† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupClearlake, CACaliforniaUnited States
German14.4%6.8%12.5%
Irish14.0%5.9%9.4%
English13.6%6.3%9.5%
Italian5.2%3.4%4.8%
American4.1%2.8%5.3%
French3.0%1.3%1.6%
Scottish2.4%0.9%1.3%
Polish1.9%0.9%2.2%
Mexican20.9%32.3%11.3%
Spanish0.8%0.3%—
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Salvadoran0.3%2.0%0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
African American†1.8%4.4%9.9%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Filipino0.6%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.2%3.9%1.3%
Japanese0.2%0.6%0.2%
Afghan0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Clearlake, CA
California
United States
Median age
44.1
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
6.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.9%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Clearlake, CA
California
United States
Median household income
$60,621
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.0%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Clearlake, CA
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
19.7%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
17.3%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
3.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Clearlake, CA
California
United States
Catholic
18.2%
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
5.8%
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
69.6%
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Clearlake, CA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+7.8%
1896
+21.4%
1900
+11.5%
1904
−3.3%
1908
+0.2%
1912
+51.9%
1916
+16.7%
1920
−24.3%
1924
−30.2%
1928
−32.1%
1932
+27.9%
1936
+1.1%
1940
−7.7%
1944
−10.4%
1948
−19.8%
1952
−36.2%
1956
−30.1%
1960
−18.0%
1964
+12.8%
1968
−7.5%
1972
−15.0%
1976
+7.4%
1980
−17.7%
1984
−11.2%
1988
+2.4%
1992
+16.7%
1996
+13.9%
2000
+9.6%
2004
+8.3%
2008
+19.2%
2012
+16.9%
2016
+3.6%
2020
+6.3%
2024
−1.4%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
47.8%Harris12,794
49.2%Trump13,161
1.6%Kennedy441 +3
R+1.4
R+7.6
D+0.1
26,759
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican49.2%13,161
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic47.8%12,794
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.6%441
Jill SteinIndependent0.7%177
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%98
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.3%88
D
51.5%Biden14,941
45.3%Trump13,123
3.2%
D+6.3
D+2.6
D+1.8
28,986
D
46.6%Clinton11,500
43.0%Trump10,603
10.5%
D+3.6
R+13.3
D+1.5
24,684
D
56.3%Obama13,163
39.3%Romney9,200
4.4%
D+16.9
R+2.3
D+13.1
23,391
D
58.0%Obama14,854
38.8%McCain9,935
3.3%
D+19.2
D+10.9
D+11.9
25,629
D
53.2%Kerry13,141
44.9%Bush11,093
2.0%
D+8.3
R+1.4
D+10.7
24,719
D
51.2%Gore10,717
41.6%Bush8,699
7.2%
D+9.6
R+4.3
D+9.1
20,919
D
48.9%Clinton10,432
35.0%Dole7,458
16.1%
D+13.9
R+2.7
D+5.4
21,335
D
45.4%Clinton10,548
28.8%Bush6,678
25.8%
D+16.7
D+14.3
D+11.1
23,213
D
50.4%Dukakis9,828
48.0%Bush9,366
1.6%
D+2.4
D+13.6
D+10.1
19,502
R
43.6%Mondale8,648
54.8%Reagan10,874
1.6%
R+11.2
D+6.5
D+7.0
19,831
R
35.9%Carter5,978
53.6%Reagan8,934
10.5%
R+17.7
R+25.2
R+8.0
16,654
D
51.9%Carter6,374
44.5%Ford5,462
3.7%
D+7.4
D+22.4
D+5.4
12,285
R
40.1%McGovern4,715
55.1%Nixon6,477
4.7%
R+15.0
R+7.5
D+8.2
11,750
R
41.5%Humphrey3,777
49.0%Nixon4,464
9.5%
R+7.5
R+20.4
R+6.8
9,111
D
56.4%Johnson4,680
43.6%Goldwater3,616
0.1%
D+12.8
D+30.8
R+9.8
8,302
R
40.8%Kennedy2,897
58.7%Nixon4,176
0.5%
R+18.0
D+12.1
R+18.2
7,109
R
34.8%Stevenson2,185
64.8%Eisenhower4,073
0.4%
R+30.1
D+6.1
R+14.7
6,282
R
31.4%Stevenson1,911
67.6%Eisenhower4,113
1.0%
R+36.2
R+16.4
R+25.4
6,087
R
37.5%Truman1,999
57.3%Dewey3,054
5.3%
R+19.8
R+9.4
R+24.3
5,333
R
44.6%Roosevelt1,671
55.0%Dewey2,059
0.4%
R+10.4
R+2.7
R+17.9
3,746
R
45.7%Roosevelt1,897
53.4%Willkie2,215
0.9%
R+7.7
R+8.7
R+17.6
4,151
D
49.8%Roosevelt1,837
48.7%Landon1,797
1.4%
D+1.1
R+26.8
R+23.2
3,687
D
62.6%Roosevelt2,344
34.7%Hoover1,301
2.6%
D+27.9
D+60.0
D+10.1
3,744
R
33.3%Smith926
65.4%Hoover1,820
1.4%
R+32.1
R+1.9
R+14.6
2,784
R
14.8%Davis261
44.9%Coolidge795
40.3%
R+30.2
R+5.9
R+5.0
1,769
R
32.9%Cox571
57.2%Harding993
9.9%
R+24.3
R+41.0
D+1.9
1,735
D
52.1%Wilson1,164
35.4%Hughes791
12.4%
D+16.7
R+35.2
D+13.6
2,233
D
51.9%Wilson1,118
0.0%Taft0
48.1%
D+51.9
D+51.6
D+32.3
2,156
D
43.0%Bryan628
42.8%Taft625
14.1%
D+0.2
D+3.5
D+9.8
1,459
R
42.1%Parker594
45.4%Roosevelt641
12.5%
R+3.3
R+14.8
D+16.3
1,412
D
52.9%Bryan746
41.4%McKinley584
5.6%
D+11.5
R+9.9
D+19.0
1,409
D
59.4%Bryan854
38.0%McKinley546
2.6%
D+21.4
D+13.6
D+27.5
1,437
D
45.0%Cleveland644
37.2%Harrison532
17.9%
D+7.8
—
D+6.2
1,432
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
48.8%12,797
51.2%13,401
26,198
2022
D
50.9%10,138
49.1%9,769
19,907
2018
D
100.0%18,459
0.0%0
18,459
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+5.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+1.4
Clearlake, CA registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 6.5-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
37,368 registered voters · 2024 · up from 37,013 in 2022
Domestic migration in Clearlake, CA in Clearlake, CA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−391
2012
−132
2013
−37
2014
+328
2015
+352
2016
−234
2017
+389
2018
+331
2019
+215
2021
+692
2022
−192
2023
−27
2024
+15
2025
+205
Clearlake, CA sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 51.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 36.2 points in 1952. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.4 points.
A population of 68,152, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,621 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ukiah, CA and Pueblo, CO.
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In 2024, Clearlake, CA, California voted Republican by 1.4 points (R+1.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 26,759 votes cast, 12,794 went Democratic and 13,161 went Republican.
When did Clearlake, CA, California last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Clearlake, CA, California voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Clearlake, CA, California?
Clearlake, CA, California has a population of 68,152 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clearlake, CA, California?
Median household income in Clearlake, CA, California is $60,621 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Clearlake, CA, California?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Clearlake, CA, California from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
