 About 10.30% of families and 14.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.40% of those under age 18 and 8.80% of those age 65 or over.Oscoda County has been reliably Republican since its organization.Since 1884, the Republican Party nominee has carried the county vote in 85% (29 of 34) of the national elections through 2016.