† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupAlamedaCaliforniaUnited States
German9.1%6.8%12.5%
English8.7%6.3%9.5%
Irish8.5%5.9%9.4%
Italian4.7%3.4%4.8%
American2.8%2.8%5.3%
French2.0%1.3%1.6%
Portuguese2.0%——
Polish1.7%0.9%2.2%
Chinese9.3%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian8.2%2.3%1.4%
Filipino4.6%3.3%0.9%
Vietnamese1.7%1.7%0.6%
Korean1.1%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.6%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.5%0.3%—
Pakistani0.4%——
Mexican9.6%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.8%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.8%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.6%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.3%0.3%—
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
African American†5.0%4.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Ethiopian0.3%——
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Aztec1.0%0.3%—
Maya0.7%——
Fijian0.7%——
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
Alameda
California
United States
Median age
41
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
5.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.9%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Alameda
California
United States
Median household income
$137,697
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.2%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
61.5%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Alameda
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
34.5%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
7.1%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.3%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
9.5%
3.5%
1.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
3.7%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Alameda
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
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.
Alameda, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+48.8%
2008
+57.8%
2012
+60.0%
2016
+67.3%
2020
+67.9%
2024
+63.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
80.0%Harris31,843
16.3%Trump6,506
3.6%
D+63.7
R+4.3
D+65.1
39,800
D
82.9%Biden36,686
15.0%Trump6,634
2.1%
D+67.9
D+0.6
D+63.5
44,231
D
80.9%Clinton30,696
13.5%Trump5,129
5.6%
D+67.3
D+7.4
D+65.3
37,966
D
78.4%Obama26,923
18.4%Romney6,325
3.2%
D+60.0
D+2.1
D+56.1
34,343
D
78.8%Obama27,199
21.0%McCain7,236
0.2%
D+57.8
D+9.0
D+50.6
34,518
D
73.8%Kerry23,577
24.9%Bush7,970
1.3%
D+48.8
—
D+51.3
31,960
Alameda sits on a human-made island connected to Oakland by tunnels and bridges, and its mix of naval-base redevelopment history and transit-dependent commuters shapes a local electorate that diverges from neighboring Alameda County precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 67.9 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.7 points.
A population of 77,238, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $137,697 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Campbell and Mountain View.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Alameda, California voted Democratic by 63.7 points (D+63.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 39,800 votes cast, 31,843 went Democratic and 6,506 went Republican.
How many people live in Alameda, California?
Alameda, California has a population of 77,238 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alameda, California?
Median household income in Alameda, California is $137,697 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Alameda, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Alameda, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
