† 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
GroupFortunaCaliforniaUnited States
German12.4%6.8%12.5%
English11.9%6.3%9.5%
Irish11.0%5.9%9.4%
Italian5.1%3.4%4.8%
Scottish3.2%0.9%1.3%
French2.6%1.3%1.6%
American2.1%2.8%5.3%
Portuguese2.0%——
Mexican20.7%32.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.1%0.6%1.8%
Spanish0.9%0.3%—
Spaniard0.8%0.3%—
Cuban0.6%—0.7%
Salvadoran0.4%2.0%0.7%
Hmong1.2%0.3%—
Chinese0.5%3.9%1.3%
Filipino0.4%3.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.2%2.3%1.4%
Pakistani0.2%——
African American†1.7%4.4%9.9%
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
Fortuna
California
United States
Median age
37.4
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
11.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.2%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fortuna
California
United States
Median household income
$62,289
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.2%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fortuna
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
21.2%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
18.5%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
3.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fortuna
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.
Fortuna, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−18.3%
2008
−7.8%
2012
−5.9%
2016
−9.3%
2020
−6.0%
2024
−7.5%
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 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
44.5%Harris2,419
52.0%Trump2,827
3.4%
R+7.5
R+1.5
R+6.0
5,433
R
45.3%Biden2,569
51.3%Trump2,910
3.5%
R+6.0
D+3.3
R+10.5
5,676
R
41.3%Clinton1,960
50.7%Trump2,403
8.0%
R+9.3
R+3.5
R+11.4
4,742
R
43.3%Obama2,109
49.1%Romney2,395
7.6%
R+5.9
D+2.0
R+9.7
4,876
R
45.8%Obama2,252
53.6%McCain2,637
0.7%
R+7.8
D+10.5
R+15.1
4,921
R
39.7%Kerry2,161
58.0%Bush3,158
2.4%
R+18.3
—
R+15.8
5,448
Fortuna sits along the Eel River in southern Humboldt County, where a legacy of timber and ranching has kept voter registration patterns noticeably more Republican than the county's college-anchored cities to the north.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 18.3 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.5 points.
A population of 12,326, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,289 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Safford and Cortez.
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, Fortuna, California voted Republican by 7.5 points (R+7.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,433 votes cast, 2,419 went Democratic and 2,827 went Republican.
How many people live in Fortuna, California?
Fortuna, California has a population of 12,326 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fortuna, California?
Median household income in Fortuna, California is $62,289 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Fortuna, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fortuna, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
