† 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
GroupAlturasCaliforniaUnited States
English18.6%6.3%9.5%
German18.3%6.8%12.5%
Irish10.7%5.9%9.4%
American6.3%2.8%5.3%
Italian4.1%3.4%4.8%
Scotch-Irish2.8%——
Scottish2.6%0.9%1.3%
French1.9%1.3%1.6%
Mexican15.6%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.1%2.0%0.7%
Spaniard1.1%0.3%—
Bolivian0.4%——
Chilean0.2%——
Peruvian0.2%——
Spanish0.2%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
Alturas
California
United States
Median age
45.3
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.4%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Alturas
California
United States
Median household income
$59,896
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.0%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Alturas
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.6%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
14.0%
28.4%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
4.3%
0.7%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Alturas
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.
Alturas, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−40.8%
2008
−28.9%
2012
−32.4%
2016
−41.2%
2020
−35.7%
2024
−42.1%
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
R
26.7%Harris293
68.8%Trump754
4.5%
R+42.1
R+6.4
R+40.6
1,096
R
30.8%Biden365
66.5%Trump788
2.7%
R+35.7
D+5.5
R+40.1
1,185
R
26.4%Clinton266
67.6%Trump681
6.0%
R+41.2
R+8.9
R+43.3
1,007
R
32.2%Obama351
64.5%Romney704
3.3%
R+32.4
R+3.4
R+36.2
1,091
R
34.6%Obama503
63.5%McCain923
1.9%
R+28.9
D+11.8
R+36.2
1,453
R
28.7%Kerry427
69.5%Bush1,033
1.8%
R+40.8
—
R+38.3
1,487
Alturas sits in the remote northeastern plateau where ranching and timber economies shape an electorate that votes well to the right of the California median, often by 40-plus-point margins in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 42.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.1 points.
A population of 2,681, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,896 describe the city.
In 2024, Alturas, California voted Republican by 42.1 points (R+42.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,096 votes cast, 293 went Democratic and 754 went Republican.
How many people live in Alturas, California?
Alturas, California has a population of 2,681 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alturas, California?
Median household income in Alturas, California is $59,896 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Alturas, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Alturas, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
