† 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
GroupCoalingaCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican59.3%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.5%2.0%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.4%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.4%0.3%—
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
German7.4%6.8%12.5%
English5.4%6.3%9.5%
Irish5.2%5.9%9.4%
Italian2.7%3.4%4.8%
American1.8%2.8%5.3%
Portuguese1.1%——
Armenian1.1%——
Scottish1.0%0.9%1.3%
African American†4.3%4.4%9.9%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Hmong1.3%0.3%—
Asian Indian0.8%2.3%1.4%
Filipino0.5%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.3%3.9%1.3%
Cambodian0.2%——
Laotian0.2%——
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
Coalinga
California
United States
Median age
36.5
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
11.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.4%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Coalinga
California
United States
Median household income
$75,451
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.7%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
12.7%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Coalinga
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
51.5%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
47.4%
28.4%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.2%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Coalinga
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.
Coalinga, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−26.5%
2008
−8.3%
2012
−10.0%
2016
−5.4%
2020
−5.3%
2024
−17.6%
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 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
39.8%Harris1,486
57.4%Trump2,144
2.9%
R+17.6
R+12.3
R+16.1
3,737
R
46.3%Biden1,953
51.7%Trump2,178
2.0%
R+5.3
±0.0
R+9.8
4,216
R
44.6%Clinton1,415
49.9%Trump1,585
5.5%
R+5.4
D+4.6
R+7.4
3,175
R
43.9%Obama1,299
53.8%Romney1,594
2.3%
R+10.0
R+1.6
R+13.8
2,962
R
45.2%Obama1,365
53.6%McCain1,617
1.2%
R+8.3
D+18.1
R+15.6
3,018
R
36.1%Kerry1,065
62.6%Bush1,846
1.3%
R+26.5
—
R+24.0
2,950
Situated in Fresno County's western San Joaquin Valley, Coalinga's economy hinges on petroleum production and Central Valley agriculture, a combination that pushes local electoral preferences well to the right of California's statewide baseline.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 26.5 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 12.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.6 points.
A population of 17,203, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,451 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Madera Acres and Grand Terrace.
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, Coalinga, California voted Republican by 17.6 points (R+17.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,737 votes cast, 1,486 went Democratic and 2,144 went Republican.
How many people live in Coalinga, California?
Coalinga, California has a population of 17,203 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Coalinga, California?
Median household income in Coalinga, California is $75,451 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Coalinga, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Coalinga, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
