 50,922 | 43,867 | 95,266 | ||
| R | 47,219 | 52,717 | 100,326 | ||
| R | 47,784 | 49,915 | 106,224 | ||
| D | 50,793 | 47,421 | 99,571 | ||
| R | 43,243 | 50,544 | 95,458 | ||
| D | 45,122 | 37,935 | 87,044 | ||
| D | 61,144 | 28,032 | 89,293 | ||
| D | 49,457 | 44,111 | 93,745 | ||
| R | 41,490 | 52,349 | 94,007 | ||
| R | 43,257 | 51,708 | 95,436 | ||
| D | 43,302 | 41,046 | 88,354 | ||
| D | 51,015 | 40,519 | 91,987 | ||
| D | 57,367 | 48,348 | 106,422 | ||
| D | 58,463 | 38,664 | 98,983 | ||
| R | 41,937 | 45,419 | 90,903 | ||
| R | 28,825 | 47,919 | 77,983 | ||
| R | 4,142 | 44,821 | 64,139 | ||
| R | 11,205 | 44,731 | 59,753 | ||
| R | 14,168 | 25,832 | 42,317 | ||
| O | 6,456 | 12,343 | 37,318 | ||
| R | 6,942 | 28,708 | 38,139 | ||
| R | 4,417 | 28,130 | 34,428 | ||
| R | 7,589 | 25,466 | 34,021 | ||
| R | 8,113 | 21,723 | 30,784 | ||
| R | 11,585 | 14,115 | 28,220 | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.4%
English
10.9%
Irish
9.6%
French
7.7%
Italian
6.5%
Polish
5.8%
American
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$61,069
Marquette ranks near the middle of US counties.
Marquette$61,069
Michigan$72,875
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.8%
Working age (18–64)14.1%
Seniors (65+)12.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.8%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.2%
Spanish0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Spanning the entire Upper Peninsula and reaching into northern Wisconsin, the Marquette market covers a vast, sparsely populated stretch where outdoor-economy voters and a mid-sized university town create an unusually mixed rural electorate.
The Democratic margin in Marquette peaked at thirty-seven points in 1964. By 2012 the market had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was seventeen points, the most Republican-leaning result in the market's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $61,069 sits well below state and national norms, and 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Marquette, Michigan — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/dma/553/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
License: CC BY 4.0
Frequently asked questions
How did Marquette, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Marquette, Michigan voted Republican by 16.7 points (R+17), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 125,796 votes cast, 51,393 went Democratic and 72,396 went Republican.
What is Marquette, Michigan's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Marquette, Michigan as a "Populist" market based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 12 times, Republican 21 times, and other 1 times.
When did Marquette, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Marquette, Michigan voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Marquette, Michigan?
Marquette, Michigan has a population of 216,949 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Marquette, Michigan?
Median household income in Marquette, Michigan is $61,069 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Marquette, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Marquette, Michigan from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The market's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.