Benzie County, Michigan

2024 results by precinct

26 precincts · 12,871 votes cast

Trump · R+9

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−8.7%	5,780	6,895	12,871
2020	R	−9.1%	5,480	6,601	12,262
2016	R	−14.0%	4,108	5,539	10,228
2012	R	−3.9%	4,685	5,075	9,901
2008	D	+7.4%	5,451	4,687	10,309
2004	R	−9.2%	4,383	5,284	9,778
2000	R	−7.8%	3,546	4,172	8,072
1996	D	+3.3%	3,081	2,856	6,785
1992	D	+4.0%	2,715	2,438	6,852
1988	R	−14.0%	2,437	3,240	5,732
1984	R	−31.3%	1,866	3,590	5,502
1980	R	−22.0%	1,842	3,054	5,498
1976	R	−23.7%	1,891	3,085	5,038
1972	R	−33.9%	1,310	2,686	4,054
1968	R	−28.2%	1,147	2,138	3,510
1964	D	+8.4%	1,983	1,674	3,662
1960	R	−31.0%	1,306	2,484	3,795
1956	R	−42.8%	1,046	2,620	3,681
1952	R	−47.0%	980	2,752	3,768
1948	R	−34.0%	964	2,013	3,089
1944	R	−30.0%	1,084	2,026	3,142
1940	R	−23.7%	1,429	2,320	3,765
1936	R	−1.5%	1,686	1,742	3,658
1932	R	−5.1%	1,432	1,595	3,176
1928	R	−69.6%	321	1,849	2,194
1924	R	−66.2%	198	1,922	2,603
1920	R	−52.0%	422	1,520	2,111
1916	R	−6.8%	770	900	1,907
1912	R	−12.7%	326	568	1,913
1908	R	−38.8%	551	1,437	2,282
1904	R	−60.3%	295	1,582	2,136
1900	R	−38.1%	626	1,472	2,221
1896	R	−24.9%	803	1,366	2,262
1892	R	−18.7%	498	774	1,475
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%

Irish

0.7%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 50.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.4%

85+

1.9%

4.1%

75–84

4.5%

8.4%

65–74

8.5%

7.8%

55–64

8.4%

5.4%

45–54

5.6%

5.5%

35–44

5.3%

5.1%

25–34

4.6%

3.4%

18–24

3.1%

6.7%

5–17

6.1%

2.4%

1.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$74,834

Benzie County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Benzie County$74,834

Michigan$72,875

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.7%

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

10.3%

Other Christian

6.5%

Methodist

2.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Baptist

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 77.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Benzie sits along Lake Michigan's eastern shore with a population under 16,000, and its presidential margins have shifted notably since 2012, making it a useful bellwether for rural northwestern Michigan's political drift.

The Democratic margin in Benzie County has rarely exceeded eight points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded seventy points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by nine points.

Benzie County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 92% non-Hispanic-white share, a 10% poverty rate, and a median household income of $74,834 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mason County and Vanderburgh County.

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