Ontonagon, MI
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+0.9 |
| 2012 | R+12.4 |
| 2016 | R+29.6 |
| 2020 | R+24.7 |
| 2024 | R+29.4 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,355 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+29.4 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $50,164 |
| County | Ontonagon County |
| State | MI |
Place narrative
Ontonagon's dwindling population—down from a mid-century paper-mill peak—tracks closely with the broader Upper Peninsula shift toward Republican margins, driven by a shrinking but older, working-class white electorate far from Michigan's southern urban centers.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −29.4% | 284 | 525 | 11 | 820 |
| 2020 | R | −24.7% | 299 | 499 | 11 | 809 |
| 2016 | R | −29.6% | 227 | 437 | 46 | 710 |
| 2012 | R | −12.4% | 317 | 408 | 10 | 735 |
| 2008 | R | −0.9% | 389 | 396 | 29 | 814 |
| 2004† | R | −14.9% | 367 | 498 | 12 | 877 |
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.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 91.2% |
| Black | 2.3% |
| Asian | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1.9% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $50,164 |
| Poverty rate | 10.4% |
| Median age | 59.5 |
| Age 18–29 | 11.3% |
| Age 65 and older | 38.1% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 18.7% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 2.5% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Ontonagon County county page and the MI state page.