Alger County, Michigan

2024 results by precinct

18 precincts · 5,258 votes cast

Trump · R+20

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−19.8%	2,075	3,116	5,258
2020	R	−18.7%	2,053	3,014	5,128
2016	R	−20.4%	1,663	2,585	4,518
2012	R	−2.6%	2,212	2,330	4,618
2008	D	+6.0%	2,472	2,188	4,750
2004	D	+1.6%	2,395	2,318	4,765
2000	R	−1.6%	2,071	2,142	4,366
1996	D	+18.9%	2,229	1,429	4,231
1992	D	+14.7%	2,144	1,471	4,570
1988	D	+9.4%	2,210	1,830	4,059
1984	R	−3.7%	2,018	2,175	4,208
1980	D	+3.9%	2,242	2,059	4,647
1976	D	+15.8%	2,379	1,722	4,161
1972	R	−6.0%	1,803	2,035	3,878
1968	D	+14.8%	1,927	1,406	3,512
1964	D	+46.2%	2,743	1,010	3,755
1960	D	+16.5%	2,321	1,663	3,990
1956	D	+0.8%	2,105	2,070	4,193
1952	R	−0.2%	2,058	2,066	4,159
1948	D	+7.7%	2,009	1,702	3,983
1944	D	+25.1%	2,519	1,504	4,036
1940	D	+29.0%	2,984	1,629	4,675
1936	D	+36.4%	2,824	1,291	4,209
1932	D	+20.5%	2,111	1,354	3,690
1928	R	−22.8%	1,053	1,716	2,906
1924	R	−57.2%	228	1,623	2,440
1920	R	−41.6%	468	1,263	1,911
1916	R	−2.6%	650	687	1,422
1912	R	−2.5%	263	290	1,092
1908	R	−58.1%	231	997	1,319
1904	R	−66.0%	204	1,081	1,328
1900	R	−41.4%	415	1,017	1,455
1896	R	−19.1%	539	801	1,371
1892	R	−1.3%	156	160	318
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

6.1%

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: 49.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.4%

4.3%

75–84

3.7%

8.6%

65–74

8.5%

55–64

7.7%

7.0%

45–54

4.7%

6.7%

35–44

4.2%

8.2%

25–34

3.7%

4.9%

18–24

2.5%

6.2%

5–17

5.2%

1.6%

1.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$61,286

Alger County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Alger County$61,286

Michigan$72,875

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.4%

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

Mainline Protestant

12.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

8.7%

Other Christian

3.9%

Methodist

1.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Alger County spans nearly 1,000 square miles along Lake Superior's south shore, with fewer than 10,000 residents spread across a forested landscape. Its rural, resource-economy character has driven consistent double-digit Republican margins in recent presidential cycles.

The Republican margin in Alger County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was twenty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Alger County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,286, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,762 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 Big Stone County and Schoolcraft County.

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