† 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
GroupBellflowerCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican44.1%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran5.7%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan3.7%1.3%0.5%
Honduran0.7%—0.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.6%1.8%
Cuban0.5%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.5%0.3%—
Colombian0.5%0.3%0.4%
German3.6%6.8%12.5%
Irish3.2%5.9%9.4%
English3.2%6.3%9.5%
American2.6%2.8%5.3%
Italian2.1%3.4%4.8%
Armenian1.7%——
Polish0.9%0.9%2.2%
French0.8%1.3%1.6%
Chinese3.5%3.9%1.3%
Filipino2.7%3.3%0.9%
Korean1.6%1.2%0.4%
Asian Indian0.8%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.8%1.7%0.6%
Japanese0.7%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.3%0.3%—
Cambodian0.2%——
African American†9.6%4.4%9.9%
African0.6%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
Aztec17.8%0.3%—
Maya10.7%——
Samoan3.6%——
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
Bellflower
California
United States
Median age
36
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.5%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bellflower
California
United States
Median household income
$78,722
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.3%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.6%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bellflower
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
58.3%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
46.5%
28.4%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
4.6%
2.1%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.1%
2.0%
1.1%
Arabic
1.2%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bellflower
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.
Bellflower, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+19.8%
2008
+33.1%
2012
+38.2%
2016
+44.4%
2020
+36.9%
2024
+21.6%
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
59.4%Harris14,947
37.8%Trump9,505
2.8%
D+21.6
R+15.2
D+23.1
25,156
D
67.3%Biden19,695
30.4%Trump8,898
2.4%
D+36.9
R+7.5
D+32.4
29,284
D
69.5%Clinton15,775
25.1%Trump5,698
5.4%
D+44.4
D+6.1
D+42.3
22,710
D
67.9%Obama14,204
29.6%Romney6,202
2.5%
D+38.2
D+5.2
D+34.4
20,925
D
66.4%Obama13,739
33.3%McCain6,898
0.3%
D+33.1
D+13.3
D+25.8
20,692
D
59.4%Kerry12,091
39.6%Bush8,061
1.1%
D+19.8
—
D+22.2
20,372
Bellflower sits in the southeastern L.A. Basin, where a decades-long demographic shift toward Latino residents has steadily reoriented voter registration patterns and turnout dynamics in this historically blue-collar bedroom community.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 15.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.6 points.
A population of 76,819, a 13% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,722 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Norwalk and Azusa.
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, Bellflower, California voted Democratic by 21.6 points (D+21.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 25,156 votes cast, 14,947 went Democratic and 9,505 went Republican.
How many people live in Bellflower, California?
Bellflower, California has a population of 76,819 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bellflower, California?
Median household income in Bellflower, California is $78,722 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Bellflower, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bellflower, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
