† 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
GroupAlhambraCaliforniaUnited States
Chinese15.1%3.9%1.3%
Filipino12.0%3.3%0.9%
Korean6.8%1.2%0.4%
Asian Indian3.4%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese3.4%1.7%0.6%
Japanese3.1%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese1.4%0.3%—
Cambodian1.0%——
Mexican25.5%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran3.3%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan2.2%1.3%0.5%
Honduran0.4%—0.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.6%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.3%0.3%—
Colombian0.3%0.3%0.4%
German2.3%6.8%12.5%
Irish2.0%5.9%9.4%
English2.0%6.3%9.5%
American1.7%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.3%3.4%4.8%
Armenian1.1%——
Polish0.6%0.9%2.2%
French0.5%1.3%1.6%
African American†2.1%4.4%9.9%
Aztec10.1%0.3%—
Maya6.1%——
Samoan2.0%——
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
Alhambra
California
United States
Median age
41.5
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
6.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Alhambra
California
United States
Median household income
$88,024
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.6%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Alhambra
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
67.5%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
23.0%
28.4%
13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
33.0%
3.5%
1.1%
Vietnamese
3.6%
1.5%
0.5%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.2%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Alhambra
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.
Alhambra, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+23.5%
2008
+36.7%
2012
+45.0%
2016
+50.3%
2020
+43.4%
2024
+31.5%
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, 2012, 2024 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles 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
64.0%Harris18,934
32.4%Trump9,601
3.6%
D+31.5
R+11.9
D+33.0
29,592
D
70.8%Biden23,906
27.3%Trump9,231
1.9%
D+43.4
R+6.9
D+39.0
33,789
D
72.5%Clinton18,474
22.1%Trump5,639
5.4%
D+50.3
D+5.4
D+48.3
25,493
D
71.3%Obama16,947
26.3%Romney6,249
2.5%
D+45.0
D+8.2
D+41.1
23,785
D
68.2%Obama16,835
31.5%McCain7,764
0.4%
D+36.7
D+13.3
D+29.5
24,686
D
61.0%Kerry14,816
37.5%Bush9,117
1.4%
D+23.5
—
D+25.9
24,281
Alhambra's electorate is majority Asian-American, with large Chinese and Vietnamese communities, making it one of the San Gabriel Valley cities where language-access efforts and ethnic-media buys carry measurable campaign weight.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.3 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 11.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.5 points.
A population of 81,022, a 8% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $88,024 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Carson and Gardena.
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, Alhambra, California voted Democratic by 31.5 points (D+31.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 29,592 votes cast, 18,934 went Democratic and 9,601 went Republican.
How many people live in Alhambra, California?
Alhambra, California has a population of 81,022 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alhambra, California?
Median household income in Alhambra, California is $88,024 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Alhambra, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Alhambra, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
