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Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Michigan snapshot31,241

Induced abortions reported as occurring in Michigan

2023 final annual report

Understand this number

Induced abortions reported as performed in Michigan and received by MDHHS for its final annual mandatory-reporting compilation.

How it was measured: Michigan Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics compilation of confidential statistical reports submitted under the reporting law then in effect.

Keep in mind

The report covers procedures performed through December 21, 2023 and received by January 31, 2024.
Michigan abolished this mandatory reporting system in February 2024, so this is the final comparable annual report and should not be described as a current 2026 count.
The total does not measure abortions obtained by Michigan residents outside Michigan.
The live MDHHS reports hub points to a legacy vital-statistics archive that was intermittently unavailable during this audit.

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect abortion accessRestrict abortion access

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Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

Michigan snapshot$1,129/month

Median gross rent

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Median monthly gross rent for occupied rental units paying cash rent, including contract rent and estimated tenant-paid utilities.

Other statewide housing measures

Median owner-occupied home value: $231,600
Owner costs with a mortgage: $1,569/month
Owner-occupied housing rate: 73.2%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This is a statewide multi-year estimate; local rents and current asking rents can differ substantially.
The owner measures describe owner-occupied units and are not estimates of the current cost to buy a home.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand affordable housingLower property costs

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Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

Michigan snapshot6.2%

People under 65 without health insurance

2024 ACS annual estimate

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Share of Michigan’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This excludes people age 65 and older and is a annual estimate rather than a current enrollment count.
Insurance status does not measure affordability, provider availability, coverage adequacy, or quality of care.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand coverage and accessEmphasize choice and competition

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Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

Michigan snapshot92.1%

Adults with at least a high school diploma

2020–2024 estimate

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Share of Michigan residents age 25 and older whose reported attainment is a regular high school diploma or equivalent (including GED or an alternative credential), some college, or an associate’s or higher degree.

Additional attainment measure

Bachelor's degree or higher: 32.4%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This measures adult attainment, not current public-school graduation rates or school performance.
It combines people educated in different places and time periods.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Invest in public schoolsExpand school choice

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Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

Michigan snapshot1,228

Firearm deaths

2024 final data

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Deaths in which firearm injury was recorded as the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

Michigan compared with the U.S.

Age-adjusted firearm death rate

Michigan: 11.9 per 100,000
United States: 13.1 per 100,000

Michigan's rate was 1.2 deaths per 100,000 lower than the national rate.

Both rates use 2024 National Vital Statistics System mortality data and are age-adjusted.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted firearm death rate: 11.9 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data published through CDC WONDER and Stats of the States.

Keep in mind

The total combines firearm homicides, suicides, accidents, legal-intervention deaths, and deaths of undetermined intent.
Mortality data do not measure nonfatal injuries, defensive uses, ownership, or the effect of a particular policy.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

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Strengthen gun-safety lawsProtect gun rights

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Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

Michigan snapshot7.2%

Residents who are foreign-born

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number

Share of Michigan residents who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens, and people without lawful status.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

Foreign-born is not a measure of unauthorized immigration or current border crossings.
The survey does not assign legal status and this statewide estimate does not show recent arrivals or local distribution.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize border enforcementCreate legal pathways

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Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

Michigan snapshot45% natural gas

Michigan electricity generation by source

2024

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Share of Michigan's in-state net electricity generation attributed to major energy sources.

Other major sources

Nuclear power: about 21%
Coal: about 21%
Renewable energy: 12%

How it was measured: U.S. Energy Information Administration annual state electricity profile and source-level generation tables.

Keep in mind

Electricity generation is not the same as total energy consumption across transportation, buildings, and industry.
Rounded shares may not sum to exactly 100%, and interstate electricity flows affect the power Michigan consumers use.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

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Michigan snapshot$3.85/gal

Midwest regular gasoline price

Week of August 31, 2026

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Estimated average retail price of regular-grade gasoline across all formulations, including taxes, in EIA's Midwest petroleum district. The district includes Michigan and 14 other states.

Michigan compared with the U.S.

Regular gasoline price

Michigan: $3.847/gal
United States: $4.071/gal

The Midwest average was 22.4 cents per gallon lower, or about 5.5% below the U.S. average.

Both figures are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, including taxes, for the week of August 31, 2026. The Michigan-side figure is the Midwest regional average, not a Michigan statewide estimate.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Recent weekly prices

Prior week: $3.934/gal
Weekly change: −8.7¢
One year earlier: $3.088/gal
Change from one year earlier: +75.9¢

How it was measured: U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly retail motor-gasoline survey estimate for the Midwest region. FactVote displays the published dollars-per-gallon value and calculates changes from EIA's published prior-week and nearest year-earlier weekly observations.

Keep in mind

EIA does not publish a current Michigan statewide weekly gasoline-price series; this Midwest regional estimate should not be read as Michigan's statewide average.
The regional estimate combines 15 states and does not represent the price at every station or in every Michigan community.
The series is nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns, and weekly estimates can be revised.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize conservation and clean energyExpand domestic energy production

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Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

Michigan snapshot$72,875

Median household income

2020–2024 estimate

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Median annual money income of Michigan households, expressed in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.

Additional income measures

Per capita income: $40,735
People in poverty: 13.4%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

Household income is not take-home pay and does not directly measure taxes, wealth, prices, or purchasing power after local living costs.
The poverty measure uses federal thresholds and does not capture every form of material hardship.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Lower taxes and spendingInvest in workers and services

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Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

Michigan snapshot

67.38%

Registered-voter turnout

November 5, 2024 general election

24.20%

Primary election turnout

February 27, 2024 presidential primary

Understand this number · 2 breakdowns

Voters as a share of all registered voters in Michigan's 2024 general election.

2024 turnout comparison

General: Nov. 5 · Primary: Feb. 27

General election turnout: 67.38%
Primary election turnout: 24.20%

FactVote calculates both rates from the Michigan Department of State's official voters and total registered-voter counts.

The rates use total registration, including inactive registrations, rather than active registration or voting-eligible population.

Michigan Department of State ↗

Official participation totals

General voters: 5,706,503
General registered voters: 8,469,342
Primary voters: 2,021,691
Primary registered voters: 8,352,537

How it was measured: FactVote divides the Michigan Department of State's official number voting by its number registered for each election and rounds to two decimals.

Keep in mind

Michigan's official historical tables also publish turnout as a share of voting-age population; this snapshot instead uses total registered voters so the primary and general share one denominator concept.
Total registered voters includes inactive registrations and is not the same as active registration, voting-age population, or voting-eligible population.

Michigan Department of State ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand voting accessIncrease election safeguardsStrengthen ethics and transparency

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Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

Michigan snapshot442.6 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Violent offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

How it was measured: FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Michigan exceeded 97% average monthly population coverage in every year shown, but participation still varies by month and agency.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 98%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Michigan snapshot1,428.9 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Michigan exceeded 97% average monthly population coverage in every year shown, but participation still varies by month and agency.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 98%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Michigan snapshot32,387

People in Michigan state prisons at year end

December 31, 2025

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People in Michigan's state prison population at the end of calendar year 2025.

System context

Change during 2025: 391 fewer (-1.2%)
System occupancy at year end: 95.2%

How it was measured: Michigan Department of Corrections prison-population projection report to the Legislature.

Keep in mind

This is a prison count, not a crime rate or a count of all people under correctional supervision.
Changes reflect admissions, releases, sentencing, parole, and policy together and do not establish the effect of any single official or policy.

Michigan Department of Corrections ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Emphasize policing and enforcementEmphasize prevention and justice reform

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Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

Michigan snapshot2,381,255

People receiving Social Security benefits

December 2025

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

People in Michigan receiving Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits in current-payment status in December 2025.

Benefit type

Retired workers: 1,786,475
Disabled workers: 280,455
Widow(er)s and parents: 122,832
Spouses: 56,551
Children: 134,942

How it was measured: Social Security Administration Master Beneficiary Record, 100-percent administrative data.

Keep in mind

The total includes retirement, survivor, dependent, and disability beneficiaries and should not be described as retirees alone.
It excludes people not receiving an OASDI payment and does not measure benefit adequacy, private pensions, or retirement savings.

Social Security Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect or expand benefitsChange benefits to address long-term costs

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Foreign policy and diplomacy

Diplomacy, alliances, and the use of U.S. military force abroad.

Strengthen diplomacy and alliancesLimit U.S. military intervention abroad

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Veterans and military families

Veterans' care, benefits, housing, work, and transition to civilian life.

Protect or expand veterans' care and benefitsExpand veterans' housing, education, and work support

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National defense

Military readiness, modernization, and defense spending.

Invest in military readiness and modernizationReduce military spending

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Digital privacy and surveillance

Personal data rights and limits on surveillance.

Strengthen personal data rightsLimit government and workplace surveillance

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Artificial intelligence

AI safeguards, accountability, research, and development.

Set AI rules and safeguardsInvest in AI research and development

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Libraries and access to books

Public library services and access to books.

Support and expand library servicesProtect access to library books

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