† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHamtramckMichiganUnited States
German11.0%17.7%12.5%
Irish8.3%9.9%9.4%
Polish7.5%7.2%2.2%
English6.8%10.5%9.5%
American5.7%4.2%5.3%
Italian4.4%4.2%4.8%
Lebanese3.2%——
French2.5%3.0%1.6%
Asian Indian10.9%1.2%1.4%
Bangladeshi3.4%0.2%—
Chinese2.1%0.5%1.3%
Filipino2.1%0.2%0.9%
Pakistani2.1%——
African American†5.8%12.2%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Hamtramck
Michigan
United States
Median age
26.5
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
12.7%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
8.4%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hamtramck
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$39,293
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
39.9%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.8%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hamtramck
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
73.5%
10.4%
22.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
5.4%
0.6%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
23.7%
1.8%
2.0%
Arabic
42.2%
1.8%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hamtramck
Michigan
United States
Catholic
—
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
60.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Hamtramck, Michigan
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+67.7%
2008
+74.1%
2012
+79.9%
2016
+74.8%
2020
+71.1%
2024
+3.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
46.2%Harris3,271
42.7%Trump3,017
11.1%
D+3.6
R+67.5
D+5.1
7,073
D
85.1%Biden6,455
13.9%Trump1,058
1.0%
D+71.1
R+3.7
D+66.7
7,589
D
86.4%Clinton5,307
11.5%Trump709
2.1%
D+74.8
R+5.1
D+72.7
6,144
D
89.5%Obama5,452
9.5%Romney580
1.0%
D+79.9
D+5.8
D+76.1
6,095
D
86.5%Obama4,945
12.4%McCain708
1.1%
D+74.1
D+6.4
D+66.8
5,717
D
83.3%Kerry4,496
15.6%Bush840
1.2%
D+67.7
—
D+70.2
5,400
Hamtramck's population has shifted dramatically over three decades as Yemeni, Bangladeshi, and Bosnian immigrants reshaped its demographics, making it a closely watched test case for immigrant political mobilization in Midwest urban cores.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 79.9 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 67.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.6 points.
A population of 27,743, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $39,293 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Melvindale and Dearborn.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Hamtramck, Michigan voted Democratic by 3.6 points (D+3.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,073 votes cast, 3,271 went Democratic and 3,017 went Republican.
How many people live in Hamtramck, Michigan?
Hamtramck, Michigan has a population of 27,743 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hamtramck, Michigan?
Median household income in Hamtramck, Michigan is $39,293 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Hamtramck, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hamtramck, Michigan from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
