Baraga County, Michigan

2024 results by precinct

14 precincts · 4,336 votes cast

Trump · R+30

Harris +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−29.8%	1,488	2,779	4,336
2020	R	−25.6%	1,478	2,512	4,038
2016	R	−28.5%	1,156	2,158	3,518
2012	R	−8.4%	1,574	1,866	3,490
2008	R	−3.3%	1,725	1,846	3,644
2004	R	−8.6%	1,660	1,977	3,684
2000	R	−12.8%	1,400	1,836	3,393
1996	D	+11.9%	1,601	1,209	3,294
1992	D	+14.7%	1,695	1,160	3,630
1988	D	+3.6%	1,753	1,630	3,404
1984	R	−3.9%	1,818	1,965	3,792
1980	R	−11.1%	1,609	2,046	3,921
1976	R	−0.3%	1,778	1,788	3,614
1972	R	−11.2%	1,517	1,905	3,468
1968	D	+5.2%	1,680	1,508	3,318
1964	D	+37.7%	2,568	1,160	3,736
1960	D	+2.7%	1,964	1,861	3,836
1956	R	−11.1%	1,574	1,968	3,545
1952	R	−15.3%	1,540	2,103	3,671
1948	R	−5.9%	1,656	1,878	3,748
1944	D	+1.2%	1,874	1,829	3,714
1940	R	−7.7%	2,152	2,512	4,697
1936	D	+4.2%	2,218	2,035	4,335
1932	D	+2.4%	2,016	1,917	4,086
1928	R	−34.3%	1,046	2,203	3,375
1924	R	−63.1%	208	1,714	2,386
1920	R	−58.1%	304	1,368	1,832
1916	R	−21.9%	462	748	1,308
1912	R	−1.3%	280	295	1,136
1908	R	−51.5%	232	765	1,034
1904	R	−49.3%	185	564	769
1900	R	−28.8%	333	606	948
1896	R	−13.9%	459	611	1,093
1892	D	+25.0%	630	375	1,020
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%

Polish

0.5%

African American

5.0%

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: 46.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.7%

3.5%

75–84

3.2%

7.3%

65–74

6.7%

7.9%

55–64

7.3%

7.0%

45–54

5.8%

6.8%

35–44

4.5%

9.9%

25–34

4.1%

3.5%

18–24

3.0%

6.3%

5–17

6.4%

2.2%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$55,327

Baraga County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Baraga County$55,327

Michigan$72,875

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.2%

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

16.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

14.2%

Methodist

4.0%

Other Christian

2.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Baraga's small population is anchored partly by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, one of Michigan's larger tribal nations by land, giving federal Indian policy and sovereignty questions unusual salience in a county that swung heavily Republican in 2024.

The Republican margin in Baraga County reached its widest at sixty-three points in 1924. The margin in 2024 was thirty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Baraga County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $55,327, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,191 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 Shannon County and Kanabec County.

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