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Michigan

State facts

people (ACS)
10,077,761
House seats
13
president 2024
R +1.4
Democrat

Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Senators: 2 Democrats. House members: 6 Democrats, 7 Republicans.

Districts

13 House districts (2024 lines), 38 State Senate districts and 110 State House districts. Each district has its own page: who holds it, who lives there and how it has voted.

Choose a district on the map or in the table. House districts follow the lines their members were elected on; state legislative districts are the ones drawn for 2024.

Michigan: U.S. House, 2024 lines

13 districts

Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files (2025; 2026 lines from TIGER/Line 2026).

Notes

Districts are filled by the party of the officials on this site who hold them; a hatched district has no one here today or is shared by members of more than one party. “Lines since” is the first general election held on the district’s lines: results before it describe a different place.

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Who represents it

2 senators, 13 House members and a governor on this site, and 148 state legislators.

Each name links to the official’s profile: what they say, how they vote, their ideology and money.

Governor and senators

The House delegation

13 members, by district

The state legislature

Officials on this site by chamber and party

State legislators on this site by chamber and party
ChamberDemocratsRepublicansOthers
State Senate20180
State House52580

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Elections

2024 presidential vote: R +1.4. 48.3% Democratic, 49.7% Republican.

Results from Candidates in American General Elections (CAGE): certified from 1990 to 2024, and 2026 as it is counted (unofficial, from NYT and NBC reporting, until certified). Shares are of all votes cast.

U.S. Senate

2026

2026 general election: candidates by votes
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Abdul El-SayedcalledD2,497,85252.5%
Mike RogersR2,162,89045.5%
Lydia ChristensenLbt49,3091.0%
Tim LongOther26,3190.6%

Unofficial: about 97% of the expected vote counted; called by a network. Source: CAGE.

Earlier

  • 2024: Elissa Slotkin (D) won by 0.3 points
  • 2020: Gary Peters (D) won by 1.7 points
  • 2018: Debbie Stabenow (D) won by 6.5 points
  • 2014: Gary Peters (D) won by 13.3 points
  • 2012: Debbie Stabenow (D) won by 20.8 points

Governor

2026

2026 general election: candidates by votes
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jocelyn BensoncalledD2,600,47154.5%
John JamesR2,087,03943.8%
Anthony HudsonLbt44,3110.9%

Unofficial: about 98% of the expected vote counted; called by a network. Source: CAGE.

Earlier

  • 2022: Gretchen Whitmer (D) won by 10.6 points
  • 2018: Gretchen Whitmer (D) won by 9.6 points
  • 2014: Rick Snyder (R) won by 4.2 points
  • 2010: Rick Snyder (R) won by 18.2 points
  • 2006: Jennifer Granholm (D) won by 14.1 points

President

Statewide vote

Presidential vote in Michigan by year
YearDemocraticRepublicanMargin
202448.3%49.7%R +1.4
202050.6%47.8%D +2.8
201647.4%47.6%R +0.2
201254.3%44.8%D +9.5
200857.4%41.0%D +16.5
200451.2%47.8%D +3.4
200051.3%46.2%D +5.1
199651.8%38.5%D +13.2
199243.8%36.4%D +7.4

U.S. House

Seats won and the statewide House vote

House seats and vote in Michigan by year
YearD seatsR seatsD voteR vote
2026counting9453.4%44.4%
20246747.7%49.0%
20227649.9%47.6%
20207749.6%48.3%
20187752.4%44.6%
20165947.0%48.0%
20145949.2%47.5%
20125950.9%45.6%
20106944.3%52.3%
20088752.3%44.0%
20066952.7%44.5%
20046948.4%49.4%
20026949.3%48.2%
20009753.5%43.9%
199810649.2%48.2%
199610652.6%45.4%
19949747.2%51.0%
199210649.3%47.8%
199011754.3%44.8%

In 2026 the seats are the races called so far.

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Who lives there

10,077,761 people, by the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

Each figure beside the nation’s; ± is the 90 percent margin of error.

Michigan at a glance

ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimates

People

10,077,761

A Census Bureau estimate

Median age

40.2

±0.1 · United States 38.9

Median household income

$72,875

±$293 · United States $80,734

Race and ethnicity

Share of everyone; Hispanic or Latino people may be of any race, the other groups are not Hispanic

Show the data
Race and ethnicity: michigan beside United States
PartMichiganUnited States
White72.3%57.4%
Black13.1%11.9%
Hispanic or Latino5.9%19.3%
Asian3.4%5.9%
Another race or more than one5.3%5.5%

Age, schooling, income and place

Michigan over United States; ± is the 90 percent margin of error

0%40%
Michigan
United States
±
Aged 65 and over
18.6%
17.2%
±0.1
Bachelor’s degree or moreadults 25 and over
32.5%
35.7%
±0.2
Below the poverty line
13.2%
12.4%
±0.2
Born outside the U.S.
7.2%
14.1%
±0.1
Veteranscivilian adults
5.8%
6.2%
±0.1
Living in rural areas2020 Census
26.5%
20.0%
Show the data
Shares of people: michigan beside United States
RowMichiganUnited States
Aged 65 and over18.6%17.2%
Bachelor’s degree or more (adults 25+)32.5%35.7%
Below the poverty line13.2%12.4%
Born outside the U.S.7.2%14.1%
Veterans (adults)5.8%6.2%
Living in rural areas (2020 Census)26.5%20.0%

Source: ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates (Census Bureau); rural share from the 2020 Census.

About these figures

The figures from the American Community Survey are estimates from a sample, not a count. The ± beside each is its 90 percent margin of error: nine times in ten the true value lies within that range. In small districts the margins are wide, so a gap of a few points from United States may be noise. Shares are of everyone in the district, except education (adults 25 and over), poverty (people whose poverty status is known) and veterans (civilian adults).

These are the Census Bureau’s own estimates for the district; margins on shares are approximated from the counts’ margins.

The rural share counts the people living outside the urban areas the Census Bureau drew from the 2020 Census; it is a count, with no margin of error.

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Opinion

What Michigan’s adults think, estimated from the lab’s national survey.

Estimates for each state come from multilevel regression and poststratification (MRP): a model of every respondent’s answers by age, race, education, sex and their state’s 2024 vote, weighted to the state’s population. Rank 1 is the highest of the 51 states. See Public Opinion for the questions and the national trends.

Partisan animosity: Michigan’s estimates
Partisan animosityMIRankMedian state
Feelings gap between the parties52.4 51.5–53.61451.8
Very liberal or very conservative25% 24%–26%3126%
MAGA Republicans46% 44%–48%3547%
Political violence: Michigan’s estimates
Political violenceMIRankMedian state
Protesting without a permit31% 30%–32%1329%
Vandalism5.7% 5.1%–6.2%466.2%
Assault2.2% 1.8%–2.6%432.5%
Arson1.6% 1.3%–1.9%451.8%
Assault with a deadly weapon1.1% 0.9%–1.5%471.4%
Murder0.9% 0.7%–1.3%491.2%
Support for political violence (index)7.1% 6.7%–7.5%267.1%
Democratic norms: Michigan’s estimates
Democratic normsMIRankMedian state
Censoring hostile media16% 15%–17%3817%
Governing by executive order28% 26%–29%3929%
Ignoring court rulings10% 9.6%–11%3812%
Party over election rules13% 12%–14%3614%
Cutting polling stations6.0% 5.4%–6.7%397.0%
Accepting norm breaches (index)15% 14%–16%3716%
Issues: Michigan’s estimates
IssuesMIRankMedian state
The economy over the next six months34% 30%–37%2935%
The economy over the past six months26% 24%–29%1925%
Free speech is secure17% 15%–20%4420%
Amnesty for undocumented immigrants30% 28%–32%2330%
Deport immigrants here illegally51% 48%–54%2951%
Immigration is good for America65% 62%–68%2465%
More manufacturing jobs49% 46%–53%2048%
New tariffs31% 27%–34%3533%
New tariffs, if prices rise30% 27%–34%2129%
Notes

An estimate is uncertain, especially in small states: the 95% interval shows the range. Ranks between states whose intervals overlap mean little. Estimates as of Nov 3, 2026.

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What its officials say

4.9% of Michigan’s officials’ statements make personal attacks, against 4.7% nationwide.

An AI model reads each statement (posts on X, press releases, newsletters, floor speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains; a rate is the share of statements with that label, in the officials’ current terms. The Michigan dashboard has the trends, topics and leaders.

Rates of each kind of statement in Michigan and the nation
Kind of statementAll officialsMembers of CongressLegislators and governorNation
Personal attacks4.9%4.2%5.4%4.7%
Policy criticism18%24%14%16%
Policy discussion50%72%36%50%
Bipartisanship5.7%12%1.9%5.5%
Credit claiming18%33%8.9%19%
Extreme labels4.9%2.3%6.6%2.3%
Statements50,49120,04730,4441,724,578

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Ideology and lawmaking

17,253 bills in the Michigan legislature since 2019, 1,692 of them law (9.8%).

CSIP is the lab’s ideology score from roll calls, donations and text, on one scale for every official (0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition). The legislature’s party gap is measured within each chamber from its own roll calls, in standard deviations of its members’ positions. See Bills for every legislature.

CSIP medians

By party and level

Median CSIP score by party and level
OfficialsMediann
D in Congress-0.798
D governor-0.401
D in the legislature-0.6872
R in Congress0.967
R in the legislature0.5076

Party gap in the legislature

Latest term, from roll calls

Party gap by chamber and term
Chamber, termGap (SD)Members
State Senate, 2025-20261.8538
State House, 2025-20261.76110
State Senate, 2023-20241.9038
State House, 2023-20241.65112

Bills

State legislature, 2019 on

17,253

bills introduced

1,692 became law (9.8%)

The most bills are on Crime and Law Enforcement (13% of those with an area).

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Money

33% of itemized gifts to its members of Congress came from inside Michigan; 86% of itemized gifts to its state officials came from inside Michigan (latest cycle).

Itemized donations are individual gifts over $200 a cycle, the only ones reported with an address; totals and shares count those only. Aggregates only: no donor is named.

Members of Congress

2026 cycle · 15 officials · $30.3M itemized

Where itemized donations came from
Donors inShare
Michigan33%
California12%
New York9.9%
Florida6.6%
Massachusetts4.0%

State officials

2026 cycle · 146 officials · $5.6M itemized

Where itemized donations came from
Donors inShare
Michigan86%
California3.6%
New York1.4%
Illinois1.0%
Florida1.0%

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Threats and violence

14 federal prosecutions for threatening officials in Michigan, 89 threats or harassment of local officials since 2022, and 7 political violence events in the lab’s record.

Separate records, never added together: prosecutions the Justice Department announced (not every threat), the Bridging Divides Initiative’s record of threats and harassment against local officials, the lab’s record of political violence, the FBI’s hate crime statistics and the Crowd Counting Consortium’s protests. The Political Violence page has each record in full.

4.6

hate crimes per 100,000 (2025)

Agencies covering 97% of residents reported

990

protests in the last 12 months

2025-06 to 2026-05; 9.8 per 100,000

14

threat prosecutions announced

Justice Department press releases, 2010 on

Hate crimes reported to the FBI

Incidents per year

5001991: 0 incidents1992: 122 incidents1993: 248 incidents1994: 252 incidents1995: 407 incidents1996: 514 incidents1997: 463 incidents1998: 392 incidents1999: 412 incidents2000: 423 incidents2001: 442 incidents2002: 421 incidents2003: 416 incidents2004: 559 incidents2005: 607 incidents2006: 614 incidents2007: 635 incidents2008: 577 incidents2009: 315 incidents2010: 304 incidents2011: 378 incidents2012: 634 incidents2013: 333 incidents2014: 320 incidents2015: 309 incidents2016: 406 incidents2017: 454 incidents2018: 440 incidents2019: 408 incidents2020: 433 incidents2021: 417 incidents2022: 401 incidents2023: 381 incidents2024: 471 incidents2025: 455 incidents0635 in 200745519912000201020202025
Notes

Reporting is voluntary: a year’s count rises and falls with the number of police agencies that took part, not only with crime. Few agencies reported in the early 1990s, and in 2021 the FBI took reports only through its incident-based system (NIBRS), which many agencies had not yet joined. The Political Violence page has each year’s coverage.

Where people protested

Counties with the most protest events, last 12 months

Protest events by county
Wayne County127
Kent County90
Oakland County69
Kalamazoo County68
Washtenaw County66

Crowd Counting Consortium (CC0).

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Files and sources

Every figure on this page is in the bulk files and the data API.

The state facts file has one row per state and every series by year or month, with the state boundaries; the API serves this state at /v1/states/MI. Sources: the Census Bureau (people, boundaries), Candidates in American General Elections and MIT Election Data and Science Lab (elections), the lab’s survey, the FBI, the Crowd Counting Consortium, the Justice Department, the Bridging Divides Initiative and the Global Terrorism Database. Credits and terms are on Open data.

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