† 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
GroupIshpemingMichiganUnited States
German19.3%17.7%12.5%
Finnish15.5%——
English14.2%10.5%9.5%
Irish9.9%9.9%9.4%
French7.8%3.0%1.6%
Italian7.1%4.2%4.8%
Swedish6.9%——
Polish6.3%7.2%2.2%
Mexican1.5%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Panamanian0.3%——
Spanish0.3%——
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
Ishpeming
Michigan
United States
Median age
34.8
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
10.0%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.2%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ishpeming
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$52,754
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.7%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.0%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ishpeming
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.7%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.4%
3.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ishpeming
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.
Ishpeming, Michigan
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+15.7%
2008
+26.7%
2012
+24.7%
2016
+6.5%
2020
+12.3%
2024
+13.1%
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
55.6%Harris1,837
42.5%Trump1,405
1.8%
D+13.1
D+0.8
D+14.6
3,303
D
55.2%Biden1,734
42.9%Trump1,348
1.8%
D+12.3
D+5.8
D+7.8
3,139
D
49.9%Clinton1,350
43.4%Trump1,175
6.8%
D+6.5
R+18.2
D+4.4
2,708
D
61.4%Obama1,773
36.7%Romney1,060
1.9%
D+24.7
R+2.1
D+20.8
2,889
D
62.1%Obama1,926
35.3%McCain1,096
2.6%
D+26.7
D+11.0
D+19.5
3,103
D
57.3%Kerry1,711
41.6%Bush1,242
1.1%
D+15.7
—
D+18.2
2,985
Ishpeming sits at the heart of Michigan's Upper Peninsula iron country, where a legacy of ore extraction and union organizing has long anchored Democratic margins in an otherwise rural Republican landscape.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.7 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.1 points.
A population of 6,181, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,754 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rensselaer and Marquette.
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, Ishpeming, Michigan voted Democratic by 13.1 points (D+13.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,303 votes cast, 1,837 went Democratic and 1,405 went Republican.
How many people live in Ishpeming, Michigan?
Ishpeming, Michigan has a population of 6,181 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ishpeming, Michigan?
Median household income in Ishpeming, Michigan is $52,754 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Ishpeming, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ishpeming, Michigan from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
