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Profile of Congressional District 6, MI


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2022 population: 770,957

2022 Census data
White:542,477 70.36%
Black:75,8479.84%
Indian:1,0630.14%
Asian:78,65510.20%
2+ races:34,7604.51%
Hispanic:35,6994.63%
Total non-White:228,48029.64%




    

Age, Family & Household Data for Congressional District 6, MI

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2022
NumberPercent
38.5
155,707 20.2%
615,250 79.8%
127,242 16.5%
305,747
2.45
191,734 62.7%
151,739 79.1%
13,583 7.1%
114,013 37.3%
    

2022 Housing Data for Congressional District 6, MI

Housing Data
 Number%
Housing Units322,155 
Median Value$309,300 
Occupied305,74794.9%
Vacant16,4085.1%
Owned211,05869.0%
Rented94,68931.0%
Median Rent$1,299 
Single-Family Units219,00168.0%
    Detached193,35060.0%
    Attached25,6518.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units68,82821.4%
Mobile Homes16,3605.1%

2022 Income & Employment Data for Congressional District 6, MI

Household Income
RangeNumber%
Less than $10,00014,2994.7%
$10,000 to $14,9997,9362.6%
$15,000 to $19,9997,2142.4%
$20,000 to $24,9998,3052.7%
$25,000 to $29,9998,5452.8%
$30,000 to $34,9999,2353.0%
$35,000 to $39,99910,1763.3%
$40,000 to $44,9999,4093.1%
$45,000 to $49,9998,9352.9%
$50,000 to $59,99918,7916.1%
$60,000 to $74,99925,4378.3%
$75,000 to $99,99937,37812.2%
$100,000 to $124,99932,02310.5%
$125,000 to $149,99924,6888.1%
$150,000 to $199,99934,01811.1%
$200,000 or more49,35816.1%
Median Household Income91,059 
Per Capita Income50,252 
Welfare Households
 Number%
SSI11,3803.7%
Public Assistance5,6891.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps23,1467.6%
Labor Force, Ages 25-64
 Number%
Employed347,94572.0%
Unemployed17,5153.6%
In Armed Forces2170.0%
Total Labor Force365,67775.7%
Not in Labor Force117,52924.3%
Real Unemployment Rate 27.9%
Class of Worker
 MaleFemale% Male
Private Sector148,029109,09457.6%
Non-Profit15,66128,46535.5%
Self-Employed18,51411,43461.8%
Local Government7,53112,47337.6%
State Government13,53916,59044.9%
Federal Government3,3573,05452.4%
Total Private + Self166,543120,52858.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.40,08860,58239.8%
Total206,631181,11053.3%
Pct. Govt.14.6%  
Occupation
 Number%
Management, Business, Science, Arts74,05519.1%
Sales and Office Occupations66,94317.2%
Professional, Technical133,99534.5%
Service Occupations52,68413.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing5940.2%
All others60,41415.6%
White Collar 70.9%
Industry
 Number%
Manufacturing66,24017.1%
Educational services and health care58,05515.0%
Professional, scientific, management35,9189.3%
Retail trade33,5248.6%
Accommodation, food svcs, recreation24,3086.3%
Finance, insurance and real estate15,7644.1%
Other services14,4533.7%
Construction13,9443.6%
Transportation, warehousing, utilities13,4233.5%
Public administration10,5512.7%
Wholesale trade7,2811.9%
Information5,9501.5%
Farming, forestry, fishing, mining1,2740.3%

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Congressional District 6, MI

Hispanic Breakdown
CountryNumber%
Mexican21,5762.80%
Puerto Rican3,4730.45%
Cuban8390.11%
Dominican4500.06%
Total Central American2,8330.37%
Costa Rican2010.03%
Guatemalan8330.11%
Honduran9090.12%
Nicaraguan190.00%
Panamanian4200.05%
Salvadoran4510.06%
Total South American3,3920.44%
Argentinean1140.01%
Bolivian1160.02%
Chilean4050.05%
Colombian1,0430.14%
Ecuadorian2510.03%
Paraguayan610.01%
Peruvian5960.08%
Uruguayan850.01%
Venezuelan5530.07%
Other South American1680.02%
Other Hispanic3,1360.41%
Asian Breakdown
CountryNumber%
Indian31,2734.06%
Chinese18,4832.40%
Korean6,5420.85%
Japanese4,9760.65%
Filipino3,6630.48%
Vietnamese2,1020.27%
Taiwanese1,2900.17%
Bangladeshi6100.08%
Thai2600.03%
Language Spoken at Home
LanguageNumber%
English620,49084.8%
Other Indo-European29,1174.0%
Spanish16,9032.3%
Chinese16,1532.2%
Other Asian15,6802.1%
Arabic10,4711.4%
Korean4,4680.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic4,3080.6%
Other3,8510.5%
Ancestry
CountryNumber%
German131,13117.0%
Irish82,99910.8%
English77,92110.1%
Polish67,7668.8%
Italian43,8625.7%
American39,0165.1%
French24,1303.1%
Scottish19,4902.5%
European17,8572.3%
Dutch12,3731.6%
Hungarian11,3711.5%
French Canadian10,0121.3%
Swedish8,3751.1%
Russian7,9111.0%
Norwegian6,7730.9%
Citizenship & Nativity
 Number%
U.S. citizen725,78394.1%
Not a citizen45,1745.9%
Native672,42287.2%
Foreign-born98,53512.8%

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Congressional District 6, MI

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years9-12 YearsH.S. Grad or GEDSome CollegeBach. DegreeGrad Degree
8,398 1.6%15,821 3.1%92,543 17.8%137,008 26.4%136,381 26.3%128,394 24.8%
  Average years of education: 14.8
Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years 8,398 1.6%
9-12 Years 15,821 3.1%
H.S. Grad or GED 92,543 17.8%
Some College 137,008 26.4%
Bach. Degree 136,381 26.3%
Grad Degree 128,394 24.8%
Average years of education: 14.8

Source for the above data: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (1 year-estimates)



Historical U.S. House Election Results for Congressional District 6, MI

Click on the District to view county-level data for that election (where available).
NOTE: Results prior to 2022 are for districts which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.

DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2022-11-08 MI06Debbie Dingell* (D) 241,759 65.9% Whittney Williams (R) 125,167 34.1% 1 0.0% 366,927
Redistricting effect (2022); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 2% compared to 2020.
2020-11-03 MI12Debbie Dingell* (D) 254,957 66.4% Jeff Jones (R) 117,719 30.7% 11,147 2.9% 383,823
2018-11-06 MI12Debbie Dingell* (D) 200,588 68.1% Jeff Jones (R) 85,115 28.9% 8,925 3.0% 294,628
2016-11-08 MI12Debbie Dingell* (D) 211,378 64.3% Jeff Jones (R) 96,104 29.3% 21,060 6.4% 328,542
2014-11-04 MI12Debbie Dingell (D) 134,346 65.0% Terry Bowman (R) 64,716 31.3% 7,598 3.7% 206,660
2012-11-06 MI12John Dingell* (D) 216,884 67.9% Cynthia Kallgren (R) 92,472 29.0% 9,867 3.1% 319,223
Redistricting effect (2012); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2010.
2010-11-02 MI15John Dingell* (D) 118,336 56.8% Rob Steele (R) 83,488 40.1% 6,485 3.1% 208,309
2008-11-04 MI15John Dingell* (D) 231,784 70.7% John Lynch (R) 81,802 25.0% 14,241 4.3% 327,827
2006-11-07 MI15John Dingell* (D) 181,946 88.0% Aimee Smith (Green) 9,447 4.6% 15,475 7.5% 206,868
2004-11-02 MI15John Dingell* (D) 218,409 70.9% Dawn Reamer (R) 81,828 26.6% 7,726 2.5% 307,963
2002-11-05 MI15John Dingell* (D) 136,518 72.2% Martin Kaltenbach (R) 48,626 25.7% 3,919 2.1% 189,063
Redistricting effect (2002); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 1% compared to 2000.
2000-11-07 MI13Lynn Rivers* (D) 160,084 64.7% Carl Berry (R) 79,445 32.1% 7,992 3.2% 247,521
1998-11-03 MI13Lynn Rivers* (D) 99,935 58.1% Tom Hickey (R) 68,328 39.8% 3,624 2.1% 171,887
1996-11-05 MI13Lynn Rivers* (D) 123,133 56.6% Joe Fitzsimmons (R) 89,907 41.3% 4,618 2.1% 217,658
1994-11-08 MI13Lynn Rivers (D) 89,573 51.9% John Schall (R) 77,908 45.1% 5,180 3.0% 172,661
1992-11-03 MI13William Ford* (D) 127,642 51.9% Robert Geake (R) 105,169 42.8% 13,077 5.3% 245,888
Redistricting effect (1992); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 3% compared to 1990.
1990-11-06 MI15William Ford* (D) 68,742 61.2% Burl Adkins (R) 41,092 36.6% 2,501 2.2% 112,335
1988-11-08 MI15William Ford* (D) 104,596 63.8% Burl Adkins (R) 56,963 34.8% 2,283 1.4% 163,842
1986-11-04 MI15William Ford* (D) 77,950 75.2% Glen Kassel (R) 25,078 24.2% 584 0.6% 103,612
1984-11-06 MI15William Ford* (D) 98,973 59.9% Gerald Carlson (R) 66,172 40.1% 7 0.0% 165,152
1982-11-02 MI15William Ford* (D) 94,950 72.8% Mitchell Moran (R) 33,904 26.0% 1,555 1.2% 130,409
Redistricting effect (1982); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 1% compared to 1980.
1980-11-04 MI02Carl Pursell* (R) 115,562 57.3% Kathleen O'Reilly (D) 83,550 41.4% 2,689 1.3% 201,801
1978-11-07 MI02Carl Pursell* (R) 97,503 67.6% Earl Greene (D) 45,631 31.6% 1,192 0.8% 144,326
1976-11-02 MI02Carl Pursell (R) 95,397 49.8% Edward Pierce (D) 95,053 49.6% 1,296 0.7% 191,746
1974-11-04 MI02Marvin Esch* (R) 72,245 52.3% John Reuther (D) 62,755 45.4% 3,160 2.3% 138,160
1972-11-07 MI02Marvin Esch* (R) 103,321 56.0% Marvin Stemplen (D) 79,762 43.3% 1,313 0.7% 184,396
Redistricting effect (1972); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 3% compared to 1970.
1970-11-03 MI02Marvin Esch* (R) 88,071 62.5% Michael Stillwagon (D) 52,782 37.5% 0 0.0% 140,853
1968-11-05 MI02Marvin Esch* (R) 90,804 54.3% Weston Vivian (D) 75,009 44.9% 1,271 0.8% 167,084
1966-11-08 MI02Marvin Esch (R) 65,205 50.7% Weston Vivian* (D) 62,536 48.6% 809 0.6% 128,550
1964-11-03 MI02Weston Vivian (D) 77,806 50.4% George Meader* (R) 76,280 49.4% 220 0.1% 154,306
1962-11-06 MI02George Meader* (R) 88,427 58.4% Thomas Payne (D) 63,036 41.6% 1 0.0% 151,464
1960-11-08 MI02George Meader* (R) 110,124 59.6% Thomas Payne (D) 74,276 40.2% 309 0.2% 184,709
1958-11-04 MI02George Meader* (R) 73,954 58.8% Robert Hall (D) 51,323 40.8% 413 0.3% 125,690
1956-11-06 MI02George Meader* (R) 105,940 63.1% Franklin Shepherd (D) 61,456 36.6% 555 0.3% 167,951
1954-11-02 MI02George Meader* (R) 69,825 59.8% Henry Owens (D) 46,817 40.1% 57 0.0% 116,699
1952-11-04 MI02George Meader* (R) 101,341 63.4% John Dawson (D) 58,024 36.3% 553 0.3% 159,918
1950-11-07 MI02George Meader (R) 61,574 60.4% John Dawson (D) 39,771 39.0% 561 0.6% 101,906
1948-11-02 MI02Earl Michener* (R) 65,006 55.8% Preston Slosson (D) 50,148 43.0% 1,391 1.2% 116,545
1946-11-05 MI02Earl Michener* (R) 66,486 71.2% William Kelley (D) 26,141 28.0% 801 0.9% 93,428
1944-11-07 MI02Earl Michener* (R) 80,594 64.8% Redmond Burr (D) 43,536 35.0% 323 0.3% 124,453
1942-11-03 MI02Earl Michener* (R) 40,439 63.1% Redmond Burr (D) 23,277 36.3% 364 0.6% 64,080
1940-11-05 MI02Earl Michener* (R) 72,235 62.3% Redmond Burr (D) 43,733 37.7% 59 0.1% 116,027
1938-11-08 MI02Earl Michener* (R) 58,921 64.4% Walter Averill (D) 32,468 35.5% 64 0.1% 91,453
1936-11-03 MI02Earl Michener* (R) 53,845 51.7% Charles Downing (D) 50,238 48.3% 0 0.0% 104,083
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Historical Presidential Election Results for Congressional District 6, MI


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St)
Diff
(US)
PSV
2020 redist Joe Biden (D) 286,146 62.7% Donald Trump* (R) 164,381 36.0% 5,975 1.3% 456,502 -12 -11 8.23%
2020 70% Joe Biden (D) 251,772 64.2% Donald Trump* (R) 134,889 34.4% 5,417 1.4% 392,078 -13 -12 7.07%
2016 61% Hillary Clinton (D) 205,939 60.8% Donald Trump (R) 116,741 34.5% 15,843 4.7% 338,523 -13 -11 7.02%
2012 60% Barack Obama* (D) 217,542 66.2% Mitt Romney (R) 107,632 32.8% 3,331 1.0% 328,505 -12 -14 6.92%
2008 67% Barack Obama (D) 225,993 65.9% John McCain (R) 111,041 32.4% 5,861 1.7% 342,895 -9 -13 6.84%
2004 61% John Kerry (D) 191,091 61.7% George W. Bush* (R) 118,217 38.1% 573 0.2% 309,881 -10 -13 6.40%
2000 54% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 151,388 58.4% George W. Bush (R) 99,366 38.4% 8,337 3.2% 259,091 -8 -10 6.12%
1996 49% Bill Clinton* (D) 135,250 59.2% Robert Dole (R) 76,165 33.4% 16,954 7.4% 228,369 -5 -7 5.93%
1992 59% Bill Clinton (D) 129,113 49.3% George Bush* (R) 89,040 34.0% 43,946 16.8% 262,099 -2 -3 6.13%
1988 50% George Bush (R) 95,010 54.3% Michael Dukakis (D) 79,994 45.7% 0 0.0% 175,004 1 1 4.77%
1984 52% Ronald Reagan* (R) 112,238 61.2% Walter Mondale (D) 71,126 38.8% 0 0.0% 183,364 2 2 4.82%
1980 63% Ronald Reagan (R) 100,535 49.4% Jimmy Carter* (D) 82,977 40.8% 20,055 9.9% 203,567 0 -1 5.21%
1976 63% Gerald Ford* (R) 109,460 54.6% Jimmy Carter (D) 90,984 45.4% 0 0.0% 200,444 3 7 5.49%
1972 64% Richard Nixon* (R) 106,155 55.5% George McGovern (D) 85,093 44.5% 0 0.0% 191,248 -1 -5 5.48%
1968 n/a Richard Nixon (R) 85,262 48.1% Hubert Humphrey (D) 74,021 41.7% 18,158 10.2% 177,441 7 5 5.37%
1964 n/a Lyndon Johnson* (D) 62.9% Barry Goldwater (R) 37.1% 0.0% 4 -1 n/a
1960 68% Richard Nixon (R) 112,758 59.4% John Kennedy (D) 76,593 40.3% 556 0.3% 189,907 11 10 5.72%
1956 66% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 114,246 66.8% Adlai Stevenson (D) 56,874 33.2% 0 0.0% 171,120 11 9 5.56%
1952 68% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 105,830 66.7% Adlai Stevenson (D) 52,891 33.3% 0 0.0% 158,721 11 11 5.67%
* incumbent           PSV: percent of state vote
"2020 redist": shows what the results of the 2020 Presidential election would have been under the current (redistricted) boundaries of this district.

Historical Demographic Breakdown for Congressional District 6, MI


NOTE: Data prior to 2022 is for the district which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.

YearPopWhiteBlack IndianAsian2+ RacesHispanic
2021 774,940 69.6% 9.0% 0.2% 10.8% 5.5% 4.6%
2020 704,912 73.4% 11.3% 5.5% 3.6% 6.2%
2012 703,389 76.0% 10.3% 0.4% 4.6% 3.5% 5.2%
2010 682,205 75.0% 13.6% 0.3% 4.5% 2.5% 4.1%
2002 662,563 79.2% 11.7% 0.4% 3.7% 2.0% 2.8%
2000 628,363 76.8% 13.1% 0.4% 5.0% 2.3% 2.4%
1992 580,956 84.0% 11.0% 0.4% 2.9% 1.7%
1990 507,472 89.7% 6.9% 1.5% 1.9%
1982 514,560 91.7% 5.5% 0.3% 1.0% 1.5%
1980 505,001 6.0% 1.0% 1.0%
1972 466,852 5.0% 1.0%
1970 531,988 4.0%
1960 483,343
1950 382,826

Voter Registration Data for Congressional District 6, MI

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.