† 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
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
GroupVisalia, CACaliforniaUnited States
Mexican62.1%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.6%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%1.3%0.5%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
German4.8%6.8%12.5%
English4.7%6.3%9.5%
Irish4.1%5.9%9.4%
Portuguese2.1%——
American1.8%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.4%3.4%4.8%
Dutch1.0%——
Scottish0.7%0.9%1.3%
Filipino1.3%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.5%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian0.4%2.3%1.4%
Hmong0.3%0.3%—
African American†1.2%4.4%9.9%
Aztec0.3%0.3%—
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
Visalia, CA
California
United States
Median age
32.1
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
10.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.8%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Visalia, CA
California
United States
Median household income
$71,300
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.6%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Visalia, CA
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
50.2%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
46.0%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
3.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Visalia, CA
California
United States
Catholic
36.4%
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.6%
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
46.6%
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.
Visalia, CA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+10.1%
1896
+30.3%
1900
+11.6%
1904
−12.7%
1908
−7.2%
1912
+42.3%
1916
+2.9%
1920
−28.8%
1924
−32.4%
1928
−28.7%
1932
+30.3%
1936
+36.9%
1940
+13.1%
1944
+0.7%
1948
+3.2%
1952
−14.2%
1956
−5.3%
1960
−8.4%
1964
+20.2%
1968
−12.7%
1972
−23.7%
1976
−10.8%
1980
−22.8%
1984
−28.8%
1988
−20.6%
1992
−10.5%
1996
−15.8%
2000
−23.5%
2004
−33.3%
2008
−15.3%
2012
−15.0%
2016
−9.4%
2020
−7.8%
2024
−20.7%
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
38.5%Harris53,221
59.2%Trump81,854
1.3%Kennedy1,747 +3
R+20.7
R+12.9
R+19.2
138,271
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican59.2%81,854
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic38.5%53,221
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.3%1,747
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%589
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%452
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.3%408
R
45.0%Biden66,105
52.8%Trump77,579
2.2%
R+7.8
D+1.6
R+12.3
146,885
R
41.7%Clinton47,585
51.1%Trump58,299
7.2%
R+9.4
D+5.6
R+11.5
114,102
R
41.2%Obama41,752
56.2%Romney56,956
2.5%
R+15.0
D+0.3
R+18.9
101,279
R
41.3%Obama43,634
56.6%McCain59,765
2.0%
R+15.3
D+18.0
R+22.6
105,525
R
32.9%Kerry32,494
66.2%Bush65,399
1.0%
R+33.3
R+9.8
R+30.8
98,860
R
36.7%Gore33,006
60.2%Bush54,070
3.1%
R+23.5
R+7.6
R+24.0
89,818
R
38.1%Clinton32,669
53.9%Dole46,272
8.0%
R+15.8
R+5.4
R+24.4
85,846
R
35.2%Clinton31,188
45.7%Bush40,482
19.1%
R+10.5
D+10.1
R+16.1
88,553
R
39.0%Dukakis30,711
59.6%Bush46,891
1.4%
R+20.6
D+8.2
R+12.8
78,669
R
35.1%Mondale28,065
63.9%Reagan51,066
1.0%
R+28.8
R+6.0
R+10.6
79,943
R
35.5%Carter25,155
58.3%Reagan41,317
6.2%
R+22.8
R+12.0
R+13.1
70,846
R
43.7%Carter25,551
54.5%Ford31,864
1.8%
R+10.8
D+12.9
R+12.9
58,442
R
36.2%McGovern21,775
59.9%Nixon36,048
3.9%
R+23.7
R+11.0
R+0.6
60,150
R
39.5%Humphrey22,180
52.2%Nixon29,314
8.4%
R+12.7
R+32.9
R+12.0
56,189
D
60.1%Johnson33,974
39.8%Goldwater22,527
0.1%
D+20.2
D+28.6
R+2.3
56,552
R
45.6%Kennedy24,887
54.0%Nixon29,456
0.4%
R+8.4
R+3.0
R+8.5
54,582
R
47.2%Stevenson23,407
52.5%Eisenhower26,051
0.3%
R+5.3
D+8.8
D+10.1
49,618
R
42.5%Stevenson21,603
56.7%Eisenhower28,802
0.8%
R+14.2
R+17.4
R+3.4
50,827
D
50.2%Truman19,681
47.0%Dewey18,414
2.8%
D+3.2
D+2.6
R+1.2
39,192
D
50.0%Roosevelt16,221
49.3%Dewey16,005
0.7%
D+0.7
R+12.4
R+6.8
32,464
D
56.0%Roosevelt20,129
42.9%Willkie15,414
1.2%
D+13.1
R+23.8
D+3.2
35,971
D
67.7%Roosevelt18,956
30.8%Landon8,624
1.6%
D+36.9
D+6.6
D+12.6
28,015
D
62.5%Roosevelt15,631
32.3%Hoover8,066
5.2%
D+30.3
D+58.9
D+12.5
24,999
R
35.1%Smith6,635
63.8%Hoover12,057
1.2%
R+28.7
D+3.8
R+11.2
18,910
R
18.3%Davis3,425
50.8%Coolidge9,484
30.9%
R+32.4
R+3.6
R+7.3
18,674
R
32.4%Cox4,837
61.3%Harding9,136
6.3%
R+28.8
R+31.7
R+2.6
14,914
D
46.9%Wilson7,299
44.0%Hughes6,845
9.2%
D+2.9
R+39.4
R+0.2
15,572
O
42.3%Wilson4,293
0.0%Taft0
57.7%
Roosevelt +15.4
D+49.5
D+22.8
10,147
R
40.7%Bryan2,329
48.0%Taft2,742
11.3%
R+7.2
D+5.4
D+2.3
5,718
R
36.0%Parker1,643
48.6%Roosevelt2,221
15.4%
R+12.7
R+24.2
D+7.0
4,569
D
53.0%Bryan2,246
41.4%McKinley1,755
5.6%
D+11.6
R+18.7
D+19.1
4,238
D
64.1%Bryan2,673
33.8%McKinley1,410
2.1%
D+30.3
D+20.1
D+36.4
4,172
D
42.1%Cleveland2,613
32.0%Harrison1,984
26.0%
D+10.1
—
D+8.5
6,208
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
38.4%51,972
61.6%83,439
135,411
2022
R
38.9%35,215
61.1%55,359
90,574
2018
D
100.0%82,770
0.0%0
82,770
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+5.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+20.7
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 15 points more Democratic.
215,580 registered voters · 2024 · up from 207,361 in 2022
Domestic migration in Visalia, CA in Visalia, CA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,118
2012
−1,856
2013
−2,137
2014
−2,183
2015
−2,826
2016
−2,596
2017
−1,078
2018
−1,241
2019
−1,960
2021
+192
2022
−2,392
2023
−1,940
2024
−2,187
2025
−1,748
Visalia anchors Tulare County, one of California's top dairy and citrus-producing regions, and its electorate leans considerably more conservative than the coastal metros — a durable pattern rooted in the area's agricultural economy and fast-growing Latino working-class population.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 33.3 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 12.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.7 points.
A population of 478,693, a 26% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,300 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hanford-Corcoran, CA and Bakersfield-Delano, CA.
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In 2024, Visalia, CA, California voted Republican by 20.7 points (R+20.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 138,271 votes cast, 53,221 went Democratic and 81,854 went Republican.
When did Visalia, CA, California last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Visalia, CA, California voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Visalia, CA, California?
Visalia, CA, California has a population of 478,693 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Visalia, CA, California?
Median household income in Visalia, CA, California is $71,300 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Visalia, CA, California?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Visalia, CA, California from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
