† 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
GroupCrescent City, CACaliforniaUnited States
German14.5%6.8%12.5%
English12.6%6.3%9.5%
Irish10.8%5.9%9.4%
American5.3%2.8%5.3%
Italian3.2%3.4%4.8%
Scottish3.0%0.9%1.3%
French2.5%1.3%1.6%
Portuguese1.8%——
Mexican15.5%32.3%11.3%
Spanish1.3%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.4%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Salvadoran0.2%2.0%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Aztec0.2%0.3%—
Fijian0.2%——
Korean0.4%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.4%0.6%0.2%
Hmong0.4%0.3%—
Chinese0.3%3.9%1.3%
Filipino0.3%3.3%0.9%
Thai0.2%——
African American†2.2%4.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
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
Crescent City, CA
California
United States
Median age
39.9
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
6.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.4%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Crescent City, CA
California
United States
Median household income
$67,058
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.4%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Crescent City, CA
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.7%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
8.7%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.2%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Crescent City, CA
California
United States
Catholic
2.8%
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.5%
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
85.9%
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.
Crescent City, CA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+16.2%
1896
−1.6%
1900
−6.7%
1904
−33.9%
1908
−32.7%
1912
+38.3%
1916
−2.5%
1920
−33.3%
1924
−40.5%
1928
−12.5%
1932
+33.1%
1936
+20.2%
1940
−8.6%
1944
−10.5%
1948
−13.0%
1952
−26.9%
1956
−6.7%
1960
+3.2%
1964
+27.5%
1968
−2.9%
1972
−13.7%
1976
+5.6%
1980
−24.0%
1984
−19.0%
1988
−1.7%
1992
+5.9%
1996
−0.2%
2000
−17.0%
2004
−15.5%
2008
−6.8%
2012
−9.4%
2016
−17.3%
2020
−15.6%
2024
−16.4%
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
40.4%Harris4,266
56.8%Trump5,999
1.5%Kennedy157 +3
R+16.4
R+0.8
R+14.9
10,564
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican56.8%5,999
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic40.4%4,266
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.5%157
Jill SteinIndependent0.6%63
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.4%41
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%38
R
40.8%Biden4,677
56.4%Trump6,461
2.8%
R+15.6
D+1.7
R+20.0
11,453
R
36.5%Clinton3,485
53.7%Trump5,134
9.8%
R+17.3
R+7.9
R+19.3
9,558
R
43.2%Obama3,791
52.6%Romney4,614
4.2%
R+9.4
R+2.6
R+13.2
8,770
R
45.4%Obama4,323
52.1%McCain4,967
2.5%
R+6.8
D+8.8
R+14.0
9,531
R
41.3%Kerry3,892
56.9%Bush5,356
1.8%
R+15.5
D+1.4
R+13.1
9,421
R
37.6%Gore3,117
54.6%Bush4,526
7.8%
R+17.0
R+16.8
R+17.5
8,294
R
41.1%Clinton3,652
41.3%Dole3,670
17.6%
R+0.2
R+6.1
R+8.7
8,889
D
38.9%Clinton3,639
33.0%Bush3,083
28.1%
D+5.9
D+7.6
D+0.4
9,353
R
48.0%Dukakis3,587
49.7%Bush3,714
2.2%
R+1.7
D+17.3
D+6.0
7,468
R
39.4%Mondale2,696
58.4%Reagan3,996
2.2%
R+19.0
D+5.0
R+0.8
6,841
R
33.5%Carter2,338
57.5%Reagan4,016
9.1%
R+24.0
R+29.6
R+14.3
6,987
D
50.9%Carter2,789
45.3%Ford2,481
3.8%
D+5.6
D+19.3
D+3.6
5,478
R
38.2%McGovern2,156
51.8%Nixon2,927
10.0%
R+13.7
R+10.7
D+9.5
5,648
R
43.3%Humphrey2,236
46.2%Nixon2,387
10.5%
R+2.9
R+30.5
R+2.2
5,168
D
63.8%Johnson3,652
36.2%Goldwater2,075
0.0%
D+27.5
D+24.3
D+5.0
5,727
D
51.2%Kennedy3,225
48.0%Nixon3,024
0.7%
D+3.2
D+9.9
D+3.0
6,294
R
46.5%Stevenson2,552
53.2%Eisenhower2,918
0.3%
R+6.7
D+20.2
D+8.7
5,487
R
36.0%Stevenson1,578
62.9%Eisenhower2,757
1.1%
R+26.9
R+13.9
R+16.1
4,384
R
41.3%Truman1,172
54.3%Dewey1,541
4.5%
R+13.0
R+2.4
R+17.5
2,840
R
44.7%Roosevelt818
55.2%Dewey1,011
0.1%
R+10.5
R+1.9
R+18.0
1,830
R
44.9%Roosevelt1,034
53.6%Willkie1,233
1.5%
R+8.6
R+28.8
R+18.6
2,302
D
59.4%Roosevelt1,292
39.2%Landon853
1.3%
D+20.2
R+12.9
R+4.1
2,174
D
64.1%Roosevelt1,319
30.9%Hoover637
5.0%
D+33.1
D+45.6
D+15.3
2,059
R
43.4%Smith599
55.9%Hoover771
0.7%
R+12.5
D+28.1
D+5.0
1,380
R
12.1%Davis122
52.6%Coolidge530
35.3%
R+40.5
R+7.2
R+15.3
1,007
R
29.3%Cox279
62.6%Harding596
8.1%
R+33.3
R+30.8
R+7.1
952
R
41.4%Wilson471
43.8%Hughes499
14.8%
R+2.5
R+40.8
R+5.6
1,139
O
38.3%Wilson323
0.0%Taft0
61.7%
Roosevelt +23.4
D+71.0
D+18.8
843
R
26.6%Bryan202
59.3%Taft450
14.1%
R+32.7
D+1.3
R+23.1
759
R
26.2%Parker187
60.2%Roosevelt429
13.6%
R+33.9
R+27.3
R+14.3
713
R
45.1%Bryan291
51.8%McKinley334
3.1%
R+6.7
R+5.1
D+0.9
645
R
47.9%Bryan334
49.5%McKinley345
2.6%
R+1.6
R+17.8
D+4.5
697
D
52.7%Cleveland339
36.5%Harrison235
10.7%
D+16.2
—
D+14.5
643
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
40.9%4,217
59.1%6,084
10,301
2022
R
41.2%3,400
58.8%4,852
8,252
2018
D
100.0%6,844
0.0%0
6,844
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+11.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+16.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 5.0 points more Democratic.
14,783 registered voters · 2024 · down from 15,047 in 2022
Domestic migration in Crescent City, CA in Crescent City, CA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−161
2012
−315
2013
−436
2014
−702
2015
+3
2016
+165
2017
−17
2018
+369
2019
+53
2021
−2
2022
−782
2023
−61
2024
+568
2025
−370
Crescent City functions as the sole urban center in one of California's most rural and economically isolated counties, where fishing, timber legacy, and a large state prison population shape both the workforce and census figures.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 40.5 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.4 points.
A population of 27,107, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,058 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of The Dalles, OR and Ellensburg, WA.
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How did Crescent City, CA, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, Crescent City, CA, California voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,564 votes cast, 4,266 went Democratic and 5,999 went Republican.
When did Crescent City, CA, California last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Crescent City, CA, California voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Crescent City, CA, California?
Crescent City, CA, California has a population of 27,107 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crescent City, CA, California?
Median household income in Crescent City, CA, California is $67,058 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Crescent City, CA, California?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Crescent City, CA, California from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
