† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
5 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
GroupSan Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CACaliforniaUnited States
German7.0%6.8%12.5%
Irish6.9%5.9%9.4%
English6.8%6.3%9.5%
Italian4.2%3.4%4.8%
American2.1%2.8%5.3%
French1.6%1.3%1.6%
Polish1.2%0.9%2.2%
Scottish0.7%0.9%1.3%
Chinese10.7%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian5.4%2.3%1.4%
Filipino5.3%3.3%0.9%
Vietnamese1.3%1.7%0.6%
Korean1.1%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.8%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.4%0.3%—
Pakistani0.3%——
Mexican14.4%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran2.0%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan1.4%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.6%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.7%0.3%—
Peruvian0.5%——
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
African American†5.5%4.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Ethiopian0.2%——
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Aztec0.3%0.3%—
Maya0.2%——
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
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
California
United States
Median age
40.3
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.6%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
California
United States
Median household income
$136,713
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
52.6%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
42.6%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
16.3%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
5.2%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
8.9%
3.5%
1.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
3.5%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
California
United States
Catholic
21.6%
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
5.2%
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
61.3%
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.
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+5.1%
1896
−7.6%
1900
−20.9%
1904
−39.4%
1908
−29.1%
1912
+43.7%
1916
+2.3%
1920
−45.4%
1924
−48.0%
1928
−15.7%
1932
+21.0%
1936
+39.2%
1940
+15.5%
1944
+17.8%
1948
+0.4%
1952
−8.7%
1956
−8.1%
1960
+6.9%
1964
+33.3%
1968
+12.1%
1972
+3.0%
1976
+6.7%
1980
+1.5%
1984
+10.2%
1988
+23.5%
1992
+36.7%
1996
+37.2%
2000
+39.8%
2004
+46.8%
2008
+54.6%
2012
+53.5%
2016
+59.9%
2020
+59.5%
2024
+52.0%
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
D
74.1%Harris1,538,387
22.1%Trump459,361
1.6%Stein33,219 +4
D+52.0
R+7.6
D+53.4
2,076,291
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic74.1%1,538,387
Donald J TrumpRepublican22.1%459,361
Jill SteinIndependent1.6%33,219
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.1%22,675
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.7%13,531
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%9,060
OtherAll other candidates0.0%58
D
78.7%Biden1,831,985
19.1%Trump445,799
2.2%
D+59.5
R+0.4
D+55.1
2,328,703
D
76.4%Clinton1,525,802
16.5%Trump329,266
7.1%
D+59.9
D+6.4
D+57.9
1,996,165
D
75.2%Obama1,368,212
21.7%Romney395,411
3.0%
D+53.5
R+1.1
D+49.6
1,818,284
D
76.2%Obama1,450,455
21.6%McCain411,724
2.2%
D+54.6
D+7.8
D+47.3
1,903,815
D
72.7%Kerry1,273,603
25.9%Bush453,567
1.5%
D+46.8
D+7.0
D+49.2
1,752,765
D
66.8%Gore1,054,697
27.1%Bush427,316
6.1%
D+39.8
D+2.6
D+39.2
1,578,154
D
63.1%Clinton929,902
26.0%Dole382,236
10.9%
D+37.2
D+0.5
D+28.7
1,472,703
D
60.1%Clinton987,837
23.5%Bush385,168
16.4%
D+36.7
D+13.2
D+31.1
1,642,390
D
61.1%Dukakis892,834
37.7%Bush550,086
1.2%
D+23.5
D+13.3
D+31.2
1,460,302
D
54.5%Mondale796,114
44.3%Reagan647,030
1.2%
D+10.2
D+8.7
D+28.4
1,460,845
D
43.5%Carter568,868
42.1%Reagan549,779
14.4%
D+1.5
R+5.2
D+11.2
1,306,334
D
51.0%Carter639,949
44.3%Ford556,202
4.7%
D+6.7
D+3.7
D+4.6
1,254,559
D
50.2%McGovern699,013
47.2%Nixon657,867
2.6%
D+3.0
R+9.2
D+26.1
1,393,029
D
52.0%Humphrey641,519
39.8%Nixon491,817
8.2%
D+12.1
R+21.2
D+12.8
1,234,636
D
66.6%Johnson815,102
33.3%Goldwater407,601
0.1%
D+33.3
D+26.4
D+10.7
1,224,048
D
53.3%Kennedy633,570
46.4%Nixon551,467
0.4%
D+6.9
D+15.0
D+6.7
1,189,259
R
45.8%Stevenson488,470
53.9%Eisenhower575,371
0.3%
R+8.1
D+0.5
D+7.3
1,067,296
R
45.2%Stevenson475,233
53.9%Eisenhower566,279
0.9%
R+8.7
R+9.1
D+2.1
1,050,506
D
47.4%Truman419,307
47.0%Dewey415,337
5.6%
D+0.4
R+17.4
R+4.0
884,543
D
58.7%Roosevelt475,181
40.9%Dewey330,855
0.5%
D+17.8
D+2.3
D+10.3
809,741
D
57.2%Roosevelt405,927
41.6%Willkie295,550
1.2%
D+15.5
R+23.7
D+5.6
710,005
D
69.0%Roosevelt410,766
29.8%Landon177,253
1.3%
D+39.2
D+18.3
D+15.0
595,482
D
58.4%Roosevelt296,700
37.5%Hoover190,284
4.1%
D+21.0
D+36.7
D+3.2
507,738
R
41.5%Smith181,521
57.3%Hoover250,243
1.2%
R+15.7
D+32.2
D+1.7
437,091
R
6.2%Davis20,372
54.2%Coolidge177,915
39.6%
R+48.0
R+2.6
R+22.8
328,485
R
21.4%Cox61,234
66.9%Harding190,903
11.7%
R+45.4
R+47.7
R+19.2
285,551
D
48.1%Wilson136,339
45.8%Hughes129,776
6.1%
D+2.3
R+41.4
R+0.8
283,352
O
43.7%Wilson82,756
0.0%Taft0
56.3%
Roosevelt +12.6
D+72.8
D+24.2
189,335
R
30.0%Bryan32,266
59.1%Taft63,497
10.9%
R+29.1
D+10.4
R+19.5
107,468
R
24.5%Parker25,306
63.9%Roosevelt66,059
11.6%
R+39.4
R+18.5
R+19.8
103,311
R
37.3%Bryan35,256
58.3%McKinley55,023
4.4%
R+20.9
R+13.4
R+13.4
94,413
R
45.2%Bryan42,285
52.8%McKinley49,359
2.1%
R+7.6
R+12.7
R+1.5
93,566
D
49.1%Cleveland41,437
44.0%Harrison37,113
7.0%
D+5.1
—
D+3.5
84,419
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
75.2%1,493,168
24.8%492,351
1,985,519
2022
D
78.1%1,187,774
21.9%333,255
1,521,029
2018
D
100.0%1,669,317
0.0%0
1,669,317
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+44.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+52.0
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 7.1 points more Republican.
2,782,625 registered voters · 2024 · up from 2,724,622 in 2022
Domestic migration in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+6,169
2012
+14,752
2013
+15,873
2014
+13,693
2015
+6,886
2016
−12,145
2017
−23,917
2018
−24,547
2019
−31,586
2021
−134,158
2022
−81,918
2023
−57,062
2024
−40,286
2025
−29,692
Home to roughly 4.7 million residents, this metro combines San Francisco's dense urban core with Oakland's majority-minority electorate and Fremont's fast-growing South Asian and Chinese American communities, producing some of the most lopsided Democratic margins in the country.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.9 points in 2016 and a Republican high of 48.0 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 52.0 points.
A population of 4,645,029, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $136,713 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.
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How did San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California voted Democratic by 52.0 points (D+52.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,076,291 votes cast, 1,538,387 went Democratic and 459,361 went Republican.
When did San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California?
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California has a population of 4,645,029 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California?
Median household income in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California is $136,713 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican.
