† 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
GroupHanfordCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican48.0%32.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Spanish0.4%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.3%1.3%0.5%
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Salvadoran0.3%2.0%0.7%
German8.3%6.8%12.5%
Irish7.0%5.9%9.4%
English7.0%6.3%9.5%
Portuguese5.7%——
American3.3%2.8%5.3%
Italian3.2%3.4%4.8%
French1.5%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.2%0.9%1.3%
African American†5.5%4.4%9.9%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Filipino2.5%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.5%3.9%1.3%
Hmong0.4%0.3%—
Vietnamese0.2%1.7%0.6%
Cambodian0.2%——
Laotian0.2%——
Aztec5.1%0.3%—
Navajo3.4%——
Native Hawaiian3.4%——
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
Hanford
California
United States
Median age
32.5
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.2%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hanford
California
United States
Median household income
$76,461
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.5%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.1%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hanford
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
32.4%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
27.6%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
3.4%
2.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.9%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hanford
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.
Hanford, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−32.3%
2008
−14.1%
2012
−16.7%
2016
−14.8%
2020
−13.6%
2024
−21.5%
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
38.2%Harris7,839
59.7%Trump12,255
2.2%
R+21.5
R+7.9
R+20.0
20,541
R
42.0%Biden8,979
55.6%Trump11,893
2.4%
R+13.6
D+1.2
R+18.1
21,396
R
39.5%Clinton6,382
54.3%Trump8,773
6.1%
R+14.8
D+1.9
R+16.9
16,143
R
40.4%Obama6,008
57.1%Romney8,488
2.4%
R+16.7
R+2.6
R+20.5
14,859
R
42.7%Obama6,905
56.8%McCain9,187
0.6%
R+14.1
D+18.2
R+21.4
16,187
R
33.6%Kerry5,069
65.8%Bush9,945
0.6%
R+32.3
—
R+29.8
15,108
Hanford sits at the center of Kings County, a persistently Republican-leaning jurisdiction in the San Joaquin Valley where dairy, cotton, and tomato agriculture shape both the economy and the electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 32.3 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.5 points.
A population of 59,754, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,461 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tulare and Yuma.
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, Hanford, California voted Republican by 21.5 points (R+21.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,541 votes cast, 7,839 went Democratic and 12,255 went Republican.
How many people live in Hanford, California?
Hanford, California has a population of 59,754 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hanford, California?
Median household income in Hanford, California is $76,461 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Hanford, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hanford, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
