† 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
GroupCalexicoCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican93.9%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.6%2.0%0.7%
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Filipino0.5%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.3%3.9%1.3%
Japanese0.3%0.6%0.2%
Korean0.2%1.2%0.4%
English2.8%6.3%9.5%
German2.3%6.8%12.5%
Irish2.3%5.9%9.4%
American2.0%2.8%5.3%
Italian0.9%3.4%4.8%
French0.4%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.3%0.9%1.3%
Norwegian0.3%——
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
Calexico
California
United States
Median age
34.6
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Calexico
California
United States
Median household income
$49,783
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.7%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.9%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Calexico
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
92.6%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
92.0%
28.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Calexico
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.
Calexico, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+52.4%
2008
+65.8%
2012
+71.4%
2016
+76.5%
2020
+45.3%
2024
+17.4%
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
57.3%Harris6,938
40.0%Trump4,838
2.7%
D+17.4
R+28.0
D+18.8
12,102
D
71.5%Biden9,270
26.2%Trump3,392
2.3%
D+45.3
R+31.2
D+40.9
12,962
D
86.3%Clinton10,241
9.8%Trump1,161
3.9%
D+76.5
D+5.1
D+74.4
11,869
D
84.8%Obama7,068
13.5%Romney1,122
1.7%
D+71.4
D+5.6
D+67.5
8,331
D
82.6%Obama6,579
16.8%McCain1,338
0.6%
D+65.8
D+13.4
D+58.5
7,964
D
75.8%Kerry4,899
23.5%Bush1,516
0.7%
D+52.4
—
D+54.8
6,461
Calexico sits directly across the fence from Mexicali, Baja California, and its electorate — overwhelmingly Latino and working-class — has delivered Democratic presidential margins above 40 points in recent cycles, making it one of California's most reliably one-sided jurisdictions.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 76.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 28.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.4 points.
A population of 38,585, a 1% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,783 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of San Luis and Delano.
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, Calexico, California voted Democratic by 17.4 points (D+17.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 12,102 votes cast, 6,938 went Democratic and 4,838 went Republican.
How many people live in Calexico, California?
Calexico, California has a population of 38,585 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Calexico, California?
Median household income in Calexico, California is $49,783 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Calexico, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Calexico, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
